Europe’s MV drives sales decline as the rest of world recovers
The global growth in sales of medium-voltage (MV) drives slipped from 20% in 2011 to just 8.8% during 2012.
Prices of compact AC drives drop by 4% in Europe
Average selling prices for small low-voltage AC drives dropped by nearly 4% in Europe and Japan during 2012, according to a new survey from IMS Research.
HMS acquires German comms specialist to create `world leader`
The Swedish industrial networking specialist HMS Industrial Networks has bought IXXAT Automation, a German supplier of communications technologies for automation, machine-building and automotive applications.
Controls operators are duped by bogus emails
In an experiment conducted by US cyber-security researchers, 26% of control systems users were fooled by bogus emails sent to them, and clicked on links in these emails.
