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    It's not easy to make your mark on the process control industry. As evidenced over the first quarter century of the Process Automation Hall of Fame, the industry is filled with innovators and visionaries who shaped the way the global processing and manufacturing sectors operate and improve. They shepherded challenges from supply chain disruptions to market changes, and from a global pandemic to global warming. But, this year's trio of inductees carved our their niches, and are still doing their parts to set up industry for the next 25 years and beyond.
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    May 20, 2025
    Suppliers launch switches and other solutions to bring Ethernet’s physical layer safely into hazardous areas
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    Jim Montague
    May 20, 2025
    Softing reports that Ethernet-APL must address cybersecurity issues, too
    AutomationDirect
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    AutomationDirect
    May 20, 2025
    AchieVe ELT Series submersible level transmitters are reported to be ideal for applications where small size, weight, and low-cost are required. They’re available with full...
    Source: ODVA and Jim Montague
    Figure 1: ODVA’s exhibit at Hannover Fair 2025 included a demonstration of five present or prototype Ethernet-APL devices, including Vegapuls 80 GHz radar level transmitter from VEGA, and StoneL Axiom position indicator from Valmet. They were joined or accompanied by two APL field switches from Phoenix Contact and Pepperl+Fuchs, and two PACs from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.
    Jim Montague
    May 19, 2025
    ODVA and Rockwell Automation demonstrate how Ethernet-APL’s common interfaces let switches, controllers work with transmitters and indicators
    Migatron
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    Migatron Corp.
    May 19, 2025
    RPS-429AA-40P-IS2 intrinsically safe (IS), ultrasonic sensor achieves precise accuracy in distance measurement and object detection applications. With ATEX, IECEx and C-UL-US ...

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    Newark
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    Don Wilkey
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    Emerson
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