Emerson Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Rockwell Automation
Emerson has announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Rockwell Automation for $225 per share. The Rockwell Board of Directors had rejected the latest offer made by Emerson.
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Rockwell Automation Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects Unsolicited Proposal from Emerson
Rockwell Automation, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected Emerson’s unsolicited proposal to acquire Rockwell Automation received on November 16, 2017.
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New Techspan Control and Automation Catalogue
Techspan has published its 332 page Control and Automation Catalogue that covers the company’s complete offering that includes pin and sleeve devices, multipole connectors, push button, control and signalling devices, contactors, din rail terminal blocks and industrail interconnect line.
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SignalFire Announces Product Partnerships in Eastern and Western Canada
SignalFire Wireless Telemetry expanded its customer reach and support throughout Canada by adding 2 new channel partners to represent its wireless telemetry solutions. These automation and instrumentation solution providers will increase responsiveness to channel end users by offering local application engineering and product availability.
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Falco Announces Agreement to Purchase Mining Fleet for Horne 5 Project
Sandvik will be providing a complete automation solution that will increase efficiencies during production operations. Its experience, leading-edge technology and proven track record having supplied underground mining projects throughout the world will further enhance the execution of the Horne 5 Project.
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Siemens Cutting about 6,900 Jobs Worldwide
Siemens is responding to the rapidly accelerating structural changes in the fossil power generation market and the commodity sector. A consolidation plan for the Power and Gas Division (PG), the Power Generation Services Division (PS) and the Process Industries and Drives Division (PD) aims to increase capacity utilization at production facilities, drive efficiency and enhance expertise by bundling resources.
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New Facility Classification Model for Water Systems in B.C. & Yukon
British Columbia and Yukon Territory have embarked upon a new classification system for water systems that promises to strengthen the oversight of operational responsibilities, recruitment, training, and the development of System Risk Management Plans.
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Rockwell Automation’s Enhanced Machine Safety Portfolio Improves Productivity
Hardwired or add-on safeguards can lead to longer machine design times and lower operational productivity. To address these challenges, Rockwell Automation has enhanced its machine safety portfolio to include a full range of input, logic and output devices designed to help companies more easily make safety a core function of smart machines.
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Rockwell Automation Reviewing Revised Unsolicited Proposal from Emerson
Rockwell Automation Inc.has confirmed that it has received a revised unsolicited proposal from Emerson to acquire Rockwell Automation.
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Emerson and Informetric Integrate Batch Reporting Technology
Emerson is expanding its alliance agreement with Informetric Systems, a leading developer of data collection and reporting applications, to help life sciences companies deliver more than 50 percent reduction in batch reporting time while getting rid of bottlenecks in batch release processes. Emerson’s Syncade manufacturing execution system (MES) is integrating Informetric’s InfoBatch— flexible electronic batch reporting technology — to improve operational efficiency and eliminate reporting roadblocks in the batch release process.
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Delta Controls Initiates Support Page for CP2000 VFD’s and Bypass Packages
Delta Controls launches support page for CP2000 variable frequency drives and bypass packages. It’s now even easier to get all the support you need for these versatile drives.
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Precision Drilling’s Positive Third Quarter Results Driven by High Efficiency Rig Systems
“During the third quarter we continued to demonstrate the “next tier” of drilling efficiency improvement with Process Automation Control (PAC) and other technology initiatives we are implementing in our beta testing program. Precision has drilled approximately 70 wells utilizing PAC technology, which is currently installed on 20 Super Triple rigs, and the results continue to show improved efficiency, consistency and repeatability, exactly what our customers desire.” said President Kevin Neveu
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MicroWatt Controls is Yokogawa’s Exclusive representative in Northwest Alberta and Northeast BC
Yokogawa Corporation of America has appointed MicroWatt to represent Yokogawa field instrumentation, data acquisition and control, and analytical products exclusively in northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia.
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ISA Released Fourth Edition of The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the fourth edition release of The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control by Nabil (Bill) E. Battikha, PE.
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ISA Honours Dick Morley with Scholarship Fund
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has created a named scholarship fund in honor of Dick Morley, a longtime ISA supporter, founder of Modicon (now part of Schneider Electric) and the initial designer of the first Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)-a primary component in modern-day automation. Morley, 84, passed away on 17 October.
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Innovative Automation Has a Banner Month
Last week, Innovative Automation, the enterprise Stephen Loftus co-founded in 1989 broke ground in preparation for a new 62,500-square-foot facility on Welham Road in Barrie, Ontario. When the state-of-the-art plant is operational in late 2017, it will consolidate Innovative Automation’s two current facilities on Saunders Road.
