ABB to Remotely Monitor Shell’s Automation Systems
ABB holds the credit for managing some of the world’s toughest installations including the world’s largest deepwater gas wells and longest subsea gas pipeline at two Shell production sites in the Norwegian Sea. Deploying and maintaining automation solutions isn’t easy at such naturally challenging installations sites, especially in the oil and gas industry segment. ABB [...]
Benchmarking Sustainable Production Practices
Rockwell Automation has joined forces with the Aberdeen Group to offer a quick and easy tool to determine where you stand compared to best-in-class manufacturers in the area of sustainable production. The tool is a short online survey that provides a report with ideas for sustainable production initiatives. Follow this link to take the survey. [...]
Emerson Electric Wins $28M Contract in Ukraine
Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) won a contract to modernize 100 hydroelectric turbines in the Ukraine. A contract worth $28 million. The project will upgrade a 8 plants that were built between 1939 and 1975 plus a 9th built in 1983. These 9 plants supply 4639 MW, approximately 90% of Ukraine’s total usage. Each of the nine UkrHydroEnergo hydroelectric plants [...]
Schneider Electric Ups Guidance as First Half Profit Doubles
Schneider Electric, world’s largest manufacturer of circuit breakers, has reported that its first-half profits have more than doubled; beating expectations and the company is now raising its guidance for the full year. The company’s profits surged to EUR 735 million as compared to EUR 346 million from last year, sales increased by 10.5% to EUR [...]
Rockwell Automation Executive Named to US Gov’t Manufacturing Council
A 24 man council led by the US Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke welcomes its newest member, Michael Laszkiewicz, the Vice President & General Manager of Rockwell Automation’s Power Components Business. “A vibrant manufacturing sector isn’t just critical for the millions of Americans whose jobs depend on it,” Locke said as he appointed new members to the 2010 [...]
Emerson to close Ithaca Plant by December 2010
Emerson Power Transmission, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation, has announced that it will close its l in December this year. In August 2009, the company announced that it will close its plant in Central New York by September 2010 due to declining sales. However, due to delays in completion of closing process and to [...]
Rockwell Automation Picks Grantek Systems Integration as Enterprise Solution Partner
Rockwell Automation announced that it has picked Grantek Systems Integration as its latest Enterprise Solution Partner. Grantek Systems, a leading provider of integrated manufacturing automation services headquartered in Toronto, Canada has executed several successful implementations of Rockwell Automation software and its staff is certified on these products. As Rockwell Automation’s Enterprise Solution Partner, Grantek Systems [...]
Rockwell Automation’s Old Union Leaves Town
August 1st marked the end of Unions at Rockwell Automation, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. This ends a 75 year history of the Local 1111 Union based out of Milwaukee. What will happen to the Union and its workers? The roughly 130 UE members who were still on the job – electricians, maintenance crews, cafeteria staff – [...]
Chrysler Partners With Siemens Industry Automation Division
Chrysler Group LLC announced July 26 it has selected Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division, as its provider for product design and development services. Chrysler Group already uses Siemens Teamcenter product since 2008 and the latest announcement will further strengthen the existing relationship between two companies. As part of the [...]
What Company Will ABB Buy Next?
I was reading news from Smart Trend (stock market tracking and advice website) and came across a short article on Highest Levels of Cash in Heavy Equipment Industry. What was interesting for me was the fact that ABB (NYSE:ABB) has (even after their acquisitions lately) over $9 billion in cash. They tried to buy Chloride [...]