International Society of Automation (ISA) News & Articles

ISA publishes third edition of Industrial Ethernet: How to Plan, Install, and Maintain TCP/IP Ethern

  • November 14, 2016
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The book serves as an excellent reference tool on networking in industrial environments. Best-practice recommendations for installation, maintenance, security, and troubleshooting are clearly outlined.

ISA’s Standards & Practices Board presents annual awards

  • November 2, 2016
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This year, five individuals were presented with awards at the recent ISA Leaders Meeting by Nicholas P. Sands of DuPont, the 2015-16 Vice President of ISA’s S&P Department.

ISA opens Saudi Arabian training center at Jubail Industrial College

  • October 20, 2016
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The Jubail-ISA Training Center brings ISA’s globally recognized automation and control instruction—as well as its certification review and certificate program courses—to Jubail Industrial City, home to one of the world’s most advanced industrial and engineering complexes.

SecurityWeek’s ICS Cyber Security Conference to be held next week in Atlanta, Georgia

  • October 19, 2016
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The International Society of Automation (ISA) serves as an alliance partner of the event, which takes place 24-27 October at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center.

ISA announces 2016 author award winners

  • October 5, 2016
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Winners are recognized for their editorial contributions to a wide range of ISA publications, including ISA books; InTech, ISA’s bi-monthly magazine for automation and control professionals; and ISA Transactions, ISA’s bi-monthly professional journal dedicated to the science and engineering of measurement and automation.

ISA and the Automation Federation draw attention to the growing need for skilled manufacturing worke

  • September 28, 2016
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A pressing challenge facing manufacturers in the US is the growing skills gap. Experts project that over the next 10 years nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs will be needed. However, because of the ongoing shortage of qualified workers, up to 2 million of these jobs may go unfilled.

ISA announces Industrial Control Training event in Northwest Pennsylvania

  • September 23, 2016
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Two industry organizations—the Northwest Industrial Resource Center (NWIRC) and Process and Data Automation (PDA)—will co-sponsor an ISA training event in Erie, PA from 31 October through 4 November 2016.

Riken Keiki SDWL1RI wireless gas detector gains ISA100 Wireless certification

  • September 21, 2016
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The SDWL1 is a wireless flammable gas detector built to extend the benefits of wireless detection into safety applications. The SDWL1’s non-dispersive infrared detection system ensures accuracy while the advanced reliability features of ISA100 Wireless ensure wireless communication signal truancy.

ISA announces Beamex donation to Process Measurement and Control Division scholarship fund

  • September 1, 2016
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Beamex has donated $4,155.00 to ISA’s Process Measurement & Control Division (PMCD) educational scholarship fund. The donations will fund scholarships awarded to college or university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation and control.

2016 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium and Exhibition features three acclaimed speakers

  • August 29, 2016
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Attending engineers, technicians and plant managers will be able to gain the latest insights, news and trends in process measurement and control, particularly in the chemical and energy processing and other key process industry sectors.