Proficy Plant Applications 5.0 supports manufacturing intelligence for multiple time zones and languages.

Two new software modules identify causes of process problems and the corresponding corrective action.

In an amicable agreement, the two organizations, whose joint venture began in 1986, will dissolve the partnership to focus on their respective specialties.

A new Web-based control and visualization application is said to extend real-time information to engineers and field operators without complex reconfiguration of existing systems.

In a market-shaping move, Axeda acquires Questra; together the companies will look to build relationships with customers and ERP vendors.

Using logic to route materials through the factory, Proficy Tracker 7.5 aims to enhance just-in-time processes for discrete manufacturers.

In its first release, the Proficy Maintenance Gateway connects Proficy process control systems with IBM’s MAXIMO asset management software.

In a move that bolsters its safety-based control offerings, GE Fanuc acquires the MOST technology portfolio from MTL Instruments Group.

The automation vendor delivers its first SOA-based workflow product, said to allow manufacturers greater flexibility in adjusting automation-based processes.

Pushing ahead with its go-to-market strategy of lining up industry experts for its forays into various manufacturing verticals, GE Fanuc taps Wipro as a partner for consumer products and pharmaceutical implementations.