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Top 50 Automation Companies of 2018: Are you ready to rumble?

Is it possible to brace for a recession and forge ahead at the same time? The Top 50 biggest worldwide and North American process control and automation suppliers show how it's done.

With early indicators of a global recession starting to appear on the radar and a mounting list of risks from geopolitical uncertainty to increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, 2018 will be seen as a year of very good growth before some very challenging times. Challenges create opportunities, however, and even as major suppliers revise their guidance for 2020, there are many new opportunities, even if overall growth in the market is slowing.Accelerating technology adoptionMuch of this growth is driven by the promise of new technologies and the business value they can provide. The automation marketplace is adopting a new wave of increasingly sophisticated computing…

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Level Measurement: Part II

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Our latest issue: October 2019

Is it possible to brace for a recession and forge ahead at the same time? The Top 50 biggest worldwide and North American process control and automation suppliers show how it's done. Read the issue.

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Assigning control valve pressure drop

Energy efficiency and control repercussions dominate the discussion of ideal DPs.

By Béla Lipták

Q: I am an energy engineer currently looking at optimizing the pumping circuits in process plants by reducing unnecessary pressure drop across the system. Please advise me on my understanding. Your handbook, Volume 2, Chapter 6, ”Control Valve Selection and Sizing,” says, "The proper approach…

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