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| Eurotherm combats control IP theft |
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Eurotherm has introduced an advanced security feature for their 3500 and Mini 8 controllers that prevents the unauthorised cloning of control configurations to protect the intellectual property rights of their original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers and value added distributors.
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| Kepware help HP Data Centers keep cool |
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Kepware Technologies' KEPServerEX has been added to HP Dynamic Smart Cooling, a data center cooling offering from HP to help HP connect to automation systems manage energy usage. In addition, Kepware has joined the HP Data Center Solution Builder Program.
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| ServoTube inventor Copley to be sold |
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Analogic Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Copley Controls Corporation of Canton, Massachusetts, a leading supplier of gradient amplifiers for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and precision motion control systems. The purchase price is approximately $68.75 million cash and up to an additional $1.8 million to reimburse Copley shareholders for the tax consequences of the transaction. Copley will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Analogic. The transaction is expected to close in early April 2008.
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| Siemens modular safety offers more plant flexibility |
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With the Sirius 3RK3 modular safety system, Siemens Division Industry Automation offers a new safety solution, between a simple safety relay and a fail-safe controller. The 3RK3 safety system can be used in all sectors and applications in which several safety functions have to be evaluated but where it would be too costly to wire together several switching devices.
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| 32 bit SCADA boosts RTU performance |
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Semaphore, a CSE Global company, has added a 32-bit CPU SCADA software module to T-BOX line of RTU SCADA system products. The new MS-CPU32 is compatible with the T-BOX MS Modular System and offers up to 100 times the performance of current T-BOX processors. |
