Automation & Control Feature Articles

A truly safe plant requires the right mix of standard and safe automation, teamed with process control equipment with built-in safety features.

The ISA-62443 series of standards, being developed by the ISA99 committee of the International Society of Automation (ISA) and adopted globally, is designed to provide a flexible ...

Alarms which send you mobile alerts warning of smoke detected in your building are just one of the potential applications available over next generation broadband networks, according ...

The Australian Made Campaign is calling on businesses to revisit their procurement policies after research released recently revealed just 20 per cent of Australian companies have ...

Australia's rank on the latest Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14 highlights the "further slippage in Australia's international cost competitiveness", Innes Willox, AiGroup's ...

The WAM GROUP has a comprehensive range of loading bellows which are designed for the efficient, dust-controlled loading of dry dusty bulk solids materials into containers, varying ...

New research from Roy Morgan, commissioned by the Australian Made Campaign, has revealed buying Australian-made products has become more important to Australian consumers.

The exploitation of foreign workers in Australia and the need to make sure that our kids receive the skills and training they require for the jobs of today and tomorrow is back on ...

Australia is about to get its facts straight – that's the message from the team behind the ABC's newly launched Fact Check website and accompanying platforms including television, ...

Toyota Australia will make a critical $123 million investment in its local manufacturing operations with the support of a co-investment package from the federal and Victorian ...

A new Australian Industry Group report highlights the need for political parties to set out election policies to address the alarming rise in gas prices and the worsening squeeze on ...

The downturn in mining has seen manufacturing companies in regional Queensland 'close their doors', causing job losses in communities – and the Australian Manufacturing Workers' ...

A University of Queensland study has identified the ideal tilt and angle for solar panels on Brisbane roof tops.

Cutting-edge research at RMIT University will provide cheaper and more efficient warehouse operations for small and medium enterprises.

By using methods developed to study the interactions of particles and applying them to economics, researchers at the University of Sydney have shown that small changes can create a ...

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What makes employees leave or stay in organisations and how organisations can improve employee retention is the focus of a public lecture being held at the University of South ...

As Australian companies begin the new financial year, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the industries set to soar and sink in 2013-14.

System contamination has been a huge problem for the hydraulics industry for many decades.

A robotic tractor and seeding machine with unprecedented planting accuracy will improve agricultural productivity for farmers and enable cropping on 20 per cent more land, UNSW ...