Why install the latest generation of safety networks? Most people would put the money saved on less wiring at the top of their list of answers.

  Adaptive Instruments Corp. (www.accutechinstruments.com), a Hudson, Mass.-based supplier of tether-free wireless smart process instrumentation systems, has been acquired by SCADAgroup PTY (http://scadagroup.com), of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

  The deal to acquire the assets of MTL Open Systems Technology product lines is said to prove GE Fanuc’s commitment to the process industries.

  Using wireless sensor technologies in process automation is finally getting out of the labs and into the plants. There remains a reluctance to publicly come out of the closet about using it.

  The new “OPC Foundation Certified” logo will assure users that a device will interoperate out-of-the-box with other vendors’ compliance-tested products.