Global drives.

NORD has strengthened its position as a leading developer and manufacturer of individual drive solutions. In addition to its headquarters in Bargteheide (D), the company has 48 subsidiaries on all continents. Around the world, NORD customers receive products and services with consistently high quality.

NORD is represented in over 80 countries worldwide

Decades of experience, extensive know-how in more than 100 industries, own production facilities, great production depth and a global network – worldwide, NORD offers its customers drive solutions from a comprehensive range of modular products. The proximity to customers is a key aspect for NORD DRIVESYSTEMS.

Benefits for NORD customers: short delivery times, consulting expertise and direct on-site service. Thanks to its global presence and own production in strategic markets, NORD understands the local requirements and offers flexible, efficient drive solutions. The great production depth, the global network and the wide range of products with gear units, motors and drive electronics form the basis for highest quality, customer proximity and fast response times – supported by a committed team.

For customers in the EMEA region, which comprises Europe, the Middle East and Africa, NORD is present with its own subsidiaries in 23 countries. Each of them take care of the on-site markets. Seven locations, including four in Germany as well as one in Italy and two in Poland, feature on-site production. These plants are part of the global production network and supply customers with high-quality drive solutions.

The Polish site in Nowa Sól is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year: The plant, which was founded in 2005, has a total operating area of more than 32,000 m2 and has been continuously developed over the years.

In the economic area of North and South America, NORD has seven own sites – four of them in the USA with Waunakee in Wisconsin as the hub as well as with its own production facilities. Locations in Canada as well as Mexico and Brazil for the South American continent complete the network in America.

In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) economic region, NORD is represented with nine locations. The regional hub in Suzhou, China, which was founded in 2001, acts as the central hub. Further subsidiaries cover India, Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.

The global presence is of major importance to the customer loyalty – not only in the field of sales and support. By having its own production facilities in all economic areas, the drive specialist has a further invaluable advantage in the face of tough international competition.

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@NORD_Drive @mepaxIntPR #Pauto

Drives company's international trade success recognised.

Invertek Drives Ltd has been awarded with The King's Award for Enterprise* - International Trade 2025, recognising continuous growth in overseas sales.

This designer and manufacturer, part of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd, has demonstrated remarkable international growth. Exports now represent 95 per cent of total sales, reinforcing its position as a leading innovator in energy efficient motor control solutions. The company has doubled in size to 420 employees since 2018 at its headquarters in Welshpool (GB).

The award acknowledges Invertek's impressive 149% growth over a six year period - achieved despite global challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic, BREXIT, and electronics supply chain disruptions.

Shaun Dean, Chairman of Invertek Drives, Executive Vice President of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, and Managing Director of SHI (Europe), added: "This King's Award demonstrates how Invertek has successfully expanded its global footprint while maintaining the technical excellence and innovation that have always been its hallmarks.

“The impressive international growth is a testament to the strategic alignment between Invertek's capabilities and the increasing global demand for energy efficient solutions. As part of the Sumitomo Heavy Industries group, Invertek continues to strengthen our collective position in key markets worldwide, since its acquisition in 2019. The ability to utilise UK based talent on a global platform is a key driver of our success."

Adrian Ellam, CEO of Invertek Drives (pictured right), said: "This prestigious recognition validates our international business strategy and commitment to creating innovative, energy efficient solutions for global markets. Our VFDs play a crucial role in helping industries worldwide reduce energy consumption, optimise processes, and minimise environmental impact – all increasingly important as businesses focus on sustainability and operational efficiency."

Invertek has developed a multifaceted international trade strategy combining a global network of sales partners with strategic wholly-owned subsidiaries in key markets including the USA, Spain, Germany, and Poland. This approach has enabled the company to effectively penetrate diverse markets and establish strong footholds in various regions.

Demonstrating operational resilience, Invertek strategically stocked critical components before Brexit and the pandemic, enabling uninterrupted manufacturing capabilities when competitors faced production challenges due to supplier issues. This foresight allowed the company to fulfil record global orders and strengthen its international market presence even during industry-wide delays.

The company has reinforced its commitment to long-term growth with a major expansion of its UK production, warehouse, and distribution facility, completed in 2024. This investment has increased capacity to meet growing international demand for its Optidrive range of VFDs, which are renowned for their versatility across manufacturing, HVAC, water treatment, and renewable energy applications.

"Our success in international markets stems from our customer-centric, partnership driven approach," added Adrian. "By prioritising adaptability, innovation, sustainability, and digital engagement, we've been able to navigate the complexities of the global marketplace while delivering exceptional value to customers worldwide."

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* The King's Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in Britain, with winning businesses able to use the King's Awards Emblem for the next five years.

@Invertek_Drives @TheKingsAwards #PAuto 

International distributor incentive scheme launched.

As a specialist manufacturer of gas analysis equipment, Signal relies on distributors to service its customers around the world. Managing Director James Clements says: “In recent years, we have expanded our number of global partners, and we are keen to ensure that we help them in every way possible. Equally, they need to be pro-active in their local markets, so we created an ‘Authorised Distributor Scheme’ to give them the tools that they need, and to incentivise positive action.”

Those distributors that sign up for the scheme will become eligible for a range of benefits, some of which are dependent on performance. For example, over a 12-month period each distributor will be assessed and graded into one of three categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Those achieving the Gold level will receive a 3% (of annual sales) credit on their account, with those in the Silver level receiving 2% and Bronze 1%.

The distributor evaluation criteria will include: training, either in Britain or in webinars; audits focusing on People, Processes, and Product representation; engagement with customers; commitment to the Signal Group brand, and of course sales.

By joining the scheme Signal’s distributors will unlock a suite of benefits designed to accelerate growth and improve the levels of service in their domestic markets. Enrolled distributors will be listed on the Signal Group website, and be provided with access to regular training webinars, marketing collateral, and priority in service, sales and marketing support.

Summarising the scheme, Signal’s Simon Corrigan says: “The ultimate goal is to deliver the best possible products and services to our global customers. To achieve that we need to ensure that our distributor staff are highly trained and equipped with the latest information on our gas analysis equipment. This will give them confidence to be pro-active in the market and to be able to respond quickly and effectively to customer needs.”

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@GasAnalysers @_Enviro_News #PAuto #Marketing

Surface vision Product Marketing Manager.

Ametek Surface Vision has appointed Jacqueline Peintinger as Product Marketing Manager to drive customer engagement and product development.

Jacqueline Peintinger

In this new role Jacqueline’s primary responsibilities will be developing and implementing an international marketing strategy with a strong focus on global event management and digital marketing with lead generation initiatives.

Voice of Customer (VOC) is also key to this role, with active market research being undertaken through ongoing customer and partner site visits to understand the challenges they face. Jacqueline will take a proactive and strategic approach to develop initiatives to further meet these challenges.

Commenting on the role Jacqueline said: “With the experience I’ve previously gained in sales and marketing for leading international companies in the metals industry, I am excited about the opportunity to also dive into other industries and their needs that use our technology like batteries, paper and plastics. I am looking forward to working both internally and externally to support and further improve customer partnerships and our technologies to meet industry challenges.”

Jacqueline will be reporting to Breck Lewis, Director of Product Management, who said: “This is an important role for Ametek Surface Vision. We recognize that listening to our customers and addressing their challenges is key, and Jacqueline’s leadership in optimizing and executing Surface Vision's marketing strategy will be invaluable in supporting this.”

Ametek Surface Vision is the world leader in automated online surface inspection solutions for optimizing the monitoring and inspection of webs and surfaces, and process surveillance applications.

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@surfacevision #PAuto 

Advanced automation software drives digital transformation of operations.

Emerson’s in-person Innovation Days will showcase how advanced software solutions can help achieve increased sustainability and business performance.

European events outline how advanced automation software drives digital transformation of operations

Emerson is hosting a series of Innovation Days to provide process industry and manufacturing companies with valuable insights into how advanced automation software solutions can help maximise environmental sustainability and business performance. The free of charge events, being held across Europe throughout 2022, will demonstrate how the latest industrial software and systems can drive the digital transformation of operations, leading to increased operational efficiency, uptime, safety and profitability.

The Innovation Days will be held in Great Britain and Ireland from June 7th to 23rd 2022. Further details & registration .

The Innovation Days feature a broad range of presentations from industry experts addressing the use of advanced diagnostics to monitor the health and performance of instrumentation and control technology, simple ways of transforming data into actionable insights, analysing the efficiency of machines, the use of cloud-based SCADA to monitor remote assets, improving reliability and safety through corrosion and erosion monitoring, and leveraging machine learning technology to optimise plant control and increase production.

“Through our extensive portfolio of innovative software solutions, Emerson is able to generate business value by implementing data management, monitoring and control architectures that provide actionable insights, leading to wide-ranging operational improvements,” said John Nita, president of Emerson’s Automation Solutions business in Europe. “The Innovation Days will demonstrate how harnessing software-based technology and digitally transforming operations can help organisations achieve their business and sustainability targets.”

The Innovation Days will feature interactive hands-on demonstrations that show how to improve visibility to key operational data and prioritise the most critical information for improved operations. Delegates will be able to explore pervasive sensing technologies in a 3D virtual plant tour. There will also be opportunities for them to share their experiences, network with their peers and discuss their specific application challenges. The Innovation Days are aimed at management, project and operations personnel, engineers, and maintenance specialists. The events will be held in more than 20 different countries and presented in the local language.

@Emerson_News @EMR_Automation @HHC_Lewis #PAuto #Britain #Ireland 

Top European distributor.

Mouser Electronics has received the TDK European Distribution Award for the third time from TDK, a world leader in electronic components and solutions. The Gold distribution award recognises Mouser’s 2020 performance based on inventory management, operational excellence, terms and business performance. Mouser previously won the award in 2019 and 2017.

TDK’s High Service Distributor Award was updated in 2020, with the award criteria being raised in line with an adjusted scorecard system, providing a higher benefit for the end customers. Under the new system, Mouser is the only high service distributor to be recognised this year with the TDK European award.

Stated Dietmar Jaeger, Head of TDK Global Sales Distribution: “We are very pleased with Mouser’s continuous excellent performance, which certainly deserves to be honoured. I want to congratulate the whole team from Mouser for their hard work, promoting our products to the engineering world during the last year.”

“We are incredibly honoured to receive this prestigious award, and thank TDK for recognising the outstanding efforts of our teams around the world,” said Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior Vice President of Global Service & EMEA and APAC Business. “Throughout our longstanding partnership we’ve realised many successes together, and we look forward to many more in the future.”

Mouser stocks a broad selection of TDK’s comprehensive product portfolio, including ceramic, aluminium electrolytic and film capacitors; ferrites and inductors; high-frequency products; and piezo and protection components as well as sensors, sensor systems and power supplies.

@MouserElecEU  @Publitek #PAuto #TandM

Anti-bribery standard achieved.

Ixthus Instrumentation has recently completed the comprehensive due diligence process for TRACEcertification* and gained full approval from the world leading anti-bribery standard setting organization. Initiated through its distribution partnership with Kaman Precision Products,  TRACEcertification demonstrates Ixthus’ commitment to commercial transparency through its dealings with suppliers and customers alike.

As part of the certification process, Ixthus received TRACE’s comprehensive anti-bribery compliance training and a verified due diligence report is available from the TRACE Intermediary Directory.

Kaman Precision Products Inc., is a USA based designer and manufacturer of precision, inductive Eddy current position measurement systems that are widely applied in military and aerospace industries, and in many other challenging application areas. With ISO 9001-200 certification and Satellite Industry Association (SiA) membership, Kaman is also a leading sensor specialist for cryogenics, high-vacuum, radiation tolerance and other severe environment position measurement tasks. Ixthus Instrumentation has a long association with Kaman providing a complete UK-based, engineer-to-engineer consultancy and service across Kaman’s comprehensive product range.

Ixthus works closely with Kaman and, over several years, has developed a high level of application expertise for its non-contact displacement sensor technologies - providing comprehensive sales and support at component level or for complete instrumentation systems. Ixthus’ knowledgeable technical staff are on hand to assist with measurement solutions - from the first enquiry, to supply and to after-sales support. 

* Trace International is a global anti-bribery association.

@IxthusInst @KamanSensors @TRACE_Inc @mepaxIntPR #Pauto #Integrity

BritishAmerican Business award for analogue technology leader.

Analog Devices has won a 2020 Transatlantic Growth Award from BritishAmerican Business, the trade body which promotes trade between the two countries, in the category of ‘US launch or expansion in the UK’.

The award recognises Analog Devices’ opening in 2019 of a new headquarters building in Hayes, near Heathrow airport, replacing the company’s smaller offices in Surrey and Buckinghamshire. The development of the new HQ was a substantial investment by Boston, Massachusetts-based Analog Devices in the British market.

Analog Devices was one of just five US-based companies to be recognised in the US launch or expansion category. Other winners of Transatlantic Growth Awards in 2020 include ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark, Diageo and National Grid.

The location of the new Hayes office is an important signal of Analog Devices’ commitment to the Britain. Benefiting from fast links to the centre of London, it brings the company closer to the capital’s workforce, entrepreneurs and technology start-ups, and investment community.

This office also supports collaboration between British employees and customers and Analog Devices’ employees in the Boston head office, which is easily accessible via direct flights from Heathrow to Boston’s Logan international airport. Operating as a hub for global collaboration, the UK HQ facilitates links for British customers with sales offices and design centres across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, in locations such as Munich (D), Paris (F) and Valencia (ES).

Commenting on winning the Transatlantic Growth Award, Mike Britchfield, Analog Devices’ European Vice President of Sales, said: ‘Few US companies in the semiconductor industry have been as established in the UK as long as Analog Devices and the ties between its US home and its UK operation continue to deepen. The opening of a new UK base in 2019, a huge investment by Analog Devices, was made in large part because it will help facilitate the movement of ideas, colleagues, products and solutions between the UK and US, as well as in the wider EMEA region. I’m delighted that the scale of Analog Devices’ commitment to the UK has been reflected in the Transatlantic Growth Award.’

The strength of Analog Devices’ commitment to this market is reflected in the way that the new HQ has been designed, configured and equipped. Featuring a bold, contemporary aesthetic, the office building is decorated with artworks which highlight the building’s previous role as a vinyl record factory producing discs from artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. As well as office space for employees, it includes spare workspace for visiting colleagues, training suites, and a generous provision of meeting space for use with customers and partners.

Analog Devices’ intention is for the building to become a destination which British customers, suppliers and partners and colleagues from across the Atlantic will want to return to again and again, once business travel restrictions that are currently in force are lifted.

#PAuto @ADI_News @BritAmBusiness

Good performance last year but unpredictable 2020.

“We bridge the physical distance through digital and emotional proximity.” - Altendorf

Dr Klaus Endress (left), President of the
Supervisory Board of the E+H Group,
and Matthias Altendorf, CEO.

Endress+Hauser performed well across all fields of activity, industries and regions in 2019. The Group created hundreds of new jobs, invested record amounts and improved in the area of sustainability. According to CEO Matthias Altendorf, the family company is thus in a strong position to address the challenges of the corona crisis.

“2019 was a solid year for Endress+Hauser,” emphasized Matthias Altendorf. “Growth was broad-based and balanced.” The group increased net sales by 8.0 percent to 2.652 billion euros, despite a weakening economy. During the annual media conference on financial statements in Basel, the CEO explained that instead of large-scale orders, this growth was driven by smaller and medium-sized projects.

According to the CEO, this success is also tied to the company’s undiminished innovative spirit. In 2019 Endress+Hauser filed 318 patent applications and invested 7.6 percent of sales in research and development. More than 1,100 people are working on new products, solutions and services. By the end of 2019 Endress+Hauser had 14,328 employees worldwide. 400 new jobs have been created within one year.

In 2019, Asia provided strong growth impulses. Europe performed well and South America recorded excellent growth. North America fell behind expectations, however, while the business in Africa and the Middle East declined. China overtook Germany based on sales volume and just trails the US, which continues to be the largest sales market for Endress+Hauser. According to Chief Financial Officer Dr Luc Schultheiss, the Group companies were able to gain market share.

And the future!
Endress+Hauser started 2020 with a further increase in incoming orders. However, the coronavirus pandemic makes it massively more difficult to achieve the original goals. “Although we are still unable to predict the economic impacts of the crisis, we and our customers will certainly feel the effects,” underlined the CEO. The Group responded early to the spread of the virus and used all means at its disposal to protect people’s health and continue to offer customers solid support.

“We bridge the physical distance through digital and emotional proximity,” said Matthias Altendorf. The CEO has been driving digitization at Endress+Hauser for years – in the product and services areas, as well as in customer interaction and internal collaboration. At peak periods, up to 10,000 employees are currently working from home.

#PAuto @Endress_Hauser

Analysers thrive in China.

Gas analyser sales at Signal Group grew during 2019, and the most successful distributor was Beijing Leshi Alliance Tech., the company responsible for sales in China of their FID gas analysers and the new Series 4 suite of analysers. “This is particularly gratifying,” comments Signal MD James Clements, “because several of their staff visited our factory in the UK for training at the beginning of 2019, so it is great to see that they are already starting to make an impact in the market.”

As the exclusive Chinese distributor for these products, Beijing Leshi Alliance Tech. has been particularly successful in the sale of Signal’s portable VOC emissions analyser, the 3010 MINIFID PURE, which employs a flame ionisation detection method for the analysis of hydrocarbons in gaseous emissions from painting and coating operations, as well as from engines and combustion plant, and other processes that utilise solvents.

Lightweight and rugged with an integral heated sample line, the MINIFID is ideal for testing multiple sites or for testing multiple locations at one site. The accuracy and reliability of the instrument is underpinned by a built-in catalytic air purifier, which ensures that readings are not affected by ambient gases. James believes that the portability, reliability and high quality technical support are major factors in driving successful sales in China.

#PAuto @GasAnalysers @_Enviro_News #China

Record orders in October.

Marc Aeschlimann-CEO Schaffner

Schaffner achieved the largest order volume in the Group's history last month.  New contracts were signed in the Automotive Division totalling more than CHF 55 million (ca €50m).

The new orders primarily relate to latest-generation antennas for keyless authentication systems in new model platforms of various well-known global automobile manufacturers. The order volume covers the entire duration of the new models.

Once the production lines have been set up, Schaffner expects an impact on earnings that will increase from fiscal 2020/21 year onwards.

#Automotive @SchaffnerGroup 

Industry leader recognition.

Delta has just been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) 2019 assessment as the industry leader within the Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components sector for the fourth time.

With the global challenge of climate change and strong competition among peers, Delta has now been included in the DJSI World Index for the 9th consecutive year and in the DJSI Emerging Markets Index for the 7th consecutive year. The 2019 DJSI survey not only underscores Delta's continuous dedication towards climate change action and superior performance in economic and social dimensions, but also rewards the Company with the highest score in 8 criteria, outperforming the previous years. The DJSI assessment recognizes Delta’s efforts in the three dimensions of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). With its focus on climate change action, in 2018, Delta reduced its carbon intensity by 16.8% in efforts to achieve the Science Based Target (SBT) set in 2017 of reducing its carbon intensity 56.6% by 2025.

Mr. Jesse Chou, Delta's chief sustainability officer, highlighted, "Our long-term commitment is to realize Delta's corporate mission, 'To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow', by leveraging our core competence in high-efficiency power electronics, developing comprehensive energy-saving solutions capable of lowering mankind's carbon footprint, implementing carbon reduction, and fully disclosing our goals and progress in ESG. Delta achieved its scheduled milestone of 16.8% science-based carbon reduction in the first year. In 2019 our cooperation with the Delta Electronics Foundation in the promotion of environmental education and green buildings and transportation concepts helped us achieve full credits in “Innovation Management”, “Environmental Reporting”, and "Social Reporting”. Delta also led the electronics industry in 5 major criteria for the 2019 DJSI corporate sustainability assessment: “Materiality”, “Risk and Crisis Management”, “Codes of Business Conduct”, “Product Stewardship”, and “Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy”. Delta’s dedication to innovative development, enhancing eco-efficiency, increasing its percentage of renewable energy, and balancing the development on ESG, have supported us in achieving this year's industry leadership position."

Delta has focused on climate change issues and passed the review by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) in 2017, while proposing the goal of reducing the carbon intensity by 56.6% by 2025 with 2014 as the base year. Delta became the first enterprise in Taiwan and the 87th in the world to pass the SBTi review. Through internal efforts to implement 1,846 energy-saving solutions at its plants in 2018, Delta increased its global use of renewable energy ratio to 22%. With the purchase of International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs), Delta’s carbon intensity was decreased by 16.8% in 2018, surpassing the original SBT of carbon reduction by 16.5% for 2018.

To accelerate the transformation to low-carbon transportation in response to the UN's goal of keeping global temperature rise below 2°C, in 2018 Delta took the lead in joining the EV100 initiative for international electric vehicles, and is the first member globally that provides energy infrastructure for electric vehicles. Delta has also introduced the climate-related financial disclosure protocol as a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and continues to be proactive in implementing mitigation and adaptation work in response to climate change.

Delta has recently issued its 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Delta's high energy-efficient products have helped its clients save 28.1 billion kWh of electricity from 2010 to 2018, reducing 15.06 million tons of carbon emissions. From 2011 to 2018, a total of 1,846 energy-saving solutions were implemented at its major plants, saving 230 million kWh of electricity and reducing about 186,000 tons of carbon emissions. As for energy conservation through green buildings, the 15 certified factories and 5 academic buildings that Delta has sponsored to build have saved 17.83 million kWh of electricity and reduced about 11,200 tons of carbon emissions. Delta is dedicated to fulfilling it corporate mission "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow" and is committed to making greater achievements in energy conservation and carbon reduction.

#PAuto @DeltaEMEA @SPDJIndices 

Personalised digital experience!

Digital tools deliver measurable productivity gains with streamlined processes and elevated collaboration!

Emerson's new personalised digital experience – MyEmerson – accelerates digital transformation by connecting people and technology through streamlined work processes and better collaboration. With a MyEmerson online account, users can access digital tools to quickly engineer solutions, manage software and installed assets, access training, collaborate with experts, streamline procurement processes, and improve visibility into buying history and trends.

“Driven by our personal interaction with digital technology, customers have new expectations today about speed and access to information,” said Brad Budde, vice president of digital customer experience, Emerson Automation Solutions. “Our customers still want access to human expertise, but now expect a great digital experience as well. Combining these two experiences to deliver information immediately and use it to solve problems faster is what drives new business value.”

Digital engineering tools help engineers collaborate, gain confidence in an evolving industry, and streamline time-consuming manual processes. With online sizing, selection, and configuration tools for measurement instrumentation, valves, actuators, fluid control, pneumatic and electrical solutions, engineers can confidently and accurately specify solutions for their unique requirements and process conditions. By employing digital tools, engineers can configure instrumentation up to 93% faster, typically saving over 100 engineering hours annually.

For procurement professionals, MyEmerson includes access to online purchasing and supplier management resources. Once solutions are selected and configured by engineering counterparts, the information moves seamlessly to the procurement team – eliminating the need for manual hand-offs and duplicate entry of model codes. Procurement personnel can then create requisition lists, generate quotes and automatically populate purchase orders. With greater visibility to order status and order history, procurement teams have access to the information they need to drive more efficient processes.

The MyEmerson development roadmap will centralise the management of software, hardware and workforce upskilling. With easier access to technical documentation, easier identification of device location, and the ability to initiate repair, replacement or service as needed, organisations gain maintenance and turnaround planning efficiencies. By moving from manual management of disparate software applications, updates and licences, users will be able to actively operate and maintain their software portfolio through a single-entry point. Both hardware and software records will be tightly integrated to relevant training, enabling trackable and accessible information in the same experience.

#PAuto @Emerson_News @EMR_Automation @HHC_Lewis

Appointment in air quality monitoring sector.

Craig Sexton has been appointed to the technical sales team of Air Monitors. Craig will be based in Barnsley (GB) and responsible for customers and prospects in northern England.

Craig Sexton

Welcoming Craig to the team, Air Monitors MD Jim Mills says: “This is an exciting time to join our company. Public, media and government concern about air pollution has never been higher, and we have recently secured a number of major contracts for the leading-edge monitoring technologies that we provide and service.

“Air quality improvement measures are informed by accurate air quality data and the effectiveness of these initiatives can only be measured with proven, reliable monitoring equipment. Craig will therefore be in a position to help improve people’s lives by providing information that leads to cleaner air; which is a major source of job satisfaction for everyone at Air Monitors.”

Craig comes to Air Monitors with a background in customer facing roles and experience with electrical equipment. “As the father of a young child, I am particularly concerned with the effects of poor air quality, both indoors and outdoors,” Craig says. “I am therefore very excited to be working for the UK’s market leader in air quality monitoring equipment, and look forward to developing long-lasting relationships with the company’s customers.”

@airmonitors  #Environment

Serving renewable energy, pharmaceutical, and food industries in Norway.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced its new subsidiary in Norway to engage in the sale of control products and provision of related services. The subsidiary, Yokogawa Norge, was established lastr month (February 2019).

Renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, and foods are targeted under Yokogawa’s Transformation 2020 mid-term business plan, and each of these industries enjoys good prospects for growth in Norway. The country has played a leading role in Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy and is diversifying its economy to lessen its dependence on natural resources.

In the Norwegian market to date, Yokogawa has relied on its distributors and a representative office to provide and promote control systems, field devices, and related services to the oil & gas industry’s upstream and downstream sectors, including refining and LNG.

In July 2017, Yokogawa acquired TechInvent2 AS, a Norwegian company with advanced chemical injection technology that helps to prevent blockages and corrosion in oil wells and pipelines and renamed it Yokogawa TechInvent. Through the establishment of Yokogawa Norge and the creation of synergy with Yokogawa operations in Aberdeen, Scotland, Yokogawa will be able to solidify its sales and service organisation in Norway and accelerate growth not only in existing markets but also in the renewable energy, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Yokogawa Sales and service operations in Fornebu, Norway will begin from April 2019.

#Norway @YokogawaIA  #PAuto 

Global coverage for process manufacturing data.

Seeq Corporation is expanding its global coverage and support for their process manufacturing customers with the addition of more than 50 system integration partners in the Middle East, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia—along with new offices in Malaysia and Europe. Seeq now has support offices across the United States and direct representation in Europe, as well as resale and services partners on six continents.

Seeq is an advanced analytics solution for engineers and scientists in process manufacturing organizations to rapidly investigate, collaborate, and publish insights on manufacturing data. Customers include oil & gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, mining, food and beverage, and other process industries.

Partners have been selected and certified based upon their experience and understanding of how to apply Seeq across a variety of technology solutions including OSIsoft PI System, GE Proficy, AspenTech IP21, Emerson DeltaV Continuous Historian and Ovation DCS Historian, Honeywell Uniformance PHD Historian, Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian, Inductive Automation’s Ignition Historian, DataParc Historian, and Aveva’s Wonderware Historian, Citec SCADA, and eDNA Historian.

Seeq local resources in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) include Mike Purcell as Seeq’s Managing Director for EMEA. Mike is a longtime industry veteran who was most recently the Vice President for OSIsoft EMEA where he was responsible for partners, marketing, and sales in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

“Seeq provides advanced analytics for leveraging operational data from all major historians, and contextual data from big data, cloud, and IIoT platforms,” comments Will Knight, Head of Worldwide Partner Sales. “Partners and local Seeq resources enable Seeq to better serve our customers and deliver faster decisions to drive ROI.”

In concert with this global expansion, Seeq also launched the Seeq Analytics Engineer Certification Program for partners. The certification program enables partners to work hand-in-hand with Seeq Analytics Engineers through onsite training and custom use case development.

“Seeq’s Analytics Engineer Certification Program will enable us to boost our professional credibility and execute projects with even better efficiency. Our engineers are always eager to learn new capabilities that can deliver value to customers and help them realize the benefits of digitalization, IIoT, and Industry 4.0,” says Kai Weber, CEO of Werusys in Germany, and one of the first partners certified on Seeq.

“We see our partnership with Seeq and the Seeq Analytics Certification program as a way to demonstrate our capabilities and expertise to deliver holistic solutions to challenging problems,” observes Sulaiman Alzuhair, Managing Director of Crucial Solutions & Services (CSS), Seeq’s exclusive partner in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Seeq continues to invest in local resources, programs and partnerships to ensure customers benefit from advanced analytics. Partners deliver local insight and resources along with deep expertise to accelerate digital transformation of their customers’ operations.

@SeeqCorporation #PAuto 

Components award.

Harting is celebrating after winning the Interconnect and Electromechanical Supplier of the Year award at the Electrocomponents Supplier Summit in Amsterdam.

(L-R) Thomas Novak (RS Components), Simon Asbury (Harting), Eric Smith (RS Components) and Edgar P Duening (Harting) at the Electrocomponents Supplier Summit.

Over the past five years, Harting has proven itself to be a strategic partner aligned with electrocomponents worldwide. During this time, they have achieved outstanding growth of 161% in the American market, 65% across EMEA and 47% in Asia-Pacific.

In 2017 Harting was the fastest growing interconnect brand across the globe with average worldwide growth of nearly 30%. Harting has also been a major proponent of both DesignSpark and local designs for both RS Components and Allied Electronics.

Edgar P Duening, the Managing Director of Harting Technology Group and Simon Asbury, Director of Sales and Market Development at Harting LTD were on hand to accept the award.

Afterwards, a delighted Edgar P Duening said: “Harting is thrilled to receive this award from RS Components. The strategic partnership between Harting and RS has been a major contributor to the excellent growth in all regions over recent years. Key to this growth has been the pace of new product development at Harting, coupled with RS’s ability to take these products to market through its multi-channel marketing activities. We look forward to continuing and building upon this excellent strategic partnership in the future.”

 @harting #PAuto @RSComponents

Top connector supplier of 2016.

Crouzet Automatismes awarded its top suppliers of the year during a ceremony held in late 2016. The 2016 awards were given out by Florence Coiffet, Crouzet’s purchasing director, who also presented the results and named SOURIAU as the year’s top connector supplier.

For this first edition of its supplier awards, Crouzet Automatismes set up a scoring system that took into account a number of key parameters: on-time delivery performance (OTDP), product quality (PPM), and a score that rated the quality of each supplier’s technical, commercial, and logistical support. SOURIAU beat all the other suppliers in its category with a final score of 90 out of 100.

Hermetic connectors for aeronautical applications
SOURIAU was awarded for the hermetic version of its Series 851 and 853 circular connectors delivered to Crouzet. These connectors are fitted on 98% of position sensors used by Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Turboméca.

Ability to handle a large number of orders and meet delivery times
SOURIAU delivers between 15,000 and 20,000 connectors to Crouzet’s Valence facility each year. Most orders are for 40 to 50 connectors apiece, which requires having a logistics system that is flexible, highly sophisticated, and able to deliver products regularly. The Supplier Logistics and Quality Performance score of 96 out of 100 obtained by SOURIAU for all of 2016 is testament to the efficiency of its logistics department. In addition, the company received an excellent quality score of 87 out of 100 in Q4 2016.

Strive to do even better
“We are extremely proud of being the very first recipients of this connector award. Needless to say, our goal is to sustain this high level of service whilst increasing our market share. And we can achieve this goal because we have the right products,” says Gilles Rémond, key sales account manager for the engine manufacturing and equipment team assigned to Crouzet Automatismes. “We are also going to build partnerships between our R&D teams and those of Crouzet, just like Ms Coiffet wishes.”

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Wanted Dead or Alive.

Ashtead Technology is offering a trade-in for old emissions analysers, no matter what their condition or manufacturer. As part of the deal, customers will receive money off a new Testo 350 or Testo 340.

The Testo 350 is an industrial emissions and combustion analyser, capable of measuring up to six gases simultaneously from a selection including O2, CO, COlow, NO, NOlow, SO2, H2S, CO2 and CH. Typical applications include service measurements on industrial engines, compliance testing on gas turbines and efficiency testing for industrial burners. The instrument complies with the MCERTS performance standards for Portable Emission Monitoring Systems (Certificate: Sira MC090159/03) which means that its performance has been tested and verified by a respected third party and can be employed for regulatory compliance monitoring. The Test 340 is a smaller, more economical instrument, capable of measuring up to four gases simultaneously.

Explaining the advantages of upgrading to a new instrument, Ashtead Technology’s Josh Thomas says: “This is a great opportunity to save money on a brand new instrument; there are more sensor options and thanks to a patented automatic dilution function, it is now possible to measure high gas concentrations, with easier application-specific menus and data export via Bluetooth, USB or the Testo Printer.

“Portable instruments are often exposed to a variety of demanding field conditions so with a robust housing and built-in impact protection the Testo 350 is ideal for customers with multiple measurement locations.”

The Testo 350 is available to purchase with a choice of unheated or heated sampling probes and Ashtead’s staff can advise on suitable probes for measurements involving high temperatures, high dust loads or wet flue gas. Rental units are also available with a 335mm Flue Gas Probe (Max Temperature 500°C). Alternatively, there’s an optional 700mm Gas Sampling Probe (Max Temperature 1000°C).

Ashtead’s ‘Dead or Alive’ analyser offer is open until the end of 2016.

Anyone wishing to cash in their old analyser and upgrade to the latest Testo instrument, should   email London@ashtead-technology.com . As Josh says: “It’s worth a quick call; alive or dead, your old analyser could be worth a lot of money!”

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Strategic marketing VP appointed.

Red Lion Controls has appointed Ron Salerno as Vice President of Strategic Marketing to lead product management and marketing. Based at Red Lion’s North American headquarters, Ron reports directly to Red Lion President Mike Granby and serves on the leadership team.

Ron Salerno

Prior to Red Lion, Ron was Director of Marketing and Business Development within the Process Instrumentation division at Siemens, where he spent almost twenty years. In this role, he ran product marketing, business development, vertical sales and engineering support. Earlier in his career, he held business development, product management and engineer positions for a variety of Siemens divisions.

“Ron’s twenty-plus years of industry experience makes him the perfect fit to lead Red Lion’s product management and marketing teams,” said Granby. “As our company continues to grow, I am confident that Ron’s experience in strategy development will continue to bring Red Lion’s products to the forefront of the industrial automation and networking space.”

Ron holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA from LaSalle University.

“I am excited to be joining Red Lion, who has a strong track record of helping customers drive productivity across industrial applications,” said Salerno. “This role will allow me to collaborate across the organization to strategically align goals to further support Red Lion’s overall business objectives and ‘Customer First’ commitment to customers and partners.”

• Red Lion products are marketed in Ireland by Instrument Technology.

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