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January 3,
2008 | Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen |
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Deciding the Future of OMAC
The organization’s first annual Integration Symposium featured an informative look at work done to date, plus a look ahead.
The manufacturing engineering group at The Boeing Co. was a perfect host to the first annual OMAC Integration Symposium sponsored by the Open Modular Architecture Control, or OMAC, Users Group. The Nov. 28-29 event was held at the Future of Flight facility at Boeing, in Everett, Wash. One of the highlights was a tour of the assembly building where the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is assembled. The group also saw the 777 assembly line and part of the 767 line.
The Symposium title was “Bridging the Gap between the Discrete and Process Industries.” Perhaps the closest presentation on that topic came from Dan Seger, co-chair of the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society’s ISA SP88.05 committee and a principal engineer at Rockwell Automation Inc. His presentation was a clear and informative picture of how the committee has taken the work reflected in the ISA88 batch process standard and expanded it to be generic enough to encompass discrete (machine) automation, as well as process and batch... Read more
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Brazil ISA Show Reveals Automation’s Strength
The automation market in Brazil is small, but growing fast, figures show...
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Beijer Electronics Acquires Westermo
The $32.6 million deal positions Beijer to participate in the fast-growing industrial networking and data communications portion of the automation market... Read more |
Norwegian Gas Processing Plant Named Hart Plant of the Year
The StatoilHydro Ormen Lange facility relies on Hart technology in providing up to 20 percent of the natural gas used in the United Kingdom... Read more
WINA to form Asia Pacific Chapter
The Singapore-based chapter will be the first outside North America for the wireless networking organization... Read more |
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daratechPLANT2008
Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet with your peers - O/Os and EPCs in the Chemical, Petrochemical, Power, Offshore and Shipbuilding industries.
Houston, TX, January 28-30. |
6th Annual Global RFID-ROI Summit 2008
This two day conference experience is made up of keynote conference sessions, and interactive workshops covering the length and breadth of the RFID arena.
Munich, Germany, January 29-30. |
ARC Advisory Group forum: Winning Strategies for Global Manufacturers
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Orlando, FL, February 4-7. |
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