Stress-Free Retirement Planning
Planning for the Retirement of Process Automation Assets is Akin to Planning for Ones Own Retirement; Do It Right and the Outcome is Highly Rewarding

Control News from Europe January 2008
Andrew Bond Reports from Europe

Web Highlights January 2008
What’s New this Month on ControlGlobal.com

January 2008 Feedback
What’s the Best Way in Distillation? Is Safety Everybody’s Job?

A Quick Pause for Shameless Self-Congratulation
Walt Boyes Says: "We're Still Here, and We’ve Created the Best Magazine in the Space"

Distillation Control and Optimization – Part 7
Plant-Wide Optimization Involves Coordinating the Control of Distillation, Furnaces, Compressors, etc. to Maximize the Profitability of the Entire Operation

Right Message, Right Person, Right Time
Data Doesn’t Always Equal Information. Why Can’t We Get Alarm Information to Our Operators in a More Meaningful Way?

Invensys and Integralis Deliver Managed Security Services
Process Control Software Vendor, Invensys Process Systems, Announces Partnership with Integralis

7 Part Series on Distillation Control and Optimization
Read Bela Liptak's Complete Series on Distillation Control and Optimization

Control Valve Market to Exceed $5 Billion by 2011
The Worldwide Control Valve Market Experienced Double-Digit Growth in 2006

StatoilHydro Plant is HART Plant of the Year
Orman Lange Natural Gas Facility in Norway Leverages HART Technology for Remote Valve Monitoring and Maintenance

What Drives Choices of Industrial Heat Control Systems?
Design Engineers and Engineering Managers Say that Core Heating and Control Technologies They Use will Change in the Next Two Years

Pace Yourself
Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers Become Popular. Oxydizer Projects Ranged between 5 to 7 per Year, Now 1 per Week

Cooper UK makes offer for MTL
MTL Shareholders to Receive 708.5 Pence in Cash for Each MTL Share

16th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Users Choosers. The Picks Are in! Users Choose the Best Products and Finest Service for the 16th Time

New Guises, Protections for Industrial PCs
Computers are Taking on New Forms to Perform New Assignments on the Plant Floor

Drives, Motor Controls, Power Quality Information
CONTROL’s Monthly Resource Guide

Lend a Helping Hand
What End Users Want Their Vendors to Know About Customer Service

Wolves at the Security House Door(s), Part 2
If the Single Firewall is not Secure Enough for Control Systems, What Security Model Is?

Straight Talk
Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner Bring Their Wits and More Than 66 Years of Process Control Experience to Bear on Your Questions, Comments and Problems

PACs for Communications and Data Handling
Process Control Tasks Performed by the PAC Include Closed-Loop PID Control of a Set of Heaters That Maintain the Sampling Ports at Constant Temperatures

Open Loop Tuning and Process Control en Español
People Ask for More Information on the Implementation of Cascade Control and Instrumentation and Process Control Books Written in Spanish

Trading the Old for the New
New Flowmeter Technologies Add Performance Enhancements That Can’t Be Ignored

Building a 21st-Century Renaissance Engineer
By Creating a College from Scratch, We Can Approach Education in a Whole New Way That Will Best Serve the Engineers of the New Millennium

Semiconductor Fab Clears Air with Intelligent Motor Control
Networked Recirculation Air Handlers Save Hardwiring and Programming Costs

Look before You Leap: Implementing Successful OPC Projects
The Right Way to Implement Industrial Automation Connectivity