PAS has announced the launch of the Integrity Automation Genome Software, the first product to provide a universal framework for the aggregation, contextualization, and simplification of data across an entire automation and production management system.

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Independent professional community Safety Users Group has conducted an unprecedented round table discussion with members of the IEC 61511 standard committee to explore the maintenance of the functional safety standard and addresses common misconceptions.

Industrial safety trend setters from Shell Europe and DuPont USA are joined by experts from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Emerson Process Management and IEC 61511 Committee Chairman Victor Maggioli share their practical experience of the standard and its adoption in the chemical process, oil refining, tank storage and offshore industries in a series of free online videos.

Thomson, a Danaher Motion company and leading manufacturer of Linear Motion technology, is extending its partnership with Switzerland-based BIBUS AG. The two companies will sign a contract that will confirm inter-company cooperation at the highest level of management within Europe.

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.

RS Components has announced its new Technology Solution ‘Embedded Controls’, reinforcing the company’s strategy to become positioned as the top choice for Electronics components.