Andrew BondHomeUnited Kingdom Invensys Share Price Gets the KissIt may not be much comfort to those who bought Invensys shares at their peak of more than £3.00 ($5.25) back in the days of Allen Yurko’s stewardship in 1999, but stock market sentiment in London is finally swinging back behind the group—whose businesses include Foxboro, Wonderware and Eurotherm.February 1, 2006ControlUnited Kingdom- Buncefield Joins the Grisly Roll CallMajor industrial accidents in the United Kingdom tend to have an impact far beyond these shores. Thirty years ago, Flixborough—still the largest peacetime explosion in Britain—introduced the engineering world to such concepts as the Unconfined Vapour Cloud Explosion (UVCE) and stress corrosion cracking.January 1, 2006ControlAutomation Vendors Choose SidesTrade shows are in decline the world over, with the automation sector leading the trend. Even in Germany, where in the days of the economic miracle when fathers would see visiting a trade show as an exciting Sunday treat for all the family, the mighty Interkama has been reduced to a subset of the Hanover Fair.May 1, 2005ControlBase Metal into GoldThe last three decades have not been kind to the once proud process automation industry in the United Kingdom. Few traces now remain of the George Kent Group within ABB or of GEC Elliott Process Automation within Emerson Process Management.March 1, 2005ControlBase Metal into GoldUK-based venture capital firm Alchemy Partners is aiming to turn a profit through the acquisition of struggling automation companies.February 16, 2005ControlHigher Crude Prices Spur North Sea AutomationPrices on world oil markets have fallen recently, and with them U.S. gasoline prices, though no doubt many Automation World readers still think an average of $1.90 per gallon for unleaded is tantamount to daylight robbery.January 1, 2005Page 1 of 1Top StoriesAnalyticsHow Data Analytics Can Help Identify Energy Efficiency IssuesData analytics software can be applied to a variety of production operations. Identifying energy efficiency losses is one example of how the software can deliver fast results.RoboticsRobot Setup Gets AutomatedBusiness IntelligenceE-Commerce Tech Giant Enters the Industrial Technology SpaceCommunicationProfinet: Designed for Openness and DeterminismSupply Chain ManagementHow to Pivot from Vision to Value
