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ISA to Honor Achievements at Honors and Awards Dinner at Expo 2005 in Chicago

7/6/2005

ISA has scheduled its annual Honors and Awards gala, part of the Expo 2005 conference and exhibit, on Monday, October 24, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Downtown Hotel.

New ISA Standards Committee Seeks Input on Human-Machine Interface

6/18/2005

ISA announced the formation of a new standards development committee on human-machine interface, or HMI.  The committee is seeking input and participation as it formulates a scope and plan of action.

OMAC Releases PackSoft Application Library (PackAL)

OMAC 5/13/2005

OMAC - The Open Modular Architecture Controls Users’ Group - announced recently the release and distribution of the PackSoft Application Library (PackAL).

Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations Standards Updated

from ISA 5/11/2005

Three of the eight IEC 60079 series-based ISA/UL co-published standards are being revised based on the new editions of the IEC standards.

OMAC, ISA Announce Intent to Merge

1/25/2005

OMAC–The Open Modular Architecture Controls Users' Group and ISA–The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society announced that they intended to merge.

Automation Show to Debut in New York June 2005

1/24/2005

Exposition will be part of East Coast’s largest design and manufacturing event.

Federal Trade Commission Proposes Settlement Agreement with Aspen Technologies

7/17/2004

AspenTech announced that the Proposed Consent Decree to settle the proceedings brought against the Company regarding its acquisition of Hyprotech, Ltd., has been accepted for public comment by the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

HART Releases New Device Description Development Tools

7/16/2004

The HART® Communication Foundation (HCF) released its new Device Description Integrated Development Environment (DD-IDE), a tool suite is a set of integrated software tools for development, testing, and maintenance of Device Descriptions (DDs).

Consulting Group Recommends More Outsourcing

7/15/2004

The Boston Consulting Group has issued a report recommending an increase in the movement of industrial production offshore, urging companies to "set aggressive targets" for outsourcing offshore.

Cyber Security concerns of Internet connected plant control systems.

6/12/2004

Is your plant’s control system connected to the Internet? (or to another system that is connected to the Internet?) Are you worried about hackers or “cyber terrorists”?

Watching Satellites Pass Overhead

5/1/2004

Ever notice, in the evening after dark or early in the morning, an object slowly moving overhead in a straight line. Perhaps it appears suddenly or disappears suddenly. It may be a high flying airplane, too high for its flash light or colored red and green lights to be noticeable. But it may be a satellite.

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