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Emerson receives Canadian Standards Association certification for Fisher� LCP100 local control panel in safety applications

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:44:13 GMT

FIELDVUE� DVC6000 SIS instrument with LCP100 meets Ex em IIC T4 with IP66 rating

Fisher� LCP100 local control panel, meeting approval for Ex em IIC T4 with IP66 rating. The LCP100 has also been certified by independent safety company Exida as non-interfering to the safety function in a SIL 3 safety loop with a Fisher FIELDVUE� DVC6000 SIS instrument.

ICS Triplex completes its first AADvance order

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:44:28 GMT

Maldon, UK � November 2008, ICS Triplex, a Rockwell Automation Company, has completed and installed its first safety and critical control system to use its latest product, AADvance. Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, awarded ICS Triplex with the order for a Process Safety Control System in February 2008, just five months after the product�s launch at Offshore Europe, Aberdeen in September 2007. The new system was installed at Bayer CropScience�s Norwich site in June 2008 and, after successfully completing the final onsite tests, it became fully operational in August 2008.

T�V S�D RAIL Acquires Brunel Railmotive

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:19:13 GMT

T�V S�D Rail GmbH has acquired Brunel Railmotive, the rail competence centre of service provider Brunel GmbH, with effect from 20 August 2008. T�V S�D Rail operates in the business areas of signalling technology, infrastructure, rolling stock and services and is among Germany�s leading companies in the industry.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms� PACSystems� SafetyNet Achieves Lloyds Register Group Approval For Marine, Offshore and Industrial Use

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:22:18 GMT

Leading Certification Authority Endorses Industry-Leading Functional Safety Platform For Use in Shipboard Applications

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, OCTOBER 14, 2008 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced that it�s PACSystems� SafetyNet had received approval from the Lloyds Register Group for marine, offshore and industrial use in Lloyd�s environmental categories ENV1, ENV2 and ENV3. With this new approval, PACSystems SafetyNet can now be used in functional safety applications, including fire & gas, emergency shutdown and burner management systems on-board ship applications.

ABB and Saab to collaborate on civil security solutions

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:04:36 GMT

Jointly developed solutions will increase security at municipal and industrial sites

Zurich, Switzerland, October 3, 2008 � ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Saab AB announced that they recently signed a letter of intent to collaborate on new solutions for the civil security market and process industries. These solutions will protect critical network infrastructure and data integrity for municipal customers such as utilities, airports, subways, as well as for process industry customers.

ABB�s System 800xA provides foundation for process and electrical integration

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:02:18 GMT

Optimizes power and process efficiency and reliability while reducing lifecycle costs

Wickliffe, Ohio, October 6, 2008 �ABB�s Extended Automation System 800xA serves as the foundation for integrated process and electrical automation; it provides a platform for unified operations to increase productivity and power reliability for process manufacturing customers in all industries. The combination of these systems into one yields significant savings for customers in terms of costs and manpower.

Risknowlogy Creates Functional Safety Handbook For Oil Refinery

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:40:58 GMT

A Lifecycle Functional Safety Handbook For Safety Instrumented Systems

Zug, Switzerland - - 22 October 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they created for an oil refinery a Functional Safety Handbook addressing Safety Instrumented Systems over their full lifecylce.

Risknowlogy Takes On HAZOP Leader Role At Gasification Power Plant

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:56:48 GMT

Four Years Hazards and Risk Analysis

Zug, Switzerland - - 18 September 2008 - - Risknowlogy�, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that they made an agreement with NUON to actively participate as independent HAZOP leader in the hazard and risk analysis currently under taken at their Gasification power plant in Buggenum, The Netherlands.

AADvance wins InTech Innovation in Technology Award 2008

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:00:34 GMT

Maldon, UK � October, 2008, AADvance the latest safety and critical control solution from ICS Triplex, a Rockwell Automation company, won this years InTech award for Innovation in Technology. Allan Rentcome was presented with the award at the ISA Mexico Expocontrol show in June 2008.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Completes Acquisition of Process Technology Assets From MTL Instruments Group

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:41:47 GMT

Commitment To Process Customers and Solutions Further Enhances Solution Offerings

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, MAY 22, 2008 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines including the MTL8000 general purpose I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system, and process control technologies.