Tag: automation

Pennsylvania-based Red Lion Controls, a communication, monitoring and controls provider for industrial automation and networking, recently announced the upgrade of its Sixnet series. Its random-access memory (RAM) industrial cellular remote terminal units (RTUs) now provide high-speed 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network support in Japan.

Festo, a manufacturer of industrial automation parts, has introduced a first-of-its-kind intelligent service unit that automatically puts compressed air on standby when a machine stands idle, thus reducing energy consumption.

MRC Global Inc. has announced today that its subsidiary, McJunkin Red Man Corporation, has opened a new regional distribution center (RDC) in Monessen, PA just outside of Pittsburgh. The new facility is approximately 163,000 square feet of warehouse space on 14 acres.

BP and Emerson have signed a global agreement for Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), to provide automation technologies and aftercare services for BP's upstream oil and gas operations.

Shale-Inland Holdings announces the acquisition of Major Sourcing LLC also referred to as “Major Inc.” in a transaction completed on July 27, 2015. Major, Inc. operates as a leading valve automation, integrator, and distributor, primarily focused on the power industry.

Emerson Electric plans to spin off its network power business as a separate publicly traded company and will consider options for several other businesses. Emerson owns Kato Engineering, which makes large generators, in North Mankato, Minnesota.

It has been announced that Singer Valve has launched the SCP-TP for quick and easy automation of water distribution systems. The SCP-TP Controller is designed to complement a dual solenoid control valve and can switch easily between settings for level control, upstream and downstream pressure management, flow control and position control.

Setpoint Integrated Solutions, an industrial supplier of engineered process control solutions, has announced that it has been selected to supply all control, safety relief and automated isolation valves for Cameron LNG, a large liquefied natural gas terminal located in the state of Louisiana.

Automated Valve & Equipment, the specialty valve and automation division of Ohio Pipe Valves & Fittings, Inc, have announced plans to acquire TechniQuip, Inc., a representative and distributor of valves and actuators since 1990.

At the upcoming ACE 2015 taking place in Anaheim, California from June 7 to 10, Festo will be presenting a new modular approach to automating water/wastewater and other processing plants. This new approach reduces the time and cost of manufacturing process systems and makes processing plants more adaptable to changing market environments.