Kane, L.
HP Control: Collaborative manufacturing
I was getting ready to write a report on ARC Advisory Group's Manufacturing Strategies for the E-World Forum, Feb. 19 - 20 in Orlando, when ARC sent a good summary of the meeting to att..
HP Control: Enthusiastic about fieldbus
The Fieldbus Foundation (Austin, Texas) held its General Assembly and Worldwide End-User Council Meetings on March 6 and 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nearly 100 attendees s..
HP Control: Optimization at NPRA
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) held its annual Computer Conference & Showcase, Nov. 13 - 15 in Chicago. Papers were presented on applications for infrared and ..
HP Control: Automation: moving from a commodity
Peter Martin, VP of Corporate Marketing at the Foxboro Company, gave an interesting presentation entitled, "Bottom Line Automation," at the Invensys 2000 Conference, in Las Vegas (I cou..
HP Control: The changing publishing biz
Most of you rely on technical trade magazines to keep up to date with technical developments and articles for improving plant operations. The buyout trend that has had a significant imp..
HP Control: Why visit MyPlant.com?
MyPlant.com held a seminar for editors on September 21 - 23 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The purpose was to show the "press" what is available on the site today and discuss future plans in i..
Control developments
Since this is our Process Control and Information Systems issue, let's review some of the major developments at the various hierarchies. Frontline control. Few will argue that fieldbus ..
HP Control: IT: take a plant-centric approach
ABB Automation Group Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland, held a press conference during the ACHEMA show in Frankfurt (May 22 - 27, 2000). Of course, there was the obligatory pitch of ABB's produ..
HP Control: HSE highlights Fieldbus Foundation Assembly
The Fieldbus Foundation held its General Assembly March 29 in New Orleans. Several presentations were given to both end users and manufacturers on fieldbus basics, high-speed Ethernet (..
HP Control: Fieldbus getting more confusing
We are preparing our next Fieldbus Technology supplement which will be published in our June issue. Much has happened in the fieldbus arena in the past few years that has caused some confusion. Follow..
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- Digital Feature: Enabling growth through strategic cost optimization for petrochemical and refining companies 12/16
- Rohm awards NextChem feasibility study for PMMA-polymer chemical recycling plant project 12/16
- Westlake to rationalize certain North American chlorovinyl and styrene assets 12/16
- CMB.TECH invests in Chinese ammonia supply 12/16
- Petrovietnam, BASF cooperate in developing green methanol, pioneering the energy transition 12/16
