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ForwardX Robotics, a global autonomous mobile robot and warehouse solutions provider, introduces its latest autonomous forklift: Apex C1500-L. The new forklift further enhances

EndoQuest™ Robotics, Inc.developer of the world's first flexible endoluminal surgical robotic system and Proximie, the global health technology platform driving the digital transformation

TXOne Networks announced the EdgeIPS 103 intrusion prevention system for protecting mission-critical machines and ensuring the continuous and seamless operation of production lines.

DFI, the global provider of industrial computers, has introduced its ECX700-AL ruggedized x86 PC for outdoor edge computing applications. Its impeccable performance capabilities, compact size,

AlertEnterprise Chief Operations Officer, Ruby Deol says beyond security and user experience, NFC Wallet mobile credentials can have a positive impact on an organization’s Environmental

Polymath Robotics and HARD-LINE are proud to announce their collaboration on a solution for autonomous dozing. In line with this collaboration, HARD-LINE has been added to Polymath's

Built Robotics, inventor of the Exosystem™ and leader in construction autonomy, is announcing the RPD 35: the world's first fully autonomous solar piling system. With the RPD 35, utility-scale

Today, Simpli.fi, the advertising automation platform for agencies, brands, and media companies, confirmed that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Bidtellect,

Lattice Semiconductor, the low power programmable leader, today announced the latest updates to the Lattice Automate™ and Lattice sensAI™ solution stacks that equip customers

Appy Pie Design, the no-code online graphic design software that allows anybody to create stunning graphics, has announced the launch of its groundbreaking new feature – AI Text to Image Generator.

Visit Analog Devices, Inc.at embedded world 2023 from March 14-16 to see how our technology is enabling more intelligent systems in Industrial Automation,

Aware of the latest cutting-edge advances on artificial intelligence, Compass UOL, a global company specialized in digital transformation, announces a new solution that brings together

Barcodes Group has launched its new Autonomous Mobile Robotics portfolio, providing businesses with intelligent automation that is easy to implement and delivers rapid ROI. The enhanced platform

TeamViewer, a leading global provider of remote connectivity and workplace digitalization solutions, is bringing a range of benefits to its channel partners via the newly launched partner program

GE announced a new order for its first High-Efficiency (HE) upgrade for the GT26 fleet to be selected in Australia. In 2024, GE will modernize EnergyAustralia’s Tallawarra A power plant, powered by a GT26 gas turbine installed nearly thirteen years ago

ABB has added IEC frame options to its integrated motor-drive offering of Baldor-Reliance EC Titanium motors. Standard features include aluminum housed top-mount of axial mount integrated drive, IP55 enclosure, internal shaft grounding brush and class-F insulation. EC Titanium motors are rated for inverter use per IEC 60034-18-41

Appian today announced immediate availability of the latest version of the Appian Platform for process automation. The new release features enhancements in total experience, data fabric,

AtData, The Email Address Experts®, today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership with Zirous, a tech firm that enables their clients to overcome marketing challenges

Delta, a world-class provider of power management and industrial automation solutions, has announced its participation in the Taipei International Machine Tool Show 2023 with the theme

At the Mobile World Congress 2023 held in Spain, Huawei's NCE Optical Network Domain team shared its vision and viewpoints on the development trend of the all-optical autonomous driving network and the evolution of home broadband operations.

Etihad Airways Engineering, one of the world's leading aircraft maintenance and engineering solutions providers, has partnered with global enterprise aviation software provider Ramco Systems

Intellinetics, Inc. a provider of solutions and services that enable and accelerate digital transformation, is proud to announce it showcased its IntelliCloud™ Payables Automation System

Yusen Logistics, a leading global supply chain provider, announced that it has acquired ownership of Taylored Services, a U.S. multichannel 3PL fulfillment organization. The deal expands Yusen

DoubleVerify, a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced the launch of Authentic Direct™, a solution allowing digital publishers to proactively

Du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), and Ericsson announce a strategic partnership at Mobile World Congress 2023 to transform du’s Information Technology (IT) operations. du will leverage Ericsson's Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ericsson

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that OMRON, a Japan-based global electrical equipment manufacturer, has chosen Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, as the conceptual model for its virtualized control platform proof-of-concept

At SLAS 2023, SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announces a new collaboration with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory workflow

RADCOM Ltd. announced today that it has partnered with Rakuten Mobile in Japan to deliver closed-loop automation using AI-powered 5G analytics that automatically analyzes the network

Comviva, a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra, and a global leader in customer experience and data monetization solutions today announced the availability of its Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) solution powered by Microsoft Azure.

Drone automation technology leader, VOTIX, is excited to join forces with safety avionics technology innovator, Iris Automation. The partnership enables safe BVLOS flights through the seamless integration of Iris Automation's Casia G ground-based detect and alert system into the VOTIX cloud-based drone operating system.

Since the 1980s, ABB has installed more than 700,000 SPACOM relays used for power system protection and reliable power system operation world-wide. With the older generation of relays now aging, ABB has been actively developing new technology

Siemens Mobility has been selected by Ontario’s local public operator Metrolinx to provide track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance services for the agency’s railway infrastructure system that makes up the West Region of Toronto. The contract includes service for three years

Delta, a global leader in energy management and industrial automation solutions, today presented a wide portfolio of IoT-based Smart Green Solutions at ELECRAMA 2023, which includes a smart

Who: Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, will be demonstrating robotic solutions at SLAS in booth #314.

Siemens and Swinburne University of Technology have agreed to set up the most advanced future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia in at the University’s Hawthorn campus in Melbourne. Featuring some of the most advanced digital energy technology from Siemens and the technical, R&D and teaching expertise of Swinburne

Software intelligence company Dynatrace announced today the launch of the AutomationEngine. This new Dynatrace® platform technology features an intuitive interface and no-code and low-code

Realtime Robotics, the leader in collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, today announced that it has been named an official supplier for the BMW Group.

As one of the first online print-on-demand manufacturers, Gotham City Online needed a scalable printing solution to keep up with their growing business and increasing customer orders. As both

AYR, a Princeton-based AI company specializing in Intelligent Document Processing and Intelligent Automation, announced today the launch of its revolutionary technology, the 3.0 version

Rapyuta Robotics, a pioneer in cloud robotics with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and Schaumburg, Chicago in the US, and the number one supplier of collaborative pick-assist autonomous mobile

Bloom Energy has released its newest application to further enhance the efficiency of its Bloom Energy Server™ to serve customers in markets facing growing energy demand but constrained

UScellular is delivering a high-performance private cellular network solution to expand the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Connected Systems Institute manufacturing research facility to include

ABB has launched its latest release of ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus distributed control system (DCS) to further support digital transformation for power generation and water industries. With more than 40 years’ experience of total plant automation

Siemens Gamesa, the world-leading provider of wind power solutions, and Doosan Enerbility, formerly Doosan Heavy Industries, a market leading manufacturer of energy solutions, announce the signing of a binding framework agreement for a strategic partnership for the South Korean offshore wind market. Marc Becker, CEO of Siemens Gamesa

UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, has announced the UL Smart Systems Rating Program to help solidify the definition of a smart product. This program, which is designed

Opengear, a Digi International company and provider of secure and Smart Out-of-Band management solutions, today announced the expansion of its CM8100 family with the launch of two new 10GbE models, CM8196-10G and CM8148-10G

Geek+, the global leader in mobile robots for logistics, and Starlinks, a leading logistics and supply chain solutions provider in Saudi Arabia, announce the opening of the first robotic fulfilment center in Saudi Arabia. Over 250 Geek+ robots, covering both goods-to-person picking and order sorting processes are deployed

Rittal North America, a global manufacturer of industrial and IT enclosures, announces the grand opening of its Southeast Regional Sales office and showroom at The Galleria Office Park in

Robustel are pleased to announce the 5G capable R5020 Lite offering support for global 5G, 4G and 3G bands with a powerful Cat-18 LTE fallback.

Newmark Global Corporate Services announces it has been awarded a long-term integrated facilities management contract with Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of

Luminance, the global leader for legal process automation, today announced that the legal team supporting Koch Industries, Inc., has adopted Luminance's award-winning AI to transform internal legal processes, enhancing the way multiple Koch companies interact with Legal.

With the growing demand for innovative industrial solutions, PROCOMER, SOSA, and the National Learning Institute, as a strategic partner, have launched a joint acceleration program to equip

Crave InfoTech has unveiled its new SAP Business Technology Platform powered product – cMaintenance. This ready-to-deploy product is ideal to usher in Industry 4.0, Process Automation, Enterprise Mobility, and Predictive Maintenance in the Manufacturing industry. It

Hightouch, the leading Data Activation platform, today unveiled an automated billing solution for B2B software companies offering usage-based pricing. The solution, further solidifying the

Who: Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, will be demonstrating its lineup of robotic solutions at ATX West, the leading annual automation technology show, in booth #4432.

California Regional Multiple Listing Service has expanded their partnership with Styldod, the AI-enhanced virtual staging and image editing product solution, to integrate an identification and analysis process for listing photos.

Alteryx, Inc.the Analytics Automation company, today announced the recipients of its 2022 Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards recognize its honorees' outstanding results and commitment to democratizing analytics for all employees, all systems, and all decisions through

Atolite Solutions is excited to announce the launch a new Business Intelligence consulting practice with the key hires of industry experts Niall MacMillan and Sam Elrazek, who leads the practice as Director, Business Intelligence Consulting

The software and service improvements in Ansys 2023 R1 concentrate and amplify the incredible advantages that engineering simulation provides to multidisciplinary engineering and R&D teams.

Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, and Make:, the leading publication and network for makers, are pleased to release the updated Boards Guide and companion Digi-Key AR

MSRcosmos today announced that it has launched SAP modernization in a box solution. Powered by Microsoft Azure, the SAP modernization in a box solution aims to transform your SAP landscape into an agile and intelligent enterprise architecture by extracting full capabilities of cloud, data & AI,

Cybeats Technologies Corp.is pleased to announce the signing of a three-year software licence agreement for Cybeats SBOM Studio1 with a global leader in building technology and industrial automation, to manage their Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and improve security across the

Datanomix, maker of the industry's only Automated Production Intelligence software platform, announced a partnership with Hexagon to offer the Datanomix software solution to its global manufacturing customers. Datanomix is well known for its industry-changing No Operator Input

Rockwell Automation, Inc.the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that it has helped Falcon Group to boost its machine utilization by 162.5% using the ThingWorx IIoT platform, part of the FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC.

Ten Brazilian companies are participating in the International Production and Processing Expo, from January 24 to 26, in Atlanta, United States. The initiative is promoted by the Brazil Machinery Solutions Program, a partnership between ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion

Barcoding, Inc., the leader in supply chain efficiency, accuracy, and connectivity, today announced its acquisition of FRED Automation, Inc., an automated guided vehicle company. This acquisition represents continued expansion and investment in industrial automation for Barcoding, Inc.

Copado, the global leader in low-code DevOps, today announced it was named Leading DevOps Vendor by the DevOps Industry Awards and Best DevOps Automation Solution by the Tech Ascension DevOps Awards.

Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, today announced Motion Ai, a leading supplier of automation products and motion control solutions, is an official distributor of Epson Robots automation solutions

GE Gas Power announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IHI Corporation (IHI), a leading heavy industry manufacturer based in Japan to jointly develop ammonia combustion technologies for heavy duty gas turbines to generate

Lambert Vet Supply, leading distributor of veterinary supplies in the US, has expanded its long-standing, trusted partnership with Körber by signing an agreement to deploy 24 autonomous mobile robots by Locus Robotics throughout its newly partnered warehouse network in Dothan, AL at Jeffers Pet Supply.

Dell PowerEdge server portfolio expansion offers more performance, including up to 2.9x greater AI inferencing Dell Smart Flow design and Dell Power Manager software advancements deliver greater energy efficiency

Trullion, the leading accounting automation platform, today announced the availability of two new modules, Revenue by Trullion and Audit by Trullion, for early adopter companies and firms. The launch comes atop the rapid adoption of Trullion's lease accounting module, the only AI-powered tool for ASC 842 and IFRS 16 compliance.

FusionLayer Inc. unveiled the new FusionLayer Infinity 3 series today. The latest addition to the FusionLayer has been designed to accommodate the emerging edge cloud and Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) use cases.While telecom companies have been expecting investments in 5G services to boost their topline,

The ROCK Engineering Challenge invites engineers, developers, educators, inventors and entrepreneurs, to submit an idea based on the OKdo ROCK single board computers and compute modules, including the recently released ROCK 5B

Stampli, the industry-leading Accounts Payable (AP) Automation software, today announces its pre-built integration for Acumatica Cloud ERP.The comprehensive integration means that mutual customers performing any manual invoice or payment process in Acumatica – can now be optimized with Stampli's AP Automation software.

According to TrendForce research, the global smart manufacturing market will reach US$620 billion by 2026. Amongst the new technologies used in the burgeoning smart factory market, machine vision has proven a popular choice, enabling new technologies like vision-guided robots (VGRs) that make production lines

OPEX Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation for more than 45 years, has announced through its subsidiary, OPEX mBH, a strategic partnership in France with Transitic to introduce leading-edge warehouse automation technology to customers. Transitic is an innovative designer and integrator

EPAM Systems, Inc. a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced it is a winner in the recent Acquia Engage Awards. The Company, along with LiveWire an all-electric motorcycle company, won the award 'Most Impactful Headless Application' in the Builders category.

Airgain, Inc. a leading provider of wireless connectivity solutions, creating and delivering products that include embedded components, external antennas, and integrated systems across the globe has announced its partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT to connect its asset tracking devices with Europe’s leading IoT

NICE announced new RPA (Robotic Process Automation) capabilities in its latest release, using AI to identify focused opportunities for automation. With NEVA Discover’s new process analytics solution and semi-supervised machine learning, organizations can optimize their business process executed elements to achieve complete performance

Waterfall Security Solutions, the leader in OT cybersecurity, is pleased to announce a collaboration agreement with Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a leading provider of industrial automation and test and measurement solutions. This new collaboration will make Waterfall's industry-leading Unidirectional Gateway

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today announced that The ODP Corporation, a leading provider of products, services and technology solutions through an integrated business-to-business (B2B) distribution platform and omnichannel presence

To help life and health insurers accelerate their strategic modernization and digital transformation initiatives, Montoux Inc. (Montoux), a leading actuarial automation technology provider, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement

Onsemi, a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, and Ampt LLC, the world’s number one DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar and energy storage systems, today announced their collaboration to meet the high demand for DC string optimizers

TDK Corporation announced that today TDK has agreed to acquire Qeexo, Co., a U.S.-based venture-backed company spun out of Carnegie Mellon University engaged in the automation of end-to-end machine learning for edge devices. As a result of the acquisition, Qeexo will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TDK, subject to customary

Ecolomondo Corporation, a cleantech company specializing in the commercialization of its Thermal Decomposition Process (“TDP”) proprietary recycling technology and the building and operating of turnkey TDP facilities globally, has successfully obtained the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 certification of its Integrated Management

ABB has completed the previously announced divestment to Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) of its remaining 19.9 percent equity stake in the Hitachi Energy joint venture that was formed from ABB’s Power Grids business in 2020, with Hitachi holding a stake of 80.1 percent. Hitachi has exercised its call option that was agreed between the parties

Robocorp, the leading Gen2 robotic process automation (RPA) provider, today unveiled a new enhanced partner program to better support partners and service providers, and enable them to find greater success in creating, selling and delivering Gen2 RPA projects.

INDIEV, Inc., a tech forward innovator in the electric vehicle industry, announces R&D facility relocation and 120 million dollar deal with HITO Robotics as they prepare to enter production. INDI EV relocated its research and development (R&D) facility to an automotive hubspot in Greater Los Angeles. The new facility in Orange County, Costa Mesa will allow INDIEV

Siemens Mobility is the system integrator and reliable partner for on time delivery of the city-shaping project Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, the new metro railway line that will service between St Marys, the new Western Sydney International Airport and the Western Sydney Aerotropolis. The company has been awarded a contract to deliver

GE Gas Power and MYTILINEOS, today announced they have secured an order from the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB) for the construction of a new gas-fired power plant in Dublin, within ESB's existing North Wall Power Plant. The new temporary reserve power plant will be powered by 6 GE LM2500XPRESS gas

Cobalt Robotics, the only machine learning startup to replace security guard posts with autonomous robots around the world, announced today a new technology partnership and industry-first software integration with Envoy. Envoy is the fastest-evolving workplace platform that transforms modern workplaces for flexible work.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation announced that it will construct a new back-end production facility for power semiconductors at its Himeji Operations – Semiconductor, in Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan. Construction will start in June 2024, with production scheduled to start in spring 2025. The project will more than double

Efinix®, an innovator in programmable product platforms and technology, today announced the release of its Efinity® RISC-V Embedded Software IDE. Powered by the popular Ashling RiscFree™ IDE, the embedded environment simplifies the creation, management, and debug of projects running on the Efinix Sapphire RISC-V core

Omron Automation Americas, the global leader in automated optical inspection (AOI), automated x-ray inspection (AXI) and solder paste inspection

Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced that Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity

The CDP is one of the most important standards for corporate environmental transparency and allocates a score of A to D to companies, based on their best practices associated with setting ambitious and meaningful targets related to the environment, as well as their disclosure, awareness and management of environmental risks and demonstration

ABB’s Sensi+ analyzer offers a reliable new solution which simplifies and reduces the cost of pipeline operation and maintenance. It enables safer, easier, and more efficient pipeline monitoring and operations through a single device that can analyze up to three contaminants (H2S, H2O, CO2) in any natural gas stream accurately

HCL Technologies, a leading global technology company, announced an expanded multi-year contract with Mondelez International, to enhance Mondelez International’s cybersecurity and transform digital workplace services globally. To support its hybrid workplace model, Mondelez International deployed HCLTech’s top

PETRONAS has recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global technology and software company Emerson to drive digital transformation and decarbonization initiatives. The two companies are building on their decades-long relationship to develop advanced automation solutions. Over the past few years, Emerson has been collaborating

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in building superconducting quantum computers, and Keysight Technologies, a leading provider of advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to research

Siemens has been awarded a new contract to establish a distribution management system and advanced metering infrastructure for North Delta Electricity Distribution Company (NDEDC). As a subsidiary of the state-owned utility Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), NDEDC is responsible for the distribution network of the Daqahleya, Damietta

TransWest Express LLC has selected Siemens Energy Inc. to supply the high-voltage direct current transmission technology for the TransWest Express Transmission Project. The TWE Project is a 732-mile high-voltage interregional transmission system with HVDC and HVAC segments that will connect to the existing grid in Wyoming and Utah as well as directly to the ISO Controlled Grid in southern Nevada

GE Grid Solutions, bringing together advanced grid technologies and expertise to help electrify our world and accelerate the energy transition, and LineVision, the global leader in Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR), have formed a partnership to deliver the world's first integrated suite of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs), providing utilities with an end-to-end Dynamic System

Purdue University is using global software and engineering leader Emerson’s advanced digital technologies to automate its Nanogrid House, a living lab for energy-efficient home research. Compared to today’s homes and businesses that are powered predominantly by alternating current (AC) power, the Nanogrid House can shift between

Tecsys Inc., an industry-leading supply chain management software company, and SVT Robotics Inc., a leader in enterprise software for the rapid deployment of industrial robotics, have partnered to develop and launch an out-of-the-box integrated connection between the Tecsys' Elite™ supply chain platform and SVT's SOFTBOT® Platform. The integration will provide Tecsys

Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution provider Nexus FrontierTech has announced its partnership with Microsoft Azure, allowing clients to utilise the Azure marketplace for quick deployment of AI solutions within their organisations. The first module by Nexus FrontierTech available on the platform is a driving licence

Marcum LLP today announced that its full-service advisory consulting business expanded with the Firm’s December 1 merger with E. Cohen and Company, CPAs of Rockville, Maryland. In a concurrent transaction, BinaryNetworks

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions Services team used digital X-ray technology – guided by the same principle utilized in the healthcare industry – to complement the preventive maintenance in Petrobras’ gas insulated substation (GIS), in the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST), state of Pernambuco (Brazil).

ABB officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated and flexible robotics factory in Kangqiao, Shanghai, China. The 67,000m2 production and research facility represents a $150 million (1.1 billion RMB) investment by ABB and will deploy the company’s digital and automation technologies to manufacture next generation robots

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia has been selected by Technip Energies to provide the integrated control system

Metso Outotec has opened a new pump assembly plant in Lima, Peru. With this strategic

With businesses around the world facing unprecedented pressure from the cost of energy and the urgency of climate change, a new report from the Energy Efficiency Movement shows that improving industrial energy efficiency is the fastest and most effective way for a business to cut energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions

ATS Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire IPCOS Group nv ("IPCOS"), a Belgium-based provider of process optimization and digitalization solutions with six locations across Europe, the US, and India. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

Innofactor and Seeloz, a Silicon Valley-based global leader in AI-driven supply chain automation, announced a partnership agreement at Empower Finland to provide Nordic organizations with access to Seeloz’s innovative AI-driven supply chain automation and autonomous requirements planning solutions.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has partnered with OverIT, the global leader in field service management, to expand its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. Headquartered in Italy, OverIT offers a software solution to boost productivity in workforce management and create data analytics to track, calculate and analyze field service operations. This partnership

Siemens agreed to supply Electromin, the e-Mobility unit of Saudi Arabia’s lubricants and automotive services company Petromin, with electric vehicle (EV) chargers for its planned development of a Kingdom- and region-wide charging network.

Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced that it is delivering an intelligent edge management and orchestration platform with an edge application ecosystem – based on zero trust security

Tempo Automation, Inc., a leading software-accelerated electronics manufacturer, today announced that it completed its business combination with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company traded on Nasdaq. ACE’s shareholders approved the business combination at an extraordinary general meeting

Emerson announced its new Clean In Place (CIP) Utilities and Automated Reporting Analytics package delivered via PACEdge™ and Movicon™ platforms on an industrial edge control device. The software aids in digitally transforming manual and semi-automated systems by optimizing utilities consumption, benchmarking against known cycles and generating

Interplex, a world leader in designing and manufacturing interconnect and mechanical products, is successfully addressing the growing market demand for high-density interconnects in challenging application scenarios. The company has just released its Multi-Row Board-to-Board (BTB) connector product.

Han’s Robot, a global leader in the collaborative robot field, has recently introduced a new automated arc welding system that improves the accuracy, efficiency, and stability of welding. Welding industry operators are usually faced with high deployment costs of traditional industrial robots

Communications service provider Elisa’s efforts to ramp up next-generation digitalization in Estonia will have Ericsson technology at its heart. Today, Ericsson and Elisa announce that the operator has selected Ericsson cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core to support its upgrade to 5G Standalone (5G SA) in Estonia.

ABB has signed an agreement with mining services group Perenti to collaborate and explore approaches to support net zero emissions targets for underground and open-pit mines. Experts from the two companies will work together to address electrification in mine hauling operations, power distribution, energy efficiency and power management.

CoreSite, a leading hybrid IT solutions provider and subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, today announced new product capabilities will be added to its software-defined networking platform, Open Cloud Exchange® (OCX). Customers will be able to leverage additional automated provisioning functionality required to provision hybrid architectures within Google Cloud

In the future, Continental will offer Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) solutions based on the “CV3” artificial intelligence (AI) system-on-chip (SoC) family from semiconductor company Ambarella. The high-performance, power efficient and scalable SoC portfolio, which is built for ADAS applications, complements Continental’s solutions

JR Automation, a leading global systems integrator and wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is pleased to announce the opening of its newly built, state-of-the-art facility in Lake Orion, Michigan. With over 227,500 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, the new facility will become the company’s primary location within the Metro Detroit area for large automation projects

Lear Corporation, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, today announced the strategic acquisition of InTouch Automation, a supplier of Industry 4.0 technologies and complex automated testing equipment critical in the production of automotive seats. InTouch's product portfolio fits with Lear's Industry 4.0 strategy of implementing technologies

GE signed a framework agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to collaborate on a plan which will support both climate change and energy security. The agreement was signed by Francesco

At this year's Formnext, the international trade fair for additive manufacturing, Siemens is demonstrating what sustainable additive manufacturing looks like. Using several use cases, the technology company shows how resources, carbon footprint and environmental impact can be reduced. For this purpose, the entire

RightHand Robotics (RHR), a leader in providing integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, has partnered with PALTAC CORPORATION, Japan’s largest wholesaler of consumer packaged goods.

The UAE will inaugurate three climate-resilient solar power projects in the Bahamas, Barbados, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week under the $50 million UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF).

Honeywell and Wood will work together through the Honeywell Connected Plant platform to commercialize digital services that help oil refiners make their operations safer, more efficient and more reliable.

Bonitasoft, the leading provider of an open source platform for business automation through Business Process Management, and UiPath, the leading enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, today announced a new level of integration of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with Business Process Management (BPM).

US Chiller Services (USCS) said it has secured a major contract from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services to three of the company's district cooling plants located at Ruwais City in the UAE emirate.

GE Renewable Energy announced today that the prototype for its Cypress platform, the largest onshore wind turbine for GE in the field, has been successfully installed and is fully operational, producing power at a rated level of 5.3 MW in Wieringermeer, Netherlands.

Bridgeline Digital, Inc., provider of cloud-based Web Content Management, eCommerce and Marketing Automation software, announced today their acquisition of certain assets of Stantive Technologies Group, Inc including OrchestraCMS, the leading digital experience platform built 100% native on Salesforce.com.

Synopsys, Inc today announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation has deployed Synopsys' Fusion Compiler™ RTL-to-GDSII implementation solution for its high-performance automotive system-on-chips (SoCs) and mission-critical microcontrollers (MCUs) to accelerate broad market access to next-generation automotive designs. Fusion Compiler delivered optimal timing and power quality-of-results (QoR), smaller area, and faster time-to-results (TTR) on multiple production designs during Renesas' extensive validation process.

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and building automation and Planon, the market-leading real estate and facility management software provider

AMP Robotics Corp., a pioneer in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and robotics for the recycling industry, and Ryohshin Co. Ltd. (“Ryohshin”), a leader in waste management technology in Japan, today announced a partnership to make and sell AI-driven industrial robotics for material recovery in the Japanese Construction and Demolition (“C&D”) market.

Emerson, a global engineering and technology company, and Repsol, an energy company, announced today they have established a strategic alliance to deliver advanced subsurface geophysical technologies to significantly reduce the time to prospect and produce first oil.

St. Joseph, Missouri has entered a partnership with Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, to begin construction on a new energy efficiency and infrastructure modernization project. The first in a series of projects designed to modernize the infrastructure of the city, St. Joseph is investing in facility and core infrastructure upgrades

As Italy repowers its energy sector and increases renewable energy production, gas power plants throughout the country are focused on increasing flexibility, reliability and efficiency to improve their competitiveness. Sorgenia Power S.p.A., one of the top Italian operators in the gas sector

Global technology and engineering company Emerson announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries.

International technology group ANDRITZ has signed a contract with the Indian state utility company KARNATAKA POWER CORPORATION LTD. to refurbish and renovate the Shivasamudram hydropower plant located in the southern state of Karnataka.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will release the industry's first 102 factory automation products, including programmable controllers, servo amplifiers, robots, GOTs (HMIs), inverters and CNCs that are compatible with the CC-Link

Building strong momentum in North America and around the world, GE Power announced today that family-owned independent power producer NOVI Energy has selected GE’s record-setting HA gas turbine technology for the Charles City Combined Cycle Plant planned for construction in Charles City County, Virginia.

Swiss-based global manufacturing technology leader ABB is expanding its advanced manufacturing operations in Senatobia, Mississippi.

GE Power today announced that Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, a global company that owns and acquires high quality transportation equipment and infrastructure across aviation, energy and rail, has selected GE’s HA gas turbine technology for the Long Ridge Energy Generation LLC Project in Hannibal, Ohio.

ABB Ability™ System 800xA 6.1 provides significant innovations to the entire DCS architecture and introduces technologies that shorten timescales for project execution, reduce the impact of late changes and enhance the scalability of the system, bringing substantial value to capital projects.

Current oilfield conditions demand great leaps in efficiency and margins. Because of this, companies are leaning more and more on technology—but they may lack the time or resources to research, purchase, install and train on the most efficient oil and gas production technologies.

Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, today announced its acquisition of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) provider EnableSoft, maker of Foxtrot RPA, to bring Nintex customers and partners powerful, easy-to-use RPA capabilities with the fastest time to value.

Acwa Power, a leading developer, owner and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, said its consortium with Saudi Brothers Commercial Company (SBCC), has signed senior financing and hedging agreements for the SR2.62 billion ($700 million) Rabigh-3 IWP, one of the world’s largest independent water desalination plants.

Robotic process automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way digital business transformation vendors across the Americas are delivering services to their enterprise clients, according to a new report published today by Information Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

Saudi company Swicorp said the work on three solar photovoltaic plants being jointly developed by Spanish conglomerate Acciona Group in Egypt is nearing completion with the first plant set to enter commercial service soon.

Swiss engineering company ABB fleshed out its latest revamp on Thursday, saying it would focus more on digital industries as it reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings.

US-based McDermott International said that it has received a large contract award from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Marjan field, offshore Saudi Arabia.

PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) signed a 10-year extension to its existing multiyear agreement (MYA) for GE (NYSE: GE) to service six GE 6B and three Frame 5 gas turbines at its Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate power plant in Rayong, Thailand.

ABB and Dassault Systemes today announced a wide spanning global partnership to offer customers in digital industries a unique software solutions portfolio ranging from product life cycle management to asset health solutions.

GE Renewable Energy was awarded a $87million contract by Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC) to provide seven 60 MW Francis turbines for the new Nachtigal hydropower plant in Cameroon.

Building on existing customer demand and market momentum, PwC one of the world's largest professional services firm and Blue Prism , a leader in Robotic Process Automation software (RPA), today formally announced their collaboration agreement to bring intelligent automation solutions and services to enterprise customers.

Worksoft, Inc. (“Worksoft”), a leading provider of continuous test automation software, and Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”), a global investment firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management, today announced Marlin’s majority recapitalization of and growth equity investment in Worksoft.

Sequans Communications S.A. is working with Deutsche Telekom on its recently announced technology, nuSIM, which is a ground-breaking solution that moves the SIM card functionality directly onto the chipset.

A plant on the Arabian Gulf has replaced outmoded trip units with a digital retrofit from ABB that reduced costs by 50 percent while dramatically improving capabilities. After years of service, power equipment in any facility is likely to begin degrading or simply to become obsolete as new technical requirements emerge.

A consortium comprising Saudi-based Acwa, Japanese contractor Mitsui & Company and Bahrain industrial conglomerate AlMoayyed has won a major contract for the construction and operation of a 100 MW independent solar power plant in the kingdom.

Kuwait's government has announced the launch ofPhase One of Shagaya Renewable Energy Park project, a major development, which, when completed, would provide 150,000 houses in with power round the clock, said a report.

Synopsys, Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) today announced a collaboration to develop a portfolio of automotive Grade 1 temperature (-40ºC to +150ºC junction) DesignWare® Foundation, Analog, and Interface IP for the GF 22-nanometer (nm) Fully-Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (22FDX®) process.

Ericsson and VMware have signed a global alliance agreement that will simplify deploying and running a combination of Ericsson applications and VMware's vCloud NFV platform for CSPs.

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc on Thursday said it would spend $107 billion building four factories, as the memory chip maker seeks to maintain its competitiveness in the face of Chinese efforts to become a leading chipmaking nation.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, today announced that MediaTek, a global fabless semiconductor company that enables 1.5 billion connected devices a year, is utilizing its Sky5™ suite for their new 5G reference platforms.

Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, today announced it has expanded its automation ecosystem by forming a global partnership with WorkFusion, a leading intelligent automation and robotic process automation (RPA) software company.

Valmet will supply a grade conversion rebuild with automation solutions for Shangrao City Lulin Paper Co., Ltd. in Shangrao, China.

Mubadala Petroleum said that it has signed the Gross Split Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for South Andaman, as awarded by the Government of Indonesia pursuant to the 2018 Indonesian Third Direct Tender Round.

Saudi Aramco, a global integrated energy and chemicals company and French oil major Total have signed an agreement to develop a network of retail fuel service stations in Saudi Arabia.

Scottish Robotic Process Automation (RPA) specialists VKY Intelligent Automation have hired Digital Strategy & Marketing specialists Ideal Interface to boost their online presence.

Italian energy major Eni and Saudi Arabia’s Sabic have signed a joint development agreement to further develop an innovative technology for natural gas conversion into synthesis gas that can be further transformed into high value fuels and chemicals, such as methanol.

Marginal Field Development Company (“MFDevCo”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Siemens’ Dresser-Rand business. Siemens becomes the second company, following Marnavi Offshore (“Marnavi”), to join MFDevCo as it establishes strategic collaborations with companies to deliver opportunities it is pursuing as part of its gas to wire initiative for the cost-effective development of marginal gas fields.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2019, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a delivery order in support of the recently awarded contract from the U.S. Naval Warfare Systems Command.

Etihad Esco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), said the project is aimed at generating 3,612,357-kilowatt hour (KWh) of energy annually out of 554 newly retrofitted villas.

Global technology major Siemens said it has secured an extension of a multi-year maintenance service agreement from Shuweihat S2 Operation and Maintenance Company (S2O&M) for its combined-cycle power and water project in Abu Dhabi.

To keep up with growing international demand, healthcare's foremost Enterprise Supply Chain Automation solution provider, Genesis Automation has added a Canadian subsidiary to its business holdings.

GE Research today announced it has been awarded $5.8 MM in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) for a three-year project to develop and demonstrate a super-fast DC Circuit Breaker that is essential for enabling next generation MVDC grids.

By taking over IMP Automation Group FLSmidth completes its portfolio of automated laboratory solutions for the mining industry.

Kuwait Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) said it has reached an agreement with Canada-based Pembina Pipeline Corporation to jointly build a 550,000 tonne per annum integrated propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene ((PDH/PP) upgrading facility plant at an investment of C$$4.5 billion ($3.42 billion).

Baker Hughes, a GE Company announced today an agreement with Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) to co-develop VitalyX, a real-time lubricant monitoring system. VitalyX can be deployed in multiple industries using large machinery, and the advanced cloud-based system is designed to detect and measure key lubricant properties in real-time while simultaneously converting the data into actionable insights.

Leveraging respective leadership technologies in sensors and IoT connectivity, Integrated Device Technology, Inc.and Telink Semiconductor are announcing a partnership to create connected and integrated sensor platforms for IoT applications.

Cisco today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Luxtera, Inc, a semiconductor company that uses silicon photonics to build integrated optics capabilities for webscale and enterprise data centers, service provider market segments, and other customers.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the expansion of its microgrid project at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar to boost resilience.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors and power ICs, today introduced AOZ6662DI-01 and AOZ6663DI-01, high efficiency, simple-to-use synchronous buck regulators.

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) announced today the signing of an agreement with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas S.A. S.M.E (ENUSA) to extend the GNF ENUSA Nuclear Fuel S.A. (GENUSA) joint venture.

Andrew Alliance S.A., the robotics company that is improving repeatability with an innovative approach to liquid handling with conventional laboratory pipettes, and technology company Ziath Ltd,

Kofax®, a leading supplier of intelligent automation software that automates end-to-end business processes to realize digital transformations ) Today announced that it will acquire Top Image Systems ™ Ltd., a global innovator of on-premises and cloud-based applications optimizing content-driven business processes Announced that it had concluded a contract.

Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s most secure open industrial control system (ICS), has established a partnership agreement with Wood, a globally recognized integration provider.

Oman-based Al Duqm Power Company has signed five major agreements for the construction of an integrated power and water plant in the Special Economic Zone of Duqm at an investment of $480 million, said a report.

CIGNEX Datamatics, leading provider of Open Source, Cloud & Automation technology solutions & services announced today that it has partnered with Automation Anywhere, the global leader in Cognitive Robotic Process Automation & Digital Workforce Platform.

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its RX24T and RX24U Groups of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) to include new high-temperature-tolerant models for motor-control applications that require an expanded operating temperature range.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a new order in India from ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP). The scope includes the supply of 270 units of the SG 2.1-122 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 567 MW, to two wind power facilities*.

UPM Energy increases the production capacity of its Kuusankoski hydro power plant through an extensive renovation and modernization project during 2019-2022.

General Electric Co said on Wednesday it would fold its battery storage and electrical grid units into its wind turbine and hydropower business to cut costs, speed decision-making and cater to surging demand for renewable power.

G&W Electric and Survalent are pleased to confirm they have entered into an agreement that enables G&W to bundle Survalent software into its LaZer® II and LaZer® III distribution automation solutions. These solutions will enable utilities to automatically restore power in seconds to as many customers as possible in the case of a fault or loss of voltage on a feeder.

Highlighting its commitment to supporting Oman in meeting its growing power needs, Siemens has received an order to supply the Duqm Integrated Power and Water project (DIPWP) with gas and steam turbines, long-term power generation services and digital solutions.

GE and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have reached a public-private partnership milestone by signing a 25 year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) to develop, build and operate a 1.8 gigawatt (GW) combined cycle power plant located in Hamriyah.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has acquired Emulate3D, an innovative engineering software developer whose products simulate and digitally emulate industrial automation systems.

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade organization, today announced a strategic partnership with Pittsburgh Robotics Network (PRN), a grassroots organization based in Pittsburgh designed to elevate the awareness of the burgeoning robotics industry in the Pittsburgh area.

Eclipse Automation, a provider of automated systems for a variety of industries, will invest $4.6 million to locate new operations in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

GE announced today it has supplied and inaugurated the first gas turbine in the island nation of Tobago to provide reliable, flexible, and sustainable electricity to the country’s grid.

GE announced today that it has implemented the first Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) solution in India for Tata Power’s thermal business.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed the TDLS8100 probe type tunable diode laser spectrometer and will release it for sale today (January 23) as part of its OpreXTM Analyzer family.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed the TDLS8100 probe type tunable diode laser spectrometer and will release it for sale on January 23 as part of its OpreX™ Analyzer family.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded the 242 MW Scioto Ridge onshore wind project by Innogy Renewables US LLC, a subsidiary of German based energy company innogy SE.

Saudi Aramco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) to foster collaboration in power supply and demand management.

Sri Lanka-based JLanka International, a premier solar and renewable energy technology solutions provider, has announced an investment of up to $10 million within the coming five years in Bahrain’s renewable energy sector.

Saipem, a major Italian oil and gas industry contractor, has been awarded two contracts worth $1.3 billion for engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) by Saudi Aramco to develop offshore fields in Berri and Marjan.

Schlumberger signed a contract worth over $200 million with oil major Equinor to manage an offshore rig as part of a drilling program in Brazil’s offshore Campos oil basin, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

RWE, which will become Europe’s No.3 renewable player as part of a deal to break up subsidiary Innogy (IGY.DE) with E.ON (EONGn.DE), has about 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) per year to expand solar and wind capacity, it said on Thursday.

GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind (a Joint Venture between Pondera Development and SIF Holding Netherlands) announced today that they have signed an agreement to install the first Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine prototype in Maasvlakte-Rotterdam (NL) during summer 2019.

3M, a global leader in consumer and industrial material sciences, and Eckhart, an Industry 4.0 solutions pioneer, today announced the successful launch of the 3M™ Automated Taping System (ATS), a collaborative robot-based automated tape application system jointly developed by both companies for the automotive and industrial market.

Vecna Robotics (Vecna), a leader in automated material handling, is revolutionizing the world of self-driving vehicles through the introduction of its artificial intelligence (AI) multi-agent orchestration engine, Pivot.al, that harmonizes the work of fleets of autonomous vehicles with workers and other automation.

JOLT Advantage Group, a leading North American IT consulting firm, specialized in Intelligent Automation, Business Transformation and Performance, announced today its partnership with UiPath, the global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software, to join forces to democratize RPA and help organizations attain long term success with end-to-end support on their digital transformation journey.

NAVER today announced an agreement with LG Electronics (LG) to cooperate on R&D to apply NAVER LABS’ integrated location and mobility platform “xDM” (eXtended Definition & Dimension Map) to LG’s Guide Robot.

Aegis Software, a global provider of Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) announces that Aegis’ FactoryLogix® is now the first MES solution to natively leverage the power of the IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) standard.

Optimum Energy and Belimo Automation AG are advancing innovative HVAC optimization solutions through a licensing deal that provides Belimo with Optimum Energy’s recently patented IoT technologies for smart valves.

Litmus Automation, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform provider, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a management consulting firm with expertise in operations and manufacturing IoT, today announced a partnership agreement for joint IoT offerings.

UK-based TechnipFMC, a leading services provider in the energy sector in consortium with MMHE (Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering), has signed a long-term offshore agreement with Saudi Aramco, a global petroleum and natural gas company.

Emerson today released AMS Inspection Rounds, a new application for the AMS Trex Device Communicator that will make it easier for operations teams to capture, report, and respond to abnormal plant conditions that pose risks to reliability, safety, and performance.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation today announced the development of Deep Neural Network that will help to realize advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving functions.

LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. and GeoTraq, a cellular IoT module manufacturer and network operator providing global connectivity wrapped into one simple

Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies, announced it has acquired TSS Technologies, a third generation business that provides total automation solutions from material handling and assembly to web handling and vision inspection.

Hartfiel Automation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fiero Fluid Power. Fiero Fluid Power has served their customers in the Rocky Mountain area with excellent pneumatic, automation, motion control, robotics, and instrumentation products since its founding in 1984.

Shingle & Gibb Automation today announced the acquisition of KOM Automation of Amherst, NY.

Siemens and Violet Defense today announce that Violet Defense has joined the growing Siemens Connect Ecosystem, which today connects experts in this innovative network of business and solution developers.

Turquoise Hill Resources today announced the signing of the Power Source Framework Agreement (PSFA) between Oyu Tolgoi and the Government of Mongolia (Government)

Solar energy technology leader Midsummer, one of the world's leading developers and suppliers of advanced solar energy solutions, has received an order from US solar panel manufacturer Sunflare worth over $7 million for production equipment of thin film solar cells.

Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, announced today the installation of the first of 13 turbines at the 50 megawatt (MW) Dhofar Wind Farm. Located in the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar, the project is fully financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid.

Saudi-based Acwa Power has won a contract to develop Rabigh 3, the world’s largest independent water desalination plant (IWP) located on the Red Sea coast, further expanding its desalination capacity in the kingdom.

The UAE Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) has signed an agreement with the government of Umm Al Qaiwain to set up a solar photovoltaic (PV) power station in bid to provide clean energy to the northern emirate.

Italy-based Saipem, a leading oil and gas industry contractor, said it has signed an offshore contract addendum worth more than $1.2 billion with Petrobel for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Ramp Up to Plateau” phase of the “supergiant” Zohr Field Development Project situated in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast.

SolderWorks LLC today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire SmartSource Management (SSM), a Denver-based technology consulting firm founded in 2006 with a strong client base in the semiconductor manufacturing and wine-making industries.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Swedish energy company Vattenfall AB to deliver a new biomass boiler plant with an external biomass handling system for their “Carpe Futurum” project.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc., a global provider of advanced LED lighting solutions, today announced the expansion of its rNET lighting controls system capabilities through the integration of the advanced, high quality control sensors by SENSORWORX, a market leading controls technology company based in Essex, Connecticut.

NextShift Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robot solutions for automated order fulfillment and warehouse materials management, today announced a reseller agreement with Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio.

GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by ReNew Power, India's largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP)*, to provide 120 GE 2.5-132 turbines for the Gadhsisa Wind Farm in Gujarat, India.

ABB reached a deal with Japan’s Hitachi (6501.T) to sell its Power Grids division, with the Swiss engineering group adding it plans to return net cash proceeds of $7.6-7.8 billion from selling the 80.1 percent stake in the unit to shareholders.

Ahlstrom-Munksjo will invest approximately EUR 15 million to install a new co-generation plant at its Turin site in Italy.

Ultria, a leading provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management in the cloud, is extending their Contract Management software to include Artificial Intelligence Contract Parsing and Data Extraction. It demonstrates how neural networks in combination with machine-based learning help in-house legal teams to solve complex regulatory challenges, manage constant geopolitical change, and reduce risk.

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions announces the new, affordable SPECTRUM bridge-type coordinate measuring machine (CMM) line. Using the latest ZEISS software, scanning sensor and machine technology, these economical systems are designed to easily handle everyday measurement applications.

Valmet will supply automation technology to Pori Energia Oy's Aittaluoto biomass power plant in Pori, Finland.

Upland Software, Inc., a leader in cloud-based Enterprise Work Management software, today announced it has acquired Adestra Ltd., a leading provider of enterprise-grade email marketing, transaction and automation software.

Emerson today announced it has acquired Advanced Engineering Valves (A.E. Valves), a leading manufacturer of innovative valve technology that helps LNG customers operate more efficiently.

NICE today unveiled version 7.0 of its Robotic Process Automation (RPA) product suite designed to streamline all stages of the automation lifecycle - from discovery and development to deployment and operationalization.

Today GE and Stedin, one of the leading distribution network operators (DNOs) in the Netherlands, went live with the first European implementation of Transmission Forecast (T-Forecast) software from GE’s Grid Solutions.

Automation Anywhere®, the leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), today announced its partnership with DataRobot, the pioneering architect of automated machine learning.

GE Power announced today that the company’s reliable and flexible 6F.03 gas turbines will power Korea Zinc’s LNG Combined Cycle Power Plant located in Onsan, Ulsan City of Korea.

Telestream, a leading provider of workflow automation, processing and quality monitoring and management solutions for the production and distribution of video, today announced the opening of its new East Coast Headquarters in Westwood, Massachusetts.

NEXT Biometrics, a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced a cooperation agreement with Digitsecure India Pvt Ltd(www.lastmile.mobi) where the two companies will work together to develop new products based on NEXT's advanced, large-area fingerprint sensor technology.

Nemo Link® interconnector is a joint venture between the Transmission System Operators Elia (Belgium) and National Grid (UK), to exchange electricity up to 1,000 MW between the two countries, using high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. Nemo Link connects the Belgian and the British power grid with a combination of subsea and underground cables.

GE today announced orders and continued strong momentum for the company’s flagship HA, the largest and most efficient gas turbine fleet in the industry, at POWER-GEN International in Orlando, Florida.

Packet, the leading bare metal cloud for developers, and Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, today announced that the companies have joined forces to offer customers both “compute in the cloud” and “storage in the cloud” by integrating their respective platforms.

ACL, a leading enterprise governance SaaS provider, today announced a new and enhanced ACL GRC platform built on robotic process automation and machine learning.

Siemens today announced it has acquired COMSA Computer und Software GmbH, a Munich-based company which develops software for electrical systems design and wire harness engineering. Its LDorado suite is the leader in automotive harness design and engineering software in Germany, reflecting deep local expertise and market presence with a well-established product portfolio and strong emphasis on standards.

Reflecting a growing global demand for industrial robots, NXT Robotics, an emerging security robotics firm, has announced an on-site service partnership with Ricoh USA Inc. This partnership leverages the RICOH Service Advantage program and utilizes Ricoh's vast global network of repair and service specialists.

The Sabio Group has announced the acquisition of flexAnswer Solutions, a leading Singapore-based provider of innovative Virtual Assistant solutions based on its own advanced NLP and machine learning technologies.

Honeywell today announced it will relocate its global corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, a business- and family-friendly city close to several of Honeywell's businesses in the Southeast United States.

Valmet has been selected to supply automation services to seven Dalkia power plants in France for the next five years. The agreements cover the biomass power plants in Facture, Rennes, Tours, Angers, Limoges, Orléans and Strasbourg.

Siemens has received an order from Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) to supply three SGT-800 gas turbines and generators for their new gas-fired generating station in Lansing, Michigan.

Ayehu, provider of the leading AI-powered IT and security automation and orchestration platform, today announced that it has launched a Global Partner Program for Managed Service Providers, OEM partners and Systems Integrators.

Bandura Cyber, which pioneered the Threat Intelligence Gateway (TIG) industry in part with the U.S. Department of Defense, has announced a strategic partnership with Castra Consulting Managed Services.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO), Japan, to deliver a PowerFluid Circulating Fluidized Bed boiler with flue gas cleaning system for a new biomass power plant to be built in Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama, on Honshu (main island) west coast some 250 km to the west of Tokyo, Japan for a subsidiary of Equis Bioenergy K.K.. Start-up is scheduled in 2021.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced Asset Connect, a new modernization solution that allows facility managers to implement their installations with smart sensors, transforming non-communicating equipment into connected assets.

PTC today announced the acquisition of Frustum Inc. , a leading provider of generative design software, for approximately $ 70 million.

NEXT Biometrics, a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced the company is joining with MK Group to launch an R&D program for biometric smart cards for banking and other applications.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has inaugurated its technologically-advanced Taweelah Gas Compression Plant, which will ensure uninterrupted gas supplies to major Abu Dhabi industries and Fujairah.

At SPS Drives 2018, ABB features its uninterruptible power supply (UPS) DPA 250 S4, with its market-leading module efficiency of 97.6 percent, 30 percent lower power losses than competitor products, top reliability, zero downtime and low cost of ownership.

GE Power was recently chosen by Kerui Metodo Construcao e Montagem S.A, led by China’s Shandong Kerui Petroleum and Brazil’s Metodo Potencial, to provide the e-house solution, which will be part of the construction of a natural gas processing unit in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state.

Heilind Asia Pacific, part of Heilind Electronics Inc., announced an expanded inventory of electronic components and solutions from Harting which is one of the world's leading providers of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines of Data, Signal and Power.

Juhl Energy announced today that it has selected GE Renewable Energy (GE:NYSE) to supply equipment for the first commercial integrated solar-wind hybrid power generation project in the U.S. The Minnesota-based clean energy company has developed the 2.0MW community-based renewable energy project to provide low-cost, locally generated energy to the Lake Region Electric Cooperative of Pelican Rapids, Minn.

Molex announces a collaboration with Contrinex, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of inductive and photoelectric sensors for factory automation as well as safety and RFID systems. With sensors providing the essential steps of analyzing and communicating high-level data to cloud-based applications, this collaboration further strengthens Molex’s Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution offerings and positions the company as an end-to-end solution provider for industrial automation.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Machine Learning are cutting-edge technologies that are showing an astonishing pace of growth in both capabilities and real-world applications.

Today, NuScale Power announced that it has selected Minnesota-based PaR Systems, LLC to begin engineering work for the manufacturing of its Reactor Building Crane (RBC), an important element of NuScale’s innovative nuclear plant design. The decision follows an intensive selection process involving several major U.S. nuclear crane suppliers. NuScale selected the best company to partner with for developing technology capable of producing the precision movements necessary to meet NuScale’s design requirements.

As part of its deep commitment to supporting Bolivia's efforts to improve access to electricity for its growing population, Siemens recently celebrated the start of construction on a new, modern energy service and training center in Bolivia.

The GE consortium, established by GE Power and CIE Sociedad Anonima, has been chosen by Itaipu Binacional to provide electrical equipment for the early stages of the modernization project of the Itaipu Dam.

Exela Technologies, Inc., a location-agnostic global business process automation (BPA) leader, today announced the opening of the fourth of its innovation centres. The innovation centre is located in London at The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe.

Siemens has received orders from its customer Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to supply SF6-free dead-tank circuit breakers and gas-insulated switchgear (GIS). They are destined for California's 115-kilovolt (kV) high-voltage grid. The orders comprise dead-tank circuit-breakers for 72.5 kV and 115 kV as well as GIS for 115 kV. These circuit breakers use vacuum interrupters for switching functions and treated air known as "clean air" as the insulating medium.

New range of products to facilitate digitalization of grids and offer enhanced safety, efficiency and reliability. ABB today launched the world’s first dry-type (oil free) digital transformer, named the ABB AbilityTM TXpertTM Dry, and another innovative product called TXpandTM at its ABB Customer World (ACW) event in Xiamen, China.

Brooks Automation, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of automation and cryogenic solutions for multiple markets including semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences, announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of GENEWIZ Group.

BEI Precision Systems & Space Company, Inc., a portfolio company of J.F. Lehman & Company, announced today the recent acquisition of Thistle Design (MMC) Limited ("Thistle") by one of its affiliates.

On the heels of its first-time order for SGT-800 gas turbines in Panama earlier this year, Siemens has been awarded the long-term service and maintenance agreement for the same power plant project. The agreement was signed with the independent power producer Shanghai Gorgeous Group

Siemens will be showcasing its Digital Enterprise portfolio of seamless integrated solutions for additive manufacturing under the banner "Industrialize Additive Manufacturing" at formnext 2018, the lead exhibition for Additive Manufacturing (AM), in Frankfurt, Germany. The focus of the exhibition will be a digital representation of the real world – a digital twin – extending across the entire value chain, starting with design and engineering through simulation and production

Delivery of wind energy through network-based architecture will ensure more stable and reliable electricity to meet higher demand during Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The Zhangbei high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grid in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area of China will enable the integration of remote wind, solar and hydro energy in a transmission ring that ensures optimization of power flow.

Siemens has opened a new MindSphere Application Center in Abu Dhabi to focus on developing digital solutions, applications and services for process industries, including oil and gas, water and wastewater. The center is the second of three to be built in the UAE, using the company’s open, cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere to support the Middle East’s digital transformation.

ABB has been awarded an integrated automation, electrification and telecommunication order in Q2 2018, valued at US$79 million, for the upgrade of the Bab Onshore Field in Abu Dhabi, by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC). Spanning 1,200 square kilometers, Bab is the largest onshore oil field in Abu Dhabi. State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has identified the potential to increase output from 420,000 to 450,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

ServiceTitan, the world's leading all-in-one software for residential HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other home service businesses, announced today its acquisition of JaRay Software Inc., an all-in-one service business management system based in Wichita, Kansas.

Honeywell today announced that it has completed its acquisition of warehouse automation solutions provider Transnorm.

Stelligent, a technology services company specializing in DevOps automation on Amazon Web Services (AWS), today announced that it has been acquired by Mphasis, a global information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services.

LM Wind Power, a unit of GE Renewable Energy, today announced the inauguration of a new Technology Center Americas facility to develop and test new techniques for designing and building wind turbine blades at its facility on the NASA Michoud campus outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.

GE has been selected by Toyo Engineering Corporation on behalf of the project owner, GK KS Power 1, a special purpose vehicle consortium by GE Energy Financial Service and K-Energy, to provide its 1,500-volt inverters to build the 24-megawatt (MW) solar plant project located in Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Honeywell today announced that Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. will use the Honeywell Connected Plant Process Reliability Advisor to provide prescriptive monitoring of its UOP C3 Oleflex™ unit at its plant in Shandong Province in Eastern China.

Detector Technology, Inc., a leader in analytical instrument contract design and manufacturing, with its roots in mass spectrometry, announced the acquisition of industry-leading electron multiplier manufacturer ETP Ion Detect Pty Ltd ("ETP"), based in Sydney, Australia.

Emerson, in partnership with Fores Engineering, has signed a $32 million contract with Sonatrach, Algeria's state energy company, to modernize its gas processing plant in Alrar. As part of the contract, Emerson will combine its innovative technologies and operational certainty methodology to optimize Sonatrach’s production operations and improve the reliability and security of the Alrar plant’s processes.

Indian multinational group A Tech Wabag (Wabag) has been awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction contract worth SR500 million ($133 million) for the development of a sewage water treatment plant in Jubail area of the kingdom. A pioneer in pure-play water technology sector, Wabag said the engineering, design and build contract was awarded by Marafiq, the power and water utility company for Jubail and Yanbu in Saudi Arabia.

Siemens Gamesa, a renewable energy leader in India, has secured two wind orders from ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), for the construction of a 100.8 MW wind farm located in the Kutch district, in the state of Gujarat and a 76 MW wind farm in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra.

Valmet has signed a distribution agreement for wastewater automation with Hanchang Corporation to strengthen its wastewater business in Korea. According to the agreement, Valmet provides its advanced wastewater automation and measurement technology, while Hanchang is responsible for the sales, engineering and service in Korea.

New, first-of-its-kind research released today by Honeywell shows that removable USB media devices such as flash drives pose a significant – and intentional – cybersecurity threat to a wide array of industrial process control networks.

Barnes Group Inc., a global provider of highly engineered products and differentiated industrial technologies, today announced that it completed its acquisition of privately held Gimatic S.r.l. (“Gimatic”).

GE Power announced that it has been awarded four orders by NTPC Limited to supply and install Wet FGD systems for a combined value of INR 1783 crore (USD 247 million). The four power plant projects are:

Pioneering digital technology company ABB today announced a major, new US$150 million investment in Shanghai, China to build the world’s most advanced, automated and flexible robotics factory - a cutting-edge center where robots make robots.

Honeywell announced that its pressure sensors are being used to help test a range of innovative technologies, including the next generation of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Test Systems Strategies, Inc. (TSSI), the worldwide leader in design-to-test pattern conversion, simulation and validation tools, and Advantest CloudTesting ServiceTM (CTS), developer of the semiconductor industry’s first on-demand testing service, today jointly announced a new software module to convert electronic design automation (EDA) formats (e.g., VCD, EVCD, WGL, STIL) to the Advantest CTS CX1000 platform.

China International Marine Containers (Group) LTD. (CIMC Group) and Sumitomo Corporation Group (SCG) signed an agreement Friday on strengthening cooperation on intelligent and high-speed warehouse storage systems.

GE today announced it has been awarded a $33.7 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue development of advanced fuel rod technologies that are more robust and have improved performance during normal and accident conditions.

OnRobot, a global leader in end-of-arm tooling for collaborative robots, has opened its first US headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Selected for its close proximity to OnRobot partners, Dallas will also provide OnRobot with a central location that is easy for both customers and staff to visit for training, demonstrations and sales meetings.

Emerson has introduced the Fisher™ FIELDVUE™ DLC3100 and DLC3100 SIS digital level controllers (DLCs) for hassle-free calibration and safety integrity level 2 (SIL2) capabilities.

Galfar Engineering & Contracting Company, a major construction firm in Oman, said it has secured engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works worth $50.6 million at Duqm Refinery in the sultanate.

Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation announces that it has developed the DLM3000 series of mixed signal oscilloscopes with models for the 200 MHz, 350 MHz, and 500 MHz bandwidths, and will release this to the market on October 30.

Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced the release of LinkSwitch™-XT2 offline switcher ICs incorporating 900 V power MOSFETs.

Emerson has completed a $73 million contract for automation systems and cloud engineering services, helping North West Redwater Partnership design, execute and complete its first-of-a-kind Sturgeon Refinery. The Alberta, Canada refinery uses innovative technology designed to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel for local consumption as well as for export to markets that demand low sulfur fuel.

Valmet will supply an extensive automation solution to Oulun Energia's new biopower plant, currently being built in the Laanila industrial park in Oulu, Finland. This order for automation technology is a continuation of the main equipment order from Oulun Energia placed in January 2018.

Large-scale organisations are becoming increasingly open about the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), robotic and automation technologies, according to research announced today by Redwood Software.

Huada Empyrean Software Co., Ltd. (Empyrean), an IC and FPD (Flat Panel Display) EDA solutions and IP provider announced today that RICOH Electronic Devices Co., Ltd (REDC), a leading electronic device products supplier in Japan, has adopted its analog mixed-signal (AMS) IC frontend design platform as their main design flow.

Bourbon Subsea Services has been selected by Windplus for the installation of 3 8.3 MW wind turbines 20 km from Viana do Castelo on the Portuguese coast. With a total capacity of 25MW, these are the most powerful floating wind turbines ever installed. The contract covers project management, engineering and the supply of the complete anchoring system (supplied by Vryhof).

HITEC Sensor Developments, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom load cells and strain gage based force and torque sensors, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Aero Sense Technologies, a leading manufacturer of custom sensors for aerospace and industrial customers. HITEC is a subsidiary of Safety Technology Holdings (STH), a holding company with well-known niche test and measurement sector companies including vehicle safety company, Humanetics Innovative Solutions and specialty optical fiber manufacturer, Fibercore.

ABB has won an order of about $18 million from Indian Railways to supply traction transformers. These transformers are customized for the WAP-7 type electric locomotive. The 6000 horsepower strong locomotive can haul 24 coaches at speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour.

Honeywell today announced the launch of a fully integrated voice-directed productivity solution for SAP Business One® users.

Honeywell today announced a strategic collaboration with Fetch Robotics to provide distribution centers with autonomous mobile robots to help them more effectively fulfill growing volumes of e-commerce orders.

Emerson today unveiled a new line of transmitters designed specifically for hygienic applications in the food and beverage industry with a compact form factor that will enable manufacturers to minimize downtime and lower production costs.

Today Schindler announced the debut of its breakthrough Robotics Installation System for Elevators (R.I.S.E), paving the way for greater automation and digitalization in the elevator industry.

Today at PACK EXPO – Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, announced the new high performance Force Guide integrated force guidance solution which takes robot automation to the next level with amazing precision and outstanding rigidity.

Siemens announced today that VinFast, Vietnam's first volume car manufacturer, has selected a suite of tools from Siemens PLM Software to help realize their plans for next-generation automotive and transportation design. Siemens is providing a digitalization solution across the entire automotive OEM value chain, which can help enable VinFast to meet the company's goals of creating the first Vietnam-made automobile and eScooter brand, and promote the development of the industrial and manufacturing sector in Vietnam.

AAEM, a joint venture between Atomenergomash, the power engineering division of Russian group Rosatom, and global technology major General Electric (GE), has won a contract to supply turbine hall equipment for Units 1 to 4 of the El Dabaa nuclear power station in Egypt.

GE Power has recently been selected by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), one of the largest steel producers in Latin America, to replace its converter in the steel plant in Volta Redonda, Brazil.

ABB inaugurated a new high-voltage gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) manufacturing facility in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. The unit is the fourth manufacturing facility that ABB has set up in the country during the last three years as part of a $30 million investment plan. The other units manufacture high-voltage air-insulated switchgear, low-voltage, and medium-voltage switchgear.

Honeywell technology will be used to transform one of Europe's oldest paper mills into one of the world's most modern under a €30 million project being implemented by Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co. KG, to upgrade its paper mill in Gratkorn, Austria.

CollabNet VersionOne, a global leader in Enterprise Value Stream Management, Agile management, Git version control, and DevOps, and Parasoft (www.parasoft.com) the global leader in automated software testing and continuous quality, announce a new partnership. CollabNet VersionOne will integrate Parasoft's automated testing suite within its Value Stream Management (VSM) offering.

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Syntel Inc., a leading global provider of integrated information technology and knowledge process services headquartered in Michigan, with $ 924 million revenue in 2017 of which 89% is in North America, 25% operating margin, and c. 40% of its activities in digital, automation, and robotization. Syntel offers its customers high value-added digital services in several specific verticals such as Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail and Insurance.

Offshore driller Ensco and Rowan Companies, a leader in drilling services and a 50/50 partner in a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, have agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction taking the enterprise value of the merger to $12 billion.

The Metso Lokotrack® LT200HP(TM) mobile cone crushing plant is designed for secondary and tertiary crushing operations such as producing aggregates for railway ballast, road construction, asphalt, and concrete fractions. Thanks to its direct v-belt drive from the gearbox, the renewed solution delivers fuel consumption savings of at least 15% compared to hydraulic-driven cone crushers.

Honeywell today announced two new 2D barcode scan engines to help improve the data capture performance of compact and lightweight mobile devices, such as handheld computers, tablets and wearable scanners.

Cloudify Platform Ltd. and Lumina Networks today at the SDN World Congress, announced a strategic partnership to bring agility to service providers with legacy and virtualized networks. The two industry-changing companies will cooperate on customer deployments to automate service delivery without vendor lock-in.

Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in Russia from Enel Russia, one of the country's independent power producers (IPP), for the supply of 90 MW of wind turbines. This is the first order for Siemens Gamesa in the country and belongs to the preliminary agreement signed with Enel in 2017 for the supply of 291 MW at two wind farms in Russia.

Nortal, a global strategic change and technology company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dev9, an industry-recognized software development consultancy specialized in cloud modernization. Nortal Group combines over 750 specialists collaborating with over 150 customers across 14 offices in nine countries.

Emerson today announced it has acquired Ireland-based HTE Engineering Services Ltd., which will join the Assembly Technologies business within Emerson’s Automation Solutions platform.

Siemens, a global innovator in low and medium voltage technologies, has announced plans to acquire Massachusetts-based Russelectric®, a leading U.S. manufacturer of power control systems including paralleling switchgear and automatic transfer switches.

Honeywell announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held, warehouse automation business Transnorm for approximately €425 million from IK Investment Partners.

Valmet has acquired Enertechnix, a high-tech combustion diagnostics and monitoring technology company based in Washington, USA. The company develops innovative technologies for boiler imaging and temperature measuring, and holds a leading position on the US market.

Valmet will supply an automation system for coal washing to SUEK's Tugnuisky open-pit mine in Eastern Siberia, Russia. SUEK is currently constructing a new fine-size coal washing module and modernizing its existing coal washing module. The project will increase the plant's washing capacity by more than 65% to 14 million tons per year. Modern automation will enable the company to increase the operating efficiency of its coal washing and enhance the quality of mined coal.

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing (AM) systems for 3D Printed Metals and 3D Printed Electronics, today announced the opening of Optomec GmbH, its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Operations Center in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Optomec GmbH will be located at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

GE Power today announced that technology has been selected by NTPC and Tata Chemicals to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India with its low NOx firing system. This is the first installation of this technology in India and it will be implemented at NTPC’s 2x490 thermal plant in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh and the 136 TPH Boiler Tata project in Mithapur, Gujarat. GE Power’s technology can help reduce NOx generation by up to 40% from current levels in these units.

Emerson is introducing the Roxar FSM Log 48 Area Corrosion Monitor, a new pipeline integrity management system that provides remote, continuous online corrosion and erosion monitoring, enabling operators to track localized corrosion and ensure cost-effective pipeline health even in challenging environments.

Emerson is helping LNG marine transportation customers to reduce their initial pressure relief valve investment at the shipyard by up to 25 percent, and total cost of ownership with its new Anderson Greenwood™ 9300H low pressure pilot operated pressure relief valves (POPRVs).

Brooks Automation, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GENEWIZ Group, a leading global genomics service provider headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey.

ABB will supply high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations in Tajikistan and Pakistan as part of a World Bank-supported $330 million order to be executed as a consortium project with Spanish Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) company, Cobra, which will be responsible for the construction and installation of the associated substations.

Synopsys, Inc. and SMART Photonics today announced that a new, production-ready process design kit (PDK) based on SMART Photonics' Indium Phosphide (InP) process is now available in Synopsys' OptSim™ Circuit tool to support InP-based photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and simulation. Synopsys' PIC Design Suite, which comprises OptSim Circuit and OptoDesigner tools, provides a seamless PIC design flow from idea to manufacturing from a single solutions provider.

Epson today announced the Expression® Premium XP-7100 Small-in-One® Printer, designed to deliver superior photo quality and versatility. Leveraging individual 5-color Claria® inks, the Expression Premium XP-7100 prints vivid, borderless photos, up to 8" x 10", or on specialty paper1 and DVDs. Touting a 30-page Auto Document Feeder and auto two-sided printing, copying, and scanning, it's an ideal solution for productivity and creativity at home.

GE Renewable Energy today announced the completion of the installation of the latest Haliade 150-6 MW offshore wind turbine on the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. The GE Renewable Energy onsite team will continue the commissioning activities prior to transferring the operation to the customer.

ABB and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have signed a three-year partnership agreement, focused around the research of computer science professor Thomas Fritz, an expert in the practical applications of biometric sensing. ABB will provide a total of $300,000 in funding ($100,000 per year), which will be matched by the Government of Canada.

Siemens today introduced a new Simcenter™ software solution for design-centric thermal simulation of Autonomous Electric Vehicles (AEVs) – the industry's first comprehensive, easy-to-use solution engineered to address critical, thermal-driven challenges associated with AEV design, such as extending electric drive range, optimizing in-cabin comfort, designing sensors and ensuring the reliability of all autonomous drive (AD) systems.

Automation Anywhere®, the leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), today announced a technology alliance partnership with Celonis, the leader in operationalizing process change for business transformation, to integrate their respective platforms and collaborate on sales and marketing programs. RPA combined with process mining further enables organizations to streamline and automate processes, ensuring they operate at maximum efficiency.

Valmet will supply an automation and safety system to the new gas compression station of the Balticconnector pipeline project in Inkoo, Finland. The offshore pipeline will connect the gas networks in Finland and Estonia.

ABB today announced the launch of its breakthrough oil-free traction transformer, RESIBLOC® Rail, offering the highest level of safety and efficiency in rail transport, at InnoTrans, the international trade fair for rail transportation, at the Berlin Messe from September 18-21.

ABB announced today that it has won orders worth over $100 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler. With these orders, ABB will supply state of the art traction equipment for more than 160 trains serving urban, regional and long distance routes in Europe and the US.

Parasoft, the global leader in software test automation for embedded, enterprise, and IoT markets, announced a strategic partnership with Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, and next-generation services.

ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of AB Rotech, a privately owned company headquartered in Bursa, Turkey. AB Rotech has 20 years of experience in robotic welding solutions and services for the automotive industry. The acquisition will boost ABB’s robotic welding solutions for all tiers in the growing automotive segment.

Fluor Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has exercised its option to extend its current management and operating contract of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) through March 31, 2024. The contract is currently being executed by Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC (FFPO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fluor. Fluor will book the $2 billion contract extension value in the third quarter of 2018.

Siemens Mobility and consortium partner ST Engineering Electronics Limited have been awarded an 18.8 million Singapore dollars contract by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to develop and implement a Rail Enterprise Asset Management System (REAMS). This digital program will be managed from the MindSphere Application Center in Singapore, one of Siemens' digitalization hubs. The facility was the first to integrate multi-disciplinary digitalization specialists from different Siemens businesses.

Landis+Gyr announced it has been selected to provide smart grid automation technology and data services to Costa Rican utility ESPH as part of a comprehensive grid modernization project.

SNC-Lavalin has announced that it has been awarded a framework agreement for project support services with Lukoil Mid-East for the West Qurna phase 2 oilfield in Iraq. "We continue to build on our long-term relationship with Lukoil and to help them realise their projects successfully.

Siemens Energy Management has received an order to design, supply and build the grid connection for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm by German customer Innogy SE. The wind farm, 32 kilometers (km) off the Lincolnshire coast, will have an installed generation capacity of circa 860 megawatts (MW) after its completion.

GE , one of the leading providers of digital energy solutions, and CGI, a global information technology and business consulting services company, announced the signing of an alliance agreement to pursue joint development and implementation opportunities for electric grid software in North America. This unique partnership bridges information technology and operational technology (OT) in the utility industry. GE and CGI will focus on real-time grid operations and controls, critical infrastructure and cybersecurity.

GE Power was chosen by EPC Construtora Quebec, a Brazilian engineering company, to provide its 4.4-megawatt (MW) and 2.2-MW LV5 1,500-volt inverters and skids for the 14-MW Verde Vale III project in Guanambi, Brazil.

The uninterruptible power supply (UPS) DPA 250 S4, with its market-leading module efficiency of 97.6 percent, offers more than 30 percent lower power losses, top reliability, zero downtime and low cost of ownership.

Saudi Aramco has awarded the first large-scope integrated services contract for its Marjan oilfield – the first of three major offshore expansions in Saudi Arabia, and the company’s largest upstream development project this year – to Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE).

A 75 kWp solar power installation to inject more than 50kW clean power into ABB’s High Voltage and Distribution Solutions factory in BacNinh province. Demonstrating solar capabilities while also reducing its own environmental impact, ABB recently inaugurated a 75 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at its high voltage and distribution solutions factory in BacNinh province in Vietnam.

ABB´s new shore-to-ship technology minimizes environmental impact and secures reliable electricity to Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth. The naval base in Portsmouth, spread over 150 hectares, with 10 kilometers of waterfront, is home to almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet, including frigates, vessels, the Fishery Protection Squadron and the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.

Honeywell announced that it has acquired Ortloff Engineers, Ltd., a privately held licensor and industry-leading developer of specialized technologies that drive high returns in natural gas processing and sulfur recovery. Terms of the acquisition, which closed on Aug. 31, have not been disclosed. There is no change to the Company's guidance for 2018 as a result of the acquisition.

SNC-Lavalin and ABB today announced the formation of Linxon, a new joint-venture (JV), for the execution of turnkey electrical AC substation projects. The transaction was announced in December 2017 and Linxon is expected to commence operations from September 1, 2018, with SNC-Lavalin having a majority and controlling interest in the JV.

Purple Robotics, which has just developed an innovative vacuum gripper within just one year—the world’s first gripper specifically for cobots—has now been acquired by OnRobot.

GE’s Distributed Power business announced U.K.-based Clarke Energy, GE’s authorized Channel Partner of Jenbacher gas engines in Algeria, has been selected by the developers of the new Djamaâ el Djazaïr mosque (the Great Mosque of Algiers), to supply four of GE’s J320 Jenbacher gas engines for a trigeneration plant.

In June 2018, Siemens has fully commissioned the second block of the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) back-to-back link in Bheramara, Bangladesh, to connect the electricity supply networks of India and Bangladesh with a transmission capacity of up to 500 Megawatts (MW).

Soft Robotics Inc. announces that the advanced capabilities of Soft Robotics’ technology are now available on all Universal Robots as a Universal Robots Plus certified product. With today’s announcement, Soft Robotics introduces the Soft Robotics Development Kit — UR+ (SRDK-UR+), the first plug-and-play Soft Robotics customizable gripper system designed specifically for Universal Robots.

Honeywell today announced a strategic collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University to advance artificial intelligence and robotic technologies to help distribution centers address rising demands fueled by rapid growth in e-commerce.

Innovative application on display at CIGRE 2018 uses Virtual Reality based technology to enable customers to “walk through” projects. ABB is taking the digitalization of power grids design technology to the next level with its innovative new 3D/VR design and planning tool, being demonstrated live at CIGRE 2018, in Paris from August 27-31.

With its SVC Plus Frequency Stabilizer (FS), Siemens is the world's first supplier to combine reactive power compensation capability with the use of so-called supercapacitors. The SVC Plus FS can feed the reactive power needed for stable grid operation in less than 50 milliseconds. At the same time, the up to 200 megawatts of electric power stored in the supercapacitors can be transferred to the grid at full load. As a result, the voltage and frequency, and thus also the grid, remain stable.

Honeywell, a leader in Connected Buildings, is helping customers get ahead of upcoming building code changes and improve fire detection through a new line of addressable smoke and heat detection devices available across all Honeywell Fire brands.

Brooks Automation, Inc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its semiconductor cryogenics business to Edwards Vacuum LLC (a member of the Atlas Copco Group) for $675 million in cash

Broadcom Inc., a leading semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended ("HSR Act"), has expired with respect to the proposed acquisition of CA Technologies .

Mu-Del Electronics LLC, a leading manufacturer of high performance RF and Microwave based systems, will relocate to a larger 20,000 sq-ft custom built operations center at 7425 Merritt Park Drive in Manassas, Virginia.

Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile and one of the world’s largest copper producers, has awarded a major contract with an approximate value of $50 million U.S. to Rockwell Automation to supply a number of important systems for the Chuquicamata underground mine, a “super cave” mine in Chile.

GE Power today announced that it has been selected by BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) for the supply of one 6F.03 gas turbine and a generator for installation at HPCL’s (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) refinery at Vizag (Visakhapatnam) in India. The order, worth INR 220 crores, is part of the capacity expansion plan of HPCL refinery from the current 8.33 MMTPA to 15 MMTPA.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation today announced its decision to consolidate a number of its smaller existing warehouses throughout the U.S. into two large warehouses in Germantown, Wisconsin and Auburn, Alabama. Both facilities are expected to be operational in spring 2019.

Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in robotic systems that augment, rather than replace, humans working in the industrial, public safety and military sectors, will invest $2.4 million to expand operations in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company expects to create up to 292 jobs.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, today closed its acquisition of Avnera Corporation, a leading developer of Analog System on Chips (ASoCs).

NICE today announced the availability of a new white paper with Deloitte Consulting, offering organizations practical guidance to effectively navigate the transition into Robotic and Cognitive Automation (R&CA), the future of Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Information Services Group, a leading global technology research and advisory firm, today announced it is expanding its ISG Provider Lens™ research coverage to the UK, with a report evaluating providers offering infrastructure, data center and private cloud services in this market.

Pexco LLC, a leading North American specialty plastics extruder, expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Custom Extrusion, Inc., a profile extruder with facilities in Massachusetts and North Carolina.

In line with Iraq’s goal to improve the efficiency and availability of the country’s power plants, Siemens will provide inspection and upgrade services for two power generation units at Al-Sadder Power Plant. Located in Baghdad, the 600-megawatts (MW) facility is one of the country’s major power plants that currently supplies approximately 600,000 homes with power. The works will be conducted as part of a new contract between Siemens’ Power Generation Services Division and the Ministry of Electricity.

Petrofac, a leading global provider of oilfield services, has been awarded a multi-million dollar additional scope of work for gas wells in Bahrain from Tatweer Petroleum.

Emerson today introduced a cost-effective, easy-to-install and simple-to-operate alternative to traditional cast and bolted motor starters in the form of its new Appleton® PlexPower™ solution.

Demonstrating that the offshore wind industry is gaining significant momentum in the United States, Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa today announced the signing of a subcontract to supply wind turbines for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project founded by Dominion Energy.

UK-based Sparrows Group, a global specialist equipment and integrated engineering services company, has been granted commercial registration to operate in Saudi Arabia. The commercial registration allows Sparrows Saudi Arabia LLC, a newly established entity in Dammam, to deliver services related to the extraction of oil and natural gas and associated support activities.

Siemens, a global technology powerhouse, said it has secured a major contract from China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for upgradation of one of the largest gas-fired power plants in Iraq.

TDK Corporation announces InvenSense Inc., a TDK Group Company, and leading provider of MEMS sensor platform solutions, has extended its strategic distribution agreement with Symmetry Electronics, a leading global distributor of wireless, IoT and video technologies, increasing the footprint and expanding the InvenSense “Sensing Everything” platform globally.

SunPower today announced that it is supplying its high efficiency solar panels for the Sonnedix 46.6-megawatt (MW) Tono project in Iwate prefecture, Japan. Construction on the site is currently underway, with commercial operation expected in early 2020.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has successfully completed hot functional testing (HFT) on Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced the acquisition of ASTES4 SA (ASTES4), a company based in Switzerland that is engaged in development, production and sales of patented automated sorting solutions for sheet metal laser processing machines

OMRON Corporation announced the global release in August of its new CK3M-series Programmable Multi Axis Controller that achieves nanoscale motion control for future manufacturing in the digital and automotive industries.

Two global robotics suppliers FANUC and Nachi are expected to generate $63.1 million in private investment and create 136 jobs with expansion plans in Auburn Hills and Novi, Michigan.

Siemens and STEAG GuD Herne GmbH signed an agreement today on the turnkey construction of a combined cycle power plant with district heat extraction. They also entered into a long-term service agreement.

Honeywell announced that Hubei Sanning Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP's Polybed™ Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology to supply high-quality hydrogen at its monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at Zhijiang in China's Hubei Province.

Drax Power, which operates the biggest power station in the UK, has signed a new £40 million contract with Siemens for the upgrade of turbines on three of its biomass units over the next three years. The upgrades will deliver efficiencies, as well as maintenance savings, which will cut the cost of biomass electricity production at the plant in North Yorkshire.

Honeywell announced that Jizzakh Petroleum JV LLC will use Honeywell UOP technologies to build a new refinery capable of processing 5 million tons per year of crude oil to produce clean-burning gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), a committed technology leader, announces the availability of the MN07 Series 12TB1 and 14TB 3.5-inch2 hard disk drives for use in NAS platforms.

Allegro MicroSystems, a leader in developing high-performance power and sensing semiconductors, and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, have signed a long-term agreement for UMC to continue as Allegro’s primary foundry wafer manufacturer.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc today announced the availability of three new EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) driving RICOH Pro C7200 series production printers.

ABB Control Technologies, the market leader in Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for over 15 years, and Actemium, the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to industry and worldwide major player in industrial processes, signed a global agreement in June to significantly expand their existing relationship.

Honeywell announced today that the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has chosen Honeywell UOP's Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology to supply high-quality hydrogen at five of its refineries. Hydrogen is essential to the refining process, where it is used to decontaminate oil and facilitate catalytic processes that produce clean-burning fuels, including those that meet the Indian government's strict Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) environmental standards.

ABB will acquire intrion, a privately owned company headquartered in Huizingen, close to Brussels, with approximately 120 employees and over a decade of experience in logistics automation solutions and services for the warehouse and distribution, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Its expertise covers a full spectrum of logistics automation solutions including inline checking, product picking, packing, palletizing, conveying, storage, sorting and sequencing, and order picking. The two parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the transaction, which is expected to close in Q3/Q4 2018.

Honeywell announced today that Petron Corporation will expand and upgrade its Limay, Bataan refinery in the Philippines with technologies from Honeywell UOP. When the project is completed, the refinery will produce 75,000 barrels per day of refined fuels and 1 million tons per annum of aromatics, increasing its capacity by 55 percent.

In collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Siemens and its consortium partners, Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric, announced today the completion of the Egypt Megaproject in record time. The parties celebrated the combined cycle commissioning and the start of operations at the Beni Suef, Burullus and New Capital power plants. The stations will add a total of 14.4 gigawatts (GW) of power generation capacity to Egypt's national grid, enough power to supply up to 40 million people with reliable electricity.

Agile Stacks today announced that it is partnering with CloudBees™ through the CloudBees Elevate Partner Program. As the hub of enterprise DevOps, CloudBees provides companies with smarter automation solutions and insights for accelerating software development. Meanwhile, Agile Stacks delivers the all-in-one, non-opinionated GitOps automation service, which is reinventing how enterprises implement services and applications to support the agility, scalability and reliability required for today’s digital businesses.

Emerson has launched RoxarTM RMS 11, the latest version of its reservoir characterization software. The software includes a powerful set of tools for developing smarter and more interactive reservoir modeling, facies modeling and unified tools for channelized reservoirs and region definition, and further strengthens Emerson’s end-to-end exploration and production (E&P) software portfolio.

Syntel, Inc., a leading global provider of integrated information technology and knowledge process services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Atos S.E. under which Atos will acquire all outstanding shares of Syntel for $41.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.57 billion, including Syntel’s net debt. The transaction was unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors of Syntel based on the unanimous recommendation of a Special Committee of the Board.

Universal Robots pioneered the collaborative robot and continues to evolve its ground-breaking, collaborative automation technology with the introduction of its new flagship line the e-Series cobots. The new UR3e, UR5e and UR10e robot arms will launch in North America at IMTS in Chicago, September 10-15 at Universal Robots’ IMTS booth N-236861.

GE Renewable Energy Business, LM Wind Power announced today the planned acquisition of the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, Netherlands. The transaction is expected to close within a few weeks' time subject to certain pre-completion conditions.

Honeywell, a Fortune 100 software-industrial company, has launched a new gas metering solution that provides easy-to-use health monitoring of midstream metering systems for operations, maintenance and leadership teams.

Ayehu, provider of the leading AI-powered IT automation and orchestration platform, today announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with SRI International – home to labs that have developed breakthrough technologies that have changed the world. Through the license, Ayehu will apply SRI’s machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to its next-generation IT automation and orchestration platform, providing a pathway to autonomy. The collaboration will allow companies to realize the full power of intelligent automation that can transform the future of the enterprise.

Bechtel, a global leader in project management, engineering, procurement, and construction, has completed the Hummel Station Power Plant in Shamokin Dam, Pa., for Panda Power Funds. The 1,124-megawatt natural gas-fueled combined-cycle power facility will supply electricity to more than 1 million homes in the region.

Infoblox Inc., the network control company that provides Actionable Network Intelligence, today announced new updates to its Network Identity Operating System (NIOS) platform enabling organizations to automate core services and data centers such as Red Hat Ansible in order to rapidly deploy network and security services via the cloud. Connecting your on-premise NIOS based solutions with Infoblox ActiveTrust® Cloud, a SaaS based DNS security solution, extends protection against the loss of data or the spread of malware for devices everywhere. This native integration eliminates the need for endpoint agents or separate virtual machines to integrate with Infoblox cloud security services, making it a seamless solution for our customers.

UAE-based Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has awarded Dh175 million ($48 million) contracts for extension of its district cooling pipe networks in the emirate.

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has started operating a combined cycle power plant at Waad Al Shamal mining city in the northern border region, said a report.

Emerson has introduced the Branson UWS40 ultrasonic splicer to meet growing global demand for wire harnesses that deliver splices offering superior electrical and metallurgical performance over crimped, soldered, or resistance-welded connections. The new UWS40 delivers these benefits along with added process savings because ultrasonic welding eliminates the need for consumables (no connectors, solder, or filler metals are required), offers extended tool life, and provides significant power savings. It is ideal for rapid, repeatable production of wire harnesses for automobile, agricultural, appliance, recreation, heavy transport equipment, and other industry segments.

Honeywell announced today that Cepsa will convert an alkylation unit using hydrofluoric acid to Honeywell UOP's solid bed Detal-Plus™ technology at its refinery in San Roque, Spain. The unit produces linear alkylbenzene (LAB), which is used to make a variety of different detergent formulations, including biodegradable household detergents.

Honeywell today announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a gas processing plant to Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC. The 200-million-cubic-foot-per-day nameplate capacity plant will remove natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas produced from several counties in the Midland Basin.

Siemens and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) of China entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to further confirm intention of technology collaboration in the field of heavy-duty gas turbines. Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG, and Qian Zhimin, Chairman of SPIC, signed the MoU in Berlin

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has added new functions to the CENTUM™ VP integrated production control system and will release it as CENTUM VP R6.06 on July 17. CENTUM VP is the core product in the OpreX™ Control and Safety System family of solutions.

ABB is to acquire AB Rotech, a privately-owned company headquartered in Bursa, Turkey, with nearly 20 years of extensive experience in robotic welding solutions and services for the automotive industry.

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has started operating the main SR590 million ($157 million) Al Julla station with 33/132/380 KV, to serve a number of cities and villages in Riyadh, especially in Quwaiyyah, Muzahmiyeh and Dharma.

ABB has received an order from Transpower New Zealand Ltd to upgrade its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link which interconnects the transmission grids of the North and South islands. The link is a vital element of the country’s transmission system and is used as an energy-balancing system, between the two islands. ABB AbilityTM MACH control system, which acts as the brain or nerve center of the link will be a key component of the upgrade.

Staubli Robotics, a leader in robotics automation, and Schneider Electric, a top energy management firm, have signed a long-term agreement to integrate customized Stäubli TS series four axis SCARA robots into Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Machine architecture and platform.

ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (GEIS), GE’s global electrification solutions business on June 30, 2018. The transaction was announced on September 25, 2017, and is expected to be accretive to operational EPS in the first year.

Saudi Aramco has signed an agreement with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) to form a joint venture for an integrated world-class on-shore rig and equipment manufacturing and aftermarket facility in Ras Al-Khair in Saudi Arabia.

State oil giant Saudi Aramco said it has signed a shareholder agreement with US-based National Oilwell Varco (NOV) to set up an integrated world-class on-shore rig and equipment manufacturing and aftermarket facility at Ras Al Khair near the Jubail Industrial City on the kingdom’s east coast.

ENOC signed an aviation technical and marketing services agreement with Raven Energy, to support its jet fuel supply operations in Nigeria.

Siemens has received an order for three SGT5-4000F gas turbines from United Arab Emirates (UAE). The turbines will be used in Unit H Phase 4 of the Al Aweer power plant complex which is located approximately 35 kilometers from downtown Dubai. DEWA has awarded the project EPC contract to Siemens in a consortium led by the Egypt-based company El Sewedy Electric Co SAE (SWDY.CA) through its subsidiary Elsewedy Power.

Xavier Ursat, Group senior executive vice president of EDF in charge of new nuclear projects and engineering, and Andreas Lusch, President and CEO of GE’s Steam Power business, announced that GE and EDF signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the planned construction of 6 EPR reactors at the Jaitapur site, Maharashtra, India.

Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication Inc. will locate its manufacturing headquarters in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The new entity was conceived after a merger between Custom Fabrication and Engineering, a steel manufacturer in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Midwest Automation in Arkoma, Oklahoma.

Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin, Texas-based Austemper Design Systems Inc., a startup software company that offers analysis, auto-correction and simulation technology. This technology allows customers to test and harden IC designs for functional safety in applications such as automotive, industrial and aerospace systems where functional safety and high reliability are mandatory for compliance to safety standards like ISO 26262.

Fluor Corporation, a global engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction company, has announced the arrival of the first modules for the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (Kipic) Al Zour project in Kuwait.

Valmet has begun phase two delivery of its turnkey automation solution to the Heleneholmsverket (HVK) combined heat and power plant in Malmö, Sweden. The plant is owned and operated by E.ON. Valmet's delivery scope will include system software and hardware, field engineering and installation. This is Valmet's first radial steam turbine automation retrofit project in Sweden.

ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, both global leading players in industrial automation and robotics, are showcasing the world’s first common collaborative robot operating interface at automatica in Munich, Germany from June 19-22, 2018.

Honeywell Process Solutions today launched a new gas metering solution that provides easy-to-use health monitoring of midstream metering systems for operations, maintenance and leadership teams. Honeywell Connected Plant Measurement IQ for Gas enhances the metering operation's reliability and safety while cutting costs by massively reducing the need for site visits.

Valmet, together with its customer Turun Seudun Energiatuotanto Oy (TSE), is developing a comprehensive Industrial Internet-based set of production information systems and district heating network optimization solutions. This is being implemented for the first time as an integral part of TSE's new multi-fuel power plant in Naantali, Finland.

Swedish solar company Azelio on June 14th launched a demonstrator of its unique technology for solar energy storage. The technology is revolutionizing in its ability to generate clean electricity on demand around-the clock in a distributed way. It has modularity benefits and is more cost efficient than competing technologies, including fossil based.

Samsung Electronics has announced its commitment to build on its strong progress of energy efficiency and operational emissions reductions to expand the use of renewable energy in its operations.

Valmet introduces a new ATEX certified tracking solution integrated into the Valmet DNA automation system for LNG, gas and chemical containers. The ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU covers equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Emerson has launched the latest version of its Smart Meter Verification software for Coriolis and magnetic flow meters, providing flow meter verification on demand and empowering process engineers, technicians and operators to look beyond the meter and make real-time decisions based on the most advanced meter and process diagnostics in the industry today.

Siemens AG and Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), the Advanced Process Modelling (APM) company, today announced at Achema that they have signed a long-term collaboration agreement to bring the power of PSE's gPROMS APM technology to Siemens automation and digitalization offerings for the process industries.

Maritime Link HVDC project completed, enabling exchange of clean, reliable electricity between the Islands of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the North American grid. ABB has completed the Maritime Link, formally handing over the interconnector to Emera, a leading energy and services company headquartered in eastern Canada.

SNC-Lavalin, a leading project management company, said it has signed an exclusive agreement with Florexx International Investments for the extended basic engineering and subsequent design and delivery of an advanced topping refinery in the UAE.

ABB will supply a microgrid solution to the Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration (ESCRI) project, which will provide a more secure power supply in an area that has high renewable penetration into the grid.

Simotics XP Chemstar is a customized solution from Siemens for the chemical and petrochemical industries as well as oil and gas. The new low-voltage motors are offered with preconfigured industry-specific option packages tailored to the specific requirements of the process industry.

Emerson announced it has released the Copeland Scroll™ ZF54K5 compressor, a capacity extension of the Copeland Scroll K5 compressor, offering facility operators a new solution to assist with meeting sustainability goals while helping to lower costs and boost energy efficiency.

Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, said it has awarded a front-end engineering and design (Feed) contract for a gas processing plant and a 20-inch gas pipeline facility in Morocco to a consortium comprising leading Spanish groups Enagas, Elecnor and Fomento.

Siemens AG and Covestro Deutschland AG have concluded a Joint Business Development Plan to provide further strategic reinforcement of their trust-based partnership of many years, particularly in the field of digitalization. This is based on the corporate ethos of the two companies which is both innovative and geared towards sustainability.

Siemens and the Scottish energy company SSE plc have announced they will collaborate to build the highly efficient gas-fired power station Keadby 2 in Lincolnshire. Siemens will provide a full turnkey solution for the power plant, which will include the world's first deployment of the 50Hertz version of its SGT-9000HL gas turbine.

ABB will upgrade one of Helsinki’s largest substations with its latest ABB Ability technology, to help meet increased demand for power, improve power reliability and assist Transmission System Operator, Fingrid, with its plan to digitalize its assets.

Rockwell Automation, a company specializing in industrial automation and information, plans to establish operations in Whitestown, Boone County, Indiana. The company will move its current operations from Champaign, Illinois, and Memphis, Tennessee, with plans to create up to 231 new jobs by the end of 2023.

ABB Turbocharging, a leading provider of turbocharging systems, and Cyprus-based Multimarine Services (MMS) have agreed to open an ABB Turbocharging Service Point at the MMS shipyard facility at Limassol Port to better serve customers.

US-based Rockwell Automation, a leading company dedicated to industrial automation and information, has released the latest PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) to help digitally transform process control operations for increased plant-wide value.

UAE-based Almar Water Solutions, a specialist in the design, financing, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure, has joined hands with Chile-based Trends group of companies to develop one of the world's largest solar powered SWRO project in the Atacama region of the South American country.

Leading power management company Eaton said it had been awarded a major contract to provide complete power distribution solutions for the administration facility at Kuwait University’s Sabah Al-Salem University City in Kuwait.

ABB, a pioneering technology leader, said it has won orders from the Iraqi government to deliver five fixed and 15 mobile 132 kilovolt substations that will help strengthen the power grid and provide electricity in the country's central region.

Kraken Robotics Inc., is pleased to announce that its German subsidiary, Kraken Robotik GmbH, has secured over $900,000 in contracts for two development initiatives for evaluation of SeaVision® sensors and AI control software for autonomous underwater vehicles.

Koops, Inc., a manufacturer of automation systems, is growing its existing Greenville County production operations by moving into a larger building located at 25 Brookfield Oaks, Suite H. in Mauldin, South Carolina.

Emerson announces a new Plantweb Insight application for wireless pressure gauges that displays data in an easy-to-understand dashboard for maintenance leads and instrumentation and electrical (I&E) personnel. An entire suite of Plantweb Insight applications collectively helps users quickly make sense of plant data and drive overall enterprise profitability.

ABB technology allowing integration of batteries receives major vote of confidence as Louis Dreyfus Armateurs orders second wind farm service vessel featuring a wide scope of ABB’s solutions.

Siemens brings new versions of Industrial Ethernet switches onto the market. The firmware functions (Profinet S2 device, H-Sync and configuration in Run/CiR/H-CiR) in interaction with the Simatic PCS 7 process control system make the new products suitable for the flexible, reliable and high-performance networking of process automation devices.

Rockwell Automation has joined Plug and Play’s corporate partnership network which provides access to qualified and strategically aligned early-and-growth stage startups. Established in 2006, Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that, through a series of industry-specific accelerator programs, brings together the best startups and the biggest corporations in the world. By accessing these programs

Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer of differentiated and specialty chemicals, has announced plans to build a new polyurethanes systems house within the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (Jafza) in Dubai, UAE.

Honeywell announced that Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology to produce 250,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene at its facility at Dongying in China's Shandong Province.

Saudi Aramco, a global leader in energy and chemicals, has signed the Unconventional Gas Stimulation Services contract with Halliburton, a US-based oil field services company to further improve Aramco’s Unconventional Resources Program.

Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the operator of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi, has entered the next phase of preparation for nuclear operations.

Honeywell announced that IRPC PLC will use a range of advanced process technologies from Honeywell UOP for a new aromatics complex in Thailand's Rayong Province. As part of the project, Honeywell UOP will provide licensing, design, key equipment and state-of-the-art catalysts and adsorbents.

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) announced that it has been awarded a long-term contract by Entergy Nuclear to continue to fuel its boiling water reactors. The new fuel supply contract, valued at more than $250 million, runs from 2019 through 2031 and includes 10 reloads of GNF3. Entergy will be the first customer to take delivery of GNF3 in reload quantities.

Oman National Engineering & Investment Company (Oneic) said it has been awarded a contract to provide operation and maintenance services for Shaleem and Al Hillaniyat Island power and desalination plant in the Dhofar governorate of the sultanate.

Honeywell Process Solutions announced that Riikinvoima Oy, a leading Finnish provider of sustainable energy, has transformed the operational efficiency of its flagship waste incineration plant in Leppävirta, Finland, with Honeywell Experion® Orion control room technology.

Siemens will be exhibiting at the automatica 2018 with an array of integrated and user-oriented Digital Enterprise solutions designed to sharpen the competitive edge of both end users and machine builders. Exhibiting under the banner "Digital Enterprise – Implement now!", Siemens will be focusing on ways in which industrial enterprises of all sizes can benefit from the digital transformation

The ABB AbilityTM Power Transformer, unveiled at the 2018 Hanover Fair, in Germany, will be the world’s first integrated solution for digitally enabled power transformers, fundamentally changing the transformer paradigm. All power transformers leaving ABB factories will soon come enabled with digital capabilities, enabling remote monitoring and data analytics of its vital parameters in real time.

ABB will supply compact gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to one of the leading German utilities, Stromnetz Berlin GmbH, for the new Wuhletal substation, to strengthen the distribution network and supply reliable electricity to residents in the Berlin-Kaulsdorf neighborhood.

Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power (Private) Limited (QATPL), Harbin Electric International Company Limited (HEI) and GE Power announced the completion of combined cycle commissioning activities and the start of full-fledged commercial operations on May 20, 2018, 00:00 hours at the Bhikki Power Plant.

Saudi Cement has signed an agreement with GE Power for the upgrade of three GE 6B gas turbines at its Hofuf plant to increase power output and efficiency. The deal represents the first time that GE Power’s Advanced Gas Path (AGP) solution will be implemented to strengthen power generation productivity for a cement industry globally.

ABB recently won an order to deliver a comprehensive process and power solution that will double the capacity of KAZ Minerals’ sulphide ore processing plant in Aktogay, Kazakhstan.

Emerson announced it has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications.

ANDRITZ has successfully started up a complete neXline needlepunch line for the production of needlepunched velour felts for the automotive market at Autoneum’s plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

KBR, a major engineering, procurement and construction company, said it had been awarded a major contract by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for the development of the Majnoon oil field, one of the world's biggest oilfields, located in the Iraqi city of Basra.

Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines. The industrial gas turbines, along with a steam turbine, will provide approximately 440 megawatts of electrical power as part of a flexible combined cycle power plant. This could cover the power demand of approximately 1.9 million residents of Panama.

Emerson has updated AMS Device Manager asset management software to support the Beamex MC6 documenting calibrator, adding electronic workflows that eliminate up to 50 percent of time spent on each calibration.

The innovative Metso Shredder Drive Assistant (SDA) represents state-of-the-art technology designed to boost the performance of modern shredder plants, directly impacting the profitability and sustainability of shredder operations.

Continuing its commitment to invest in and deliver solutions to help power producers remain competitive in a dynamic energy marketplace, GE’s Power Services business (NYSE: GE) today introduced its new 7F DLN2.6+ Flex upgrade solution at the annual 7F Users Group Annual Conference in Atlanta.

Siemens Gamesa expands its Service business for multi-brand offshore wind turbines. Eneco, owner of the Princess Amalia Wind Farm, has selected Siemens Gamesa as the supplier for gearbox refurbishment. For the next five years, the company will maintain and refurbish the gearboxes of 60 Vestas V80-2.0MW wind turbines.

GE Renewable Energy today announced its first wind energy project in Chile with Arroyo Energy Compañía de Energías Renovables Limitada. GE will be supplying six 3.6 MW turbines with 137-meter rotors and 110 meters tower. The machines will be installed at El Maitén and El Nogal wind sites in the south of the country, representing a total of 21,8 MW.

ABB has won an order to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to PLN, Indonesia’s state-owned power utility. The GIS will facilitate reliable supply of electricity and can be safely operated in confined spaces and harsh environments, controlling the network and protecting it from power outages.

GE Renewable Energy and Alliant Energy today announced they are adding 470 MW of wind power capacity to the state of Iowa with two projects. The English Farms and Upland Prairie wind farms with respective 170 MW and 300 MW of installed capacity will be owned and operated by Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company and provide clean and reliable renewable sourced electricity to its customers in Iowa.

Kadant Black Clawson, a global supplier of high-value, critical components and engineered systems, opened its new 160,000 square foot facility in Lebanon, Ohio. A subsidiary of Kadant Inc., Kadant Black Clawson is a global producer of fiber processing systems used in papermaking, with more than half of the world’s recycled paper being processed by Kadant Black Clawson’s equipment.

With Sitrans TH320/420 and TR320/420, Siemens introduces a new generation of reliable WirelessHART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol) temperature transmitters for a wide range of sensor types suitable for mounting in sensor head and rail mounting.

KBR, a leading provider of project management, and engineering services, said it has been awarded a contract by Krishak Bharati Cooperative (Kribhco) for a revamp of its ammonia plant at Hazira, India. Under the terms of this contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) for a revamp of the the plant.

Autani, LLC, a proven leader in building controls and IoT, is adding two innovative products to its family of wirelessly networked lighting controls. Working in conjunction with Steinel, Autani has released a fully controls-addressable high bay sensor. Steinel's HBS 200 and HBS 300 series high bay sensors are designed for aisleway and open area high bay applications and will feature Autani's integrated wireless controls, allowing for remote management.

Honeywell announced a handsfree, wearable Connected Plant technology that allows industrial workers to more safely, reliably and efficiently accomplish their tasks in the plant or the field. Honeywell's Skills Insight Intelligent Wearables feature a head-mounted visual display that responds to voice and brings live data, documents, work procedures, as well as health and safety information into view.

The Siemens Building Technologies Division is expanding its existing Thermal Optimization offering set for data centers to intelligently ensure both highly efficient cooling production and cooling distribution throughout the entire facility. To improve the way cooling is distributed throughout data center "white space," Siemens is integrating Vigilent's artificial intelligence-based dynamic cooling management solution into its data center portfolio.

Rosatom, a global leader in providing integrated clean energy solutions across the nuclear supply chain, is set to deploy Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s only nuclear floating power unit (FPU), at a major nuclear facility in Pevek, Chukotka (in Russia’s Far East).

Brewers of all sizes want to compete in today’s dynamic market and need simple, standardized operations that can deliver quality brews and keep up with complex consumer demand. Rockwell Automation and McRae Integration, a Rockwell Automation Solution Partner and member of the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) today announced that GNF ENUSA Nuclear Fuel S.A. (GENUSA), a joint venture between ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas S.A. (ENUSA) and GNF, has been selected by Vattenfall to provide fuel reloads for the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant near Forsmark, Sweden.

Schneider Electric, the global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation today announces the signing of an agreement with Larsen and Toubro Ltd. (“L&T”), a leading conglomerate in India to buy its Electrical and Automation business (“L&T E&A”) and combine it with Schneider Electric India’s Low voltage and Industrial Automation Product business (the “Combined Business”).

French energy firm Total SA and German industrial giant Siemens AG hope to sign a deal soon with Cuba to build a 600 megawatt gas-fired power plant on the island, according to diplomats and businessmen with knowledge of the talks.

Valmet has been selected to deliver its Valmet DNA automation system to the Kalselteng-2 coal-fired power plant project of the Indonesian state electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) in the South Kalimantan Province of Kalimantan Island.

ABB inaugurated an innovative microgrid solution at its Vadodora manufacturing facility in Gujarat, India. This is the company’s largest facility in India, with over 3,000 employees and among ABB’s biggest manufacturing hubs in the world.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy's positioning in India has received an important boost with this order, its largest ever in this market. Under the terms of the EPC contract1 entered into with Sembcorp Green Infra Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Sembcorp Energy India

ABB is introducing an innovative, centralized approach to protection and control in distribution networks, embodied in ABB AbilityTM smart substation control and protection for electrical systems, SSC600.

Taiwan-based Formosa Petrochemical Corp. will build its $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The company has purchased a 2,400-acre site along the west bank of the Mississippi River.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) announced that the company will supply1 98 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines (with total capacity of 225 MW) for an undisclosed project located in Kansas. The wind farm will span across over 40,000 acres of land and can supply enough energy for nearly 73,000 average U.S. homes.

Industrial organizations must be able to quickly identify ways to tighten production schedules and maximize revenue. Gaining insight into operations and production capabilities to make informed decisions has often involved time-intensive IT projects and a highly specialized skillset.

ABB AbilityTM enabled range of products take transformers into the digital age enhancing reliability and efficiency. The ABB AbilityTM Power Transformer, unveiled at the 2018 Hanover Fair, in Germany, will be the world’s first integrated solution for digitally enabled power transformers, fundamentally changing the transformer paradigm.

Oman is planning to invite bids next month for the construction of an undersea natural gas pipeline between Sohar and its neighbour Iran, said a report citing the sultanate’s oil minister. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhi told Thomson Reuters Projects that work related to seabed surveys, design of the pipeline and its accessories and the compressor stations has been completed.

Morris Midwest, a leading supplier of CNC machine tools and related products and services in the Upper Midwest, opened its new headquarters and technical center in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The new Waukesha facility, conveniently located near the intersection of routes 59 and 164, offers a total of 16,400 square feet of which nearly 12,000 square feet are dedicated to show room, warehouse and technical center space.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has won multiple wind power orders1 for a total of 140 MW from several industrial customers and a leading independent power producer (IPP) in India. Specifically, the company will handle the entire infrastructure needed to operate these projects (with installed capacity ranging between 2 MW and 58 MW), together with the supply, erection and commissioning of 41 units of the G97-2.0 MW turbines and 29 of the SG 2.0-114 for various industrial customers and a leading IPP in India.

The technology company Voith and the Munich-based robotics company Franka Emika have entered into a strategic partnership. Part of the strategic partnership is the establishment of a new joint venture called Voith Robotics – A Voith and Franka Emika Company. The company, with headquarters in Munich, is to become a global system supplier for robot-assisted automation in the digital age.

SNC-Lavalin, a leading engineering and construction group, said it has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by state oil giant Saudi Aramco to install additional facilities at its Wasit Gas plant, a major energy processing facility, in the country's Eastern Province.

Hyundai Power Transformers USA, Inc. plans a $33 million expansion of its facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The company is expected to create 86 jobs. Construction for the expansion of the HPT facility at 215 Folmar Parkway in Interstate Industrial Park will begin in July of this year with expanded production commencing in December 2019.

Setting a milestone for adoption of cleaner coal technologies in India, GE announced today the successful completion of the first turnkey full flow wet flue gas desulphurization (WFGD) unit at NTPC’s 500 MW Super Thermal Power project site in Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh.

ABB has supplied a containerized microgrid solution to support a gas-fired power station to optimize and automate its operations, increase energy efficiency, reduce fossil fuel consumption and enable uninterrupted power supply from Alinta Energy’s Newman Power Station, which supplies mining operations in the Pilbara.

Custom manufacturer Protolabs Inc. will invest $29.9 million to expand to a new site in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The Maple Plain-based company has purchased a 152,000-square-foot building in Brooklyn Park and plans to add another 50,000 square feet to the structure.

Honeywell announced that its UOP Russell business will provide a high-recovery cryogenic gas processing plant to Caprock Midstream, LLC for its Pecos Bend facility in West Texas. The new plant is designed to extract 99 percent of ethane and 100 percent of propane and heavier hydrocarbons from natural gas in the Permian basin.

Simotics SD Pro completes the next generation of low-voltage Simotics SD motors from Siemens. The new variant is equally suited for mains-fed operation or for use with a converter for voltages up to 690 volts (V). There is generally no need to use special filters at the converter output.

Saudi Aramco has signed an agreement with Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL), a consortium of Indian oil companies, to jointly develop and build a mega refinery and petrochemicals complex in the Indian city of Ratnagiri. The Indian consortium includes The Indian Oil Corporation (IOCl), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL).

ABB extends UPS portfolio to lower power applications, delivering a future proof design and an energy efficient supply of clean power. ABB’s PowerValue 11T G2 now brings the benefits of ABB’s sophisticated UPS technology to lower-power applications. Designed for single-phase applications, the PowerValue 11T G2 employs ABB’s double conversion technology: incoming AC is first converted to DC, from which the output AC is then synthesized – giving a clean sinusoid.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been commissioned to build a pioneering wind complex in Australia, which will combine the installation of a wind farm with 56 of the firm's SG 3.4-132 turbines (for total capacity of 194 MW) with a battery energy storage system.

JR Automation, a leading provider of intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions headquartered in Holland, Michigan, announced today that it has acquired Setpoint Systems and Setpoint, Inc. The Setpoint companies are based in Ogden, UT and create automation solutions for the e-commerce, amusement, and other industries.

Saudi Aramco said it has signed an agreement with French energy major Total to build a giant petrochemical complex at Jubail, Saudi Arabia, at a total investment of $9 billion. The complex will be integrated downstream of the Satorp refinery, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco (62.5 per cent) and Total (37.5 per cent) in Jubail, in a move designed to fully exploit operational synergies.

GE Renewable Energy (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will provide its latest generation of 3.6-137 wind turbines to Mass Energy Group Holding, a subsidiary of Mass Global, to develop a 100 MW Mass Wind project in the country. This clean energy project will meet the power requirements of over 150,000 homes and reduce carbon emissions by 233,800 metric tons annually.

Engie, a French multinational electric utility company, has won a 200 MW wind project in the State of Tamil Nadu, in India, in addition to another 50 MW wind project that had been won in that State last month.

ABB and Tigo today announce an operational compatibility between ABB’s inverter line UNO-DM-PLUS and Tigo’s TS4 optimizer platform. The combined ABB and Tigo module solution is now available.

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco will sign an agreement this weekend with British oilfield services firm TechnipFMC to explore building a multibillion-dollar chemical plant in Texas, US, said a report, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Siemens has taken over ownership of the company Agilion GmbH based in Chemnitz. Agilion is a leading supplier of industrial Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) focusing on applications in production, logistics and maintenance.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., has completed construction of its new, state-of-the-art Mustang Energy Center, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Valmet will supply automation technology to PT. Buana Megah's PM3 board machine in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. Valmet's delivery includes Valmet DNA automation system, Valmet IQ quality control system and consistency transmitters.

To improve energy efficiency and meet environmental regulatory requirements for small and midsize boiler markets, Emerson introduces the Rosemount CX1100 in situ oxygen analyzer, the first high-performance, zirconia cell-based combustion control system designed for these users.

GE Power was informed today that it has been chosen as the lead EPC, in consortium with Alstom Power Systems, to build the ultra-supercritical (USC) coal power plant Ostroleka C in Poland.

ABB has won an order worth more than $90 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build the Shams 400 kV substation that will integrate solar power from upcoming phases of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park into the city’s electrical grid.

Only one year after the successful commissioning of Taiwan's pioneering Formosa 1 Phase 1 offshore wind power plant, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been contracted to supply an additional 120 MW of capacity for Formosa 1 Phase 2. The contracts signed today are subject to the joint venture's final investment decision and financial close, which are expected later this year.

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the solar industry, will build a new state-of-the-art solar panel manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The new facility will create 200 new manufacturing jobs and will begin production of high efficiency solar panels beginning this year.

Badger Meter, Inc., a leading global innovator and manufacturer of flow measurement, control and communications solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Innovative Metering Solutions (IMS), based in Tampa, Florida.

US-based KBR, a global provider of professional services and technologies, has been awarded an ammonia plant contract by Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) for the Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan (HURL) greenfield urea project in Gorakhpur, India.

Petroecuador, Ecuador’s national oil company, recently selected Siemens to supply an 8-MW SGT-300 gas turbine for power generation for its Shushufindi refinery. The refinery is located in the province of Sucumbios, in the eastern part of Ecuador. Commissioning of the new unit is scheduled for the end of this year.

New orders for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) from Germany: The company will equip a total of five wind farms with its onshore wind turbines. For project locations in eastern and northern Germany, orders have been placed for a total of 20 turbines.

GE Power announced that the Chubu Electric Nishi-Nagoya power plant Block-1 – powered by GE’s 7HA gas turbine – has been recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(*) as the world’s Most efficient combined-cycle power plant, based on achieving 63.08 percent gross efficiency.

Emerson announced it has signed a multi-year contract with Repsol to provide its Paradigm® Exploration & Production (E&P) software suite across all Repsol global exploration operations to help identify and evaluate new and existing opportunities more accurately.

ABB has won an order to replace the control and protection systems for two vital high-voltage transmission links in Australia that achieved significant technical breakthroughs when ABB installed the systems nearly two decades ago.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has announced the signing two major contracts between Adnoc Refining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adnoc, and Samsung Engineering of South Korea worth in excess of $3.5 billion.

Siemens and Atos today announce the reinforcement of their strategic co-operation, with plans to accelerate their joint business until 2020 through an ambitious joint go-to-market plan and the strengthening of their joint innovation and investment program.

Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority has launched an invitation for project proposals for the remediation of a landfill site in the kingdom and development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the site. The solar IPP (independent power producer) project will produce at least 100 MW of power, a notification said.

At the IFAT 2018 trade show for environmental technologies, Siemens will be focusing on the digitalization of water and waste water plants. The solutions on display will cover the entire life cycle of plants - from planning through to operation and maintenance, helping to sustainably reduce energy consumption and lower the overall costs.

The Ring Main Unit Digital Upgrade is the latest solution to upgrade existing secondary switchgear and is enhanced to meet the increasing demands for smart automation solutions in secondary distribution networks.

AdvanTec, a Canada-based leader in marine closure manufacturing, plans today to open a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Robertsdale, Alabama. The company plans to create 46 jobs in the Baldwin County region.

GE’s Power Services business announced it signed a multiyear agreement (MYA) with Southern Power Generation Sdn Bhd (SPG) for its new Track 4A plant, a 1,440-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia.

Siemens AG, a global electronics and electrical engineering company, has extended its contract with Orange Business Services for a global “Siemens Digitalization Network” (SDN) built on an SD-WAN infrastructure, connecting 1,500 sites in 94 countries.

Valmet has developed a chrome-free Yankee cylinder coating, Valmet Infinikote-2 Yankee Metallizing, to improve work safety in the coating process and sustainability of the coating as well as to comply with potential future legislation both in the EU and the US.

Siemens is extending its Sinamics frequency converter portfolio for standard applications Sinamics V20 to include a new frame size, the FSAC in the voltage range 1AC (Alternating Current) 200 V to 240 V 1.1 kW to 1.5 kW. FSAC is replacing the previous FSB frame (1AC 200V). 40% more compact than its predecessor, the new frame size offers even more flexible and exceptionally space-saving application possibilities.

The new ABB AbilityTM Collaborative Operations Center will connect systems, software and services used by customers with ABB personnel to leverage the industry and informational expertise of both customers and ABB for higher overall operational efficiency.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) today signed agreements with Total, awarding the French oil major stakes in two of Abu Dhabi's new offshore concessions. Under the terms of the agreements, Total has been awarded a 20 per cent interest in the Umm Shaif and Nasr concession and a 5 per cent interest in the Lower Zakum concession.

Ireland-based Eaton, a multinational power management company, has been awarded a $1.3-million order to provide complete low-voltage switchgear systems for the ICD Brookfield Place Tower in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), UAE.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will invest $20 million to expand for the tenth time in 13 years in Shannon, Mississippi. The project is expected to create 48 jobs during the next three years.

Metso has signed a significant service agreement including refurbishment services for screening equipment used in mining applications, related spare parts and support. This new agreement is Metso's largest service contracts of this type in the Brazilian market.

Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) in São Paulo. Initiatives outlined in the agreement have the potential to unleash a new cycle of sustainable growth in Brazil over the next five years.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa China Co., Ltd., has won an order to supply the gas chromatographs for the first phase of a project to construct an integrated refinery and petrochemical production complex that is being undertaken by Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at a new industrial site in the Zhoushan archipelago.

Honeywell announced that Cardinal Midstream III, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas at its Iron Horse Gas Processing Complex in Grady County, Oklahoma.

GE Renewable Energy and Fina Enerji today signed an agreement to work on potential eight wind projects in Turkey providing up to 410 MW of power by December 31st, 2020. With the previous agreement signed in 2017 for Kizilcaterzi Wind Project, Fina Enerji is expected to add up to 425 MW to their installed base by 2020.

Honeywell UOP today introduced a new catalyst that can more efficiently remove sulfur and nitrogen from lower-value diesel blending components, allowing them to meet Euro V clean fuels specifications.

General Electric Co is exploring a sale of the electrical engineering business which it acquired for $3.2 billion in 2011, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate continues to shed unwanted assets, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Duravant, a global engineered equipment manufacturer serving the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, announced today it has acquired QC Industries, a conveyor systems manufacturer headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Conga, the global leader in Intelligent Document Automation, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Octiv, an industry-leading provider of web-based document solutions.

IT consultancy firm convedo has announced that it will henceforth offer robotic process automation (RPA) as part of its dedicated solutions for digital transformation.

Siemens presents at Light+Building 2018 the world's first arc fault detection device (AFDD) with integrated line protection in one modular width (MW). The intelligent device now detects arcing faults in electrical cables and, at the same time, protects against overload and short circuit.

ABB will supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to strengthen the U.S. capital’s electrical network. The order is a part of the Capital Grid project and was awarded by Pepco Holdings, a member of the Exelon family of companies, a leading electric and gas utility company serving more than 2 million people in Washington, D.C.

Master Tool & Die, Inc. will expand in Kingsport, Tennessee. The company plans to invest $557,500 for facility upgrades and create 25 jobs at its operation in Sullivan County. Founded in Kingsport in 1988, Master Tool & Die provides custom CNC machining, welding, fabrication and other services for businesses throughout the Southeast U.S.According to state officials, to meet growing demand, Master Tool & Die will add new equipment and upgrade its existing facility in Kingsport.

Silvaco today announced that it has acquired NanGate, a leader in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software, that offers tools and services for creation, optimization, characterization and validation of physical library IP.

NextShift Robotics, a provider of robotics systems for ecommerce order fulfillment and cellular manufacturing, signed a 5-year lease agreement to relocate its corporate headquarters into a 22,450 square foot operations complex at the Cross River Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has awarded a contract worth Dh871 million ($237 million) to a joint venture between Acciona Agua and Belhasa Six Construct (Besix) for the construction of a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO)-based desalination plant at Jebel Ali.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of the CellLibrarian™ high-content data management system. This system facilitates the retrieval and categorization of huge volumes of microscopic images taken for drug discovery and biological and medical research by ensuring that this data is managed in a uniform manner.

GE’s Marine Solutions was chosen by ASMAR Shipyards to provide the complete scope of an integrated marine propulsion system for the Chilean Navy’s new Antarctic icebreaking Polar Class vessel.

Valmet has signed a non-exclusive Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partnership agreement with Bilfinger GreyLogix, based in Flensburg, Germany. The two companies are combining forces to provide a comprehensive range of complementary automation services

ABB will supply an ABB AbilityTM enabled microgrid and storage system to help integrate renewable solar and wind energy into the large tropical island’s power supply, reducing the need for fossil fuels and lowering the carbon footprint.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed an agreement securing the right to implement up to 1 GW in Turkey. The company is part of the consortium, which also includes the local infrastructure company Kalyon Enerji and the Turkish investor Turkerler Holding, which was awarded capacity in the country's first wind auction, held in August.

Honeywell and EQUATE Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further the development of innovative technologies to support operations at EQUATE's industrial complexes.

The production of Neolyse Ibbenbüren GmbH, a joint venture of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries AG at the AkzoNobel site in Ibbenbüren (Germany), is off to a successful start. The plant with its state-of-the-art membrane technology has an annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons of potassium hydroxide solution and 75,000 metric tons of chlorine and hydrogen.

Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) is set to build a pilot power plant that will produce up to five megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable resources, said a report. The project, which will come up on 12 hectares of land at Al Dur in the Southern Region of Bahrain, is being built at a cost of around BD6.5 million ($17.1 million).

ABCO Automation, designer and builder of high-end factory automation systems, announces the signing of an authorized Value Provider Program (VPP) agreement with ABB, a technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation, and power grids.

Belgium’s Wallonia region will soon move forward with the modernization of the region’s multi-utility operational systems. ORES, an integrated electricity and gas distribution network operator in the Wallonia region, operates more than 49,000 km of electrical and 9,000 km of natural gas networks daily, serving 1.5 million electrical and over 480,000 gas customers, has selected GE Power to deliver an integrated software solution for the operation of its distribution network.

Team Penske and Siemens, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, have entered into a new technical partnership. Under the multi-year agreement, Siemens will help enhance Team Penske's performance with full access to a wide variety of software products to enable advanced digital design and simulations.

As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) grows its solar capabilities, ABB solar inverters help villa owners in Hatta reduce energy bills by up to 40 percent.

Detector Technology, Inc., a leader in analytical instrument contract design and manufacturing, with a focus on mass spectrometry and sample preparation, today announced the acquisition of long-time partner Scientific Instrument Services ("SIS").

Siemens Gamesa has secured a new order in Bosnia and Herzegovina from F.L. Wind, one of country's independent power producers (IPP), for the supply of 36 MW. This is the company's second project in the country and overall tenth project on the Western Balkans.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has completed construction of an integrated-automation factory for the production of vacuum interrupters and circuit breakers at its Power Distribution Systems Center in Marugame, Japan.

At the Munich Security Conference today, Siemens and eight partners from industry will sign the first joint charter for greater cybersecurity. Initiated by Siemens, the Charter of Trust calls for binding rules and standards to build trust in cybersecurity and further advance digitalization.

Saipem, one of the world leaders in drilling services, said it has secured an onshore engineering and construction contract worth $750 million from Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company in Oman.

GE and Arenko to Build One of the World’s Largest Energy Storage Facilities in the UK

New ABB string inverter reduces OPEX and CAPEX costs for solar installations

ANDRITZ to supply new direct-fired furnace to ArcelorMittal in France

Valmet to deliver a flue gas condensation system to Pori Energia's Aittaluoto power plant in Finland

BWXT Awarded CA$18.6 Million Contract for Nuclear Power Plant Tube Fabrication

Advanced Energy Acquires High Voltage Power Company

KEPCO and GE Sign $320 Million Contract to Build an HVDC Energy Highway to Power South Korea’s Seoul City

ABB launches all-new range of hum-free installation contactors

Kuwait Petroleum to spend over $500 bln by 2040 as it lifts oil capacity

Historical power interconnector in Canada achieves key milestone

Emerson Introduces SIL Certified Vortex Flow Meters to Enhance Plant Safety and Reliability

New, efficient assembly line for track-mounted crushing plants starts up at Metso's Tampere factory

Covestro Chooses Emerson’s Industrial IoT Solutions for Improved Uptime and Operational Performance

McDermott wins Saudi Aramco EPCI contract

Yokogawa Receives EPMS and SCADA Order for Egypt's National Gas Grid

Rockwell Automation revenue rises 6.5 percent

ENGIE signs an agreement for the control of Electro Power Systems, a pioneer in hybrid storage solutions

Schneider Electric launches a partnership with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)

Yokogawa Wins Control System Order for Water Source Facilities in Northwestern China's Dushanzi District

Siemens Gamesa wins 326 MW of multiple wind power orders in India

Oman signs deal to provide Singapore with LNG

Al Babtain to set up wind power plant in KAEC

ABB power technologies to support expansion of Swiss rail network

Evonik and Siemens to generate high-value specialty chemicals from carbon dioxide and eco-electricity

ABB wins $40 million order to strengthen Indonesia’s power grid

Emerson Completes Acquisition of ProSys, Inc.

Abu Dhabi to build $1.2bn desalination plant

ABB launches new energy meter range for 690 V motors

Acwa to develop $190m solar projects in Egypt

Masdar, EDF SA sign power sector tie-up

Siemens Gamesa to supply newest 8 MW direct-drive offshore turbine to 500 MW Saint Brieuc project in France

Emerson Completes Cooper-Atkins Acquisition

ABB to energize Singapore’s autonomous electric bus project

Enbridge to restart Gulf of Mexico natural gas pipeline in February

Panasonic Expands with Newark, New Jersey, System Solutions Division

GE to provide Enel with predictive maintenance software to improve reliability of 14 thermal plants in Europe and Latin America

GE Power & Harbin Electric Announce Order for Langfang Gas Combined-Cycle Power Plant Project with SPIC

Saudi company wins Fadhili gas plant supply deal

Shell Oman awards solar deals to Omani SME

Tristone Flowtech USA Plans Mooresville, North Carolina, Manufacturing Plant

Sabic, Celanese in $387m Saudi plant expansion deal

Siemens Gamesa lands 262 MW turbine supply and 15-year maintenance contract

Valmet to supply a flue gas cleaning system to Vantaan Energia's biopower plant in Martinlaakso

Schneider, Saudi Arabia renew power supply deal

Daelim set to complete big Iran refinery in 2020

Egypt signs $119m power project deals

Oman to build 500MW solar power project

Siemens Gamesa signs contracts covering 23 turbines

Samsung Engineering wins $700m Sabic petchem plant deal

ABB modernization adds 20 years’ service life to Canadian icebreakers

Lundin Mining awards contract to Metso for Somincor Zinc Expansion Project at Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal

Allegro MicroSystems Expands Production Complex in Manchester, New Hampshire

Italian firm signs $40m deal with Iran petchem firm

Schneider Electric is Working to Restore Power to Puerto Rico With a Unique Off-Grid Solution

Emerson Agrees to Acquire Cooper-Atkins

ABB and SNC-Lavalin form joint venture to deliver electrical substation projects globally

Cypress Creek Renewables Plans Solar Plant in Bowman, South Carolina

Siemens invests in LO3 Energy and strengthens existing partnership

Rockwell Automation Introduces Metal, Flat-Pack Industrial Sensors

Siemens wins a contract for the turnkey construction of a power plant in Tatarstan

Subsea variable speed drive successfully tested under water

Lekela wins deal to build 250MW wind project in Egypt

ABB to provide integrated automation and electrical systems for Emami Cement in Odisha

ABB’s Control System Security Update Service is most in-demand of the year

Emerson’s level transmitter with new process seal antenna delivers reliable measurement in extreme conditions

GE scores its largest Renewable Energy order in Thailand

Natgas producer EQT to spend $2.4 billion in 2018

Siemens launches Pipelines 4.0 to meet evolving needs of North American midstream operators

ABB pioneers microgrid solution for installation on offshore platform

Russia, Egypt set to sign nuke power plant deal

Hong Kong-based Johnson Electric Expands Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario Operations

Siemens to provide transformers for HVDC link between England and France

EDF Energy awards new contract to Simmons Edeco

Chinese firm makes $348 mln bid for Australian gas producer AWE

Siemens signs deal to build two gas-fired power plants in Libya

GE Renewable Energy selected for the supply of two Small Hydropower Plants in Brazil

Siemens Gamesa signs MoU with Taiwan International Ports Corporation for offshore wind development

Hangzhou HollySys and CNOOC Energy Development Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement

ABB launches TruONE, the world’s first true ATS for critical power

Siemens to build a shore power supply system for ships in Cuxhaven

Emerson Completes Paradigm Acquisition

SEC signs energy research tie-up with Hungary group

GE Chosen by Southern Copper Corporation to Help Double the Copper Concentrator Production

Rockwell Automation Acquires Odos Imaging to Leverage 3-D Time-of-Flight Technology for Sensing and Safety Applications

New ABB Ability remote services help boost wind parks’ performance

Siemens partners with Iraq Ministry of Electricity to modernize four power plants

ABB and HPE bring intelligence to industrial plants

Siemens expands gas-fired power station in Argentina

Emerson Electric withdraws offer to buy Rockwell Automation

GE Renewable Energy hits 60 GW of global onshore wind installed capacity

Siemens Gamesa secures 100 turbines order in Thailand

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company To Expand Al-Zour Refinery With Honeywell Technology

Siemens strengthens its IoT operating system MindSphere through technology partnership with Software AG

ABB and Kawasaki announce collaborative robot automation cooperation

Integrated solutions portfolio for digitalization of motion control drive technology

Saudi National Digitization Unit signs MoU with GE to drive digital industrial innovation

Yokogawa Releases ISA100 Wireless™ Gateway Module

ANDRITZ to supply biomass-fired circulating fluidized bed boiler to Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan

Siemens offers new 3WL10 circuit breaker in compact size 0

Talos Energy LLC to Combine with Stone Energy Corporation

Honeywell To Provide Cryogenic Gas Processing Plant To EagleClaw Midstream Ventures

Siemens strengthens IC market commitment with acquisition of Solido Design Automation

Wärtsilä-built power plant inaugurated in Oman

Esco to power Dewa water reservoirs with solar PV

Europa Manufacturing Expands Production Plant in Boca Raton, Florida

Adnoc, Linde to explore industrial gases unit expansion

BYK Additives & Instruments Expands Gonzales, Texas, Production Campus

Emerson and Fluenta Improve Flare Gas Efficiency, Compliance

GE’s Hardware and Digital Upgrades Help Increase Efficiency and Output at Azito Power Plant in the Ivory Coast

GE Additive unveils first BETA machine from its Project Atlas program

New AI Module From Rockwell Automation Models, Monitors and Optimizes Industrial Operations

Rockwell Automation Selected as Main Automation Contractor for Encana

Emerson Expands Propane-ready Condensing Unit Solutions

TÜV Rheinland to introduce new tool at Adipec

Yokogawa Introduces AR-based SensPlus™ Buddy Communication Support Service

Iran, Iraq mull drilling tie-up in oil projects

Rockwell defends standalone strategy in the face of Emerson bid

ABB digital solution to enable power grid in France to get smarter

Siemens to install the electrical systems of two photovoltaic power plants and connect them to the grid

GE and Green Investment Group to Deliver 650 MW of Onshore Wind to Sweden

Siemens to deliver key components for combined cycle power plant in the United States

ABB to optimize transformer manufacturing footprint to drive competitiveness

Engie consortium wins $400m Egypt renewables project

Bangladeshi firm signs deal with Germany's Siemens to produce electricity

GE in deal to promote R&D in Saudi power sector

Siemens supplies electrical equipment for underground copper mine in Mongolia

ABB technology helps Dubai develop smart solar strategy

Siemens Gamesa to supply wind turbines totaling more than 780 MW in the U.S.

Emerson Signs Collaboration Agreement With Statoil

Rockwell Automation rejects Emerson's $27 billion takeover bid

Schneider Electric finalizes its acquisition of ASCO Power Technologies

Chinese group signs deal to build 200 MW cogeneration plant in Serbia

Dubai Carbon, Engie in renewable energy deal

Emerson Collaborates with exida to Reduce Complexity and Time Required for Safety System Setup

New Flow Meter Cuts Capital Costs at Shale Field Well Pads in Half

Saudi Electricity Company and GE Power sign agreements to promote scientific research in the power sector

ABB acquires Tekomar and extends its ABB AbilityTM digital offering

Siemens Gamesa wins wind turbine order in Norway

Siemens implements digital fleet management solution in China

ABB wins $60 million order to reinforce UK power network

Emerson Improves Field Device Reliability with Intuitive Alerts, Mobile Device Dashboard

New ABB AFS contactors provide machine safety advances

Acwa Power to unveil mega projects at Wetex

Yokogawa Releases CENTUM® VP R6.05 Integrated Production Control System

Advanced Microelectronics Center Opens Center of Excellence in Phoenix, Arizona

UL to set up smart grid testing facility in Saudi Arabia

Siemens providing first-of-its-kind grid stability technology to Dominion Energy in the US

ABB wins $130 million power order in the UK

Austria signs up to build solar plants in Iran

Emerson Agrees to Acquire Paradigm

ABB wins $45 million order to enable power supply to Dubai Hills Estate

Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill chooses ABB AbilityTM Collaborative Operations Center

Aramco opens gas turbine MRO facility

Dixon Valve & Coupling Expands Chestertown, Maryland, Operations

Honeywell Opens First Facility In China To Test Flare Emissions

Microgrids from Siemens to improve distributed energy supply in Brazil

Metso wins a significant order to deliver a new minerals processing plant to Russia

ZAF Energy Systems Opens Rechargeable Battery Manufacturing Plant in Joplin, Missouri

Emerson Acquires GeoFields, Inc.

GE and Atlas Renewable Energy Partner to Deliver More-Efficient Solar Farms in Brazil

Anadarko to invest $200 million in Peruvian oil area

Adnoc boosts energy partnership with Japan

Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Wins Emerson Excellence in Reliability Award

HollySys successfully signed the letter of Xinfa Group Chiping Source Carbon Co., Ltd 600,000 tons/year Carbon Project

Honeywell Adds Liquid Flow Capability To ControlEdge Remote Terminal Unit

Silent-Aire Opens U.S. Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona

ABB expands Indonesia footprint with high-voltage switchgear unit

Piedmont Energy Systems Expands Operations In York County, South Carolina

Emerson’s extensive sensing portfolio offers cost-effective monitoring, detection and optimization

KBR wins Algeria energy project contract

GE Completes Sale of Water & Process Technologies Business to SUEZ

Ochre Media Pvt. Ltd Introduces New Services to Advance its B2B Push

Iran plans power plants on Armenia border

GE to Manufacture Turkey’s Largest Generator Transformer at its Gebze Factory

Siemens Gamesa wins first order for a hybrid wind-solar project in India

GE Upgrades Main Power Grid in Oslo and Akershus to Boost Electricity Capacity and Security

DENSO Introduces New HSR High-Speed 4-Axis Robot

Siemens to supply rotating equipment for propane dehydrogenation plant in China

Prodomax Automation Expands Plant in Barrie, Ontario

ABB and Northvolt partner for Europe’s largest battery factory

Aerzen USA Expands its Manufacturing Plant in Coatesville, Pennsylvania

ABB buys GE unit for $2.6 billion to boost North American business

New switching actuators from Siemens

ABB to enable first digital substation in Poland

L&T wins $264m Kuwait pipeline contract

Safeguarding operational life of switchgear at power plants

Siemens and PAS announce global strategic partnership to provide essential industrial control system cybersecurity

Baker Hughes, A GE Company and KBC, A Yokogawa Company Partner To Provide Integrated Process And Operational Software Solutions To The Oil And Gas Industry

Race to Make Robots for China Spurs ABB to Double Capacity

Siemens Gamesa reinforces its presence in China with a new order for 300 MW

FCC unit wins $320m Egypt wastewater plant deal

Honeywell Successfully Installs 100th Plantcruise By Experion In India

ABB completes acquisition of KEYMILE’s communication networks business

GE signs $25 Million Partner Agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for Digital Solutions across Middle East, Africa & Turkey

Germany's Siemens to set up robotics research center in China