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The $18 million deal covers a complete automation system for a 662 kilometer pipeline through the Amazon Forest.
Company executives lay out wireless road map for the future to media and customers. Company executives lay out wireless road map for the future to media and customers. Several new SAP products and initiatives were announced at the company’s annual Sapphire customer conference. Some vendors of wireless mesh networks are deemphasizing the technology and focusing instead on ease-of-use and turnkey factory solutions. North American automation suppliers are among the many companies showing their wares this week at the spawling Hannover Fair. Emerson’s “Smart Wireless” strategy is built on self-organizing wireless networks and a family of wireless Hart devices that will be released starting summer of 2006. The North American-based automation heavyweight sees India as an important center for growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Two fieldbus communications technologies—Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) and Field Device Tool/Device Type Managers (FDT/DTMs)—claim increased supplier adoption and user benefits at the recent ISA Expo. The increasing sophistication of manufacturing in Southeast Asia, coupled with some innovative financing by automation suppliers, add up to growing automation markets. Backers see need for an independent third party as a way to mitigate “wild claims” made by some wireless vendors. GE Fanuc’s CEO says success hinges on listening to customers, then efficiently and effectively meeting their needs. Schneider automation executive Nic Gihl sees U.S. opportunities in OEM sales, and upgrades, and cites improved communications as the new automation frontier. Integrators and users converge on hot Austin, Texas, to hear about hot technologies. Schneider Electric is expanding its distribution base for programmable logic controllers and other automation products, as PLCs extend into new application areas. Global user groups work together on device integration enhancements. From oil drilling operations disguised as resort islands to a protein food supplier that linked operations and business islands, applications at the recent Siemens user conference focused on common themes. A new input/output system, jointly developed by Opto 22 and Power Engineers, presents a low-cost alternative to remote telemetry units (RTUs), by implementing the utility industry standard Distributed Network Protocol (DNP). GE spinoff company aims to provide customers a secure platform for trading messages with their customers and/or suppliers. In a keynote presentation at this year’s ISA Expo, Automation World columnist Jim Pinto outlined challenges facing U.S. manufacturers and automation suppliers, and provided some keys for success.
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