Process group sees top-line growth from emerging markets, nuclear-power wins, and an InFusion roadmap that will bring manufacturers closer to operational excellence.

The control system vendor unveils key products and technologies that begin to unify its brands into one enterprise control system, which will eventually expand into cloud-based computing.

Rockwell Automation says the strength of its process control business and some legacy products bodes well for the manufacturing recovery; acquisitions on the way.

But the automation giant said it has weathered the recession and its process group is now receiving some large orders from emerging markets.

Honeywell and Invensys license asset management software and workflow technology from their oil & gas customers to build out process industry portfolios.

Version 4.0 of the Wonderware technology delivers on customer requests for a tiered historian capability and web-based dashboards that plant floor and corporate users can access.

The company shed a little light on its fiscal Q3, focusing on the strength of its new IOM division.

The dynamic automation thinker and 30-year industry veteran wins a lifetime achievement award from ISA.

The new middleware extends integration beyond MES to include other plant floor applications, and replaces the basic framework found in a previous toolkit.

Despite year-over-year sales declines, companies are seeing signs that the economy may be stabilizing.