Despite Honeywell’s willingness to spend money on training in Scotland and educational competitions, support for training of active users of TDC3000 and Experion in the Southeast USA seems to be less than enthusiastic.
from PlantServices.com The United States lost 28% of its high-technology manufacturing jobs over the last decade, as the nation’s rapidly shrinking lead in science and technology in the global marketplace was accompanied by a toll on U.S. high-tech jobs, according to a new study released today by the National Science Board (NSB), the policy […]
Twenty seven years experience in industrial process automation and control. His experience includes project supervision, project estimating, project scope of work and bid document preparation, project scheduling, materials procurement, electrical and instrumentation design, process automation control design and implementation, control systems training program development and implementation, classroom instruction of the electrical and instrumentation craft, as […]
PURPOSE: I am seeking a Lead Engineering position in the control system field that shall enable and challenge my DCS, PLC, and SIS experience and knowledge The position could include project management and direct supervision of system design or system configuration engineers. EDUCATION: Bachelors of Chemical Engineering Degree, Villanova University, Villanova, PA PROFESSIONAL […]
OSI Pi experience at a senior administrative level for a process client in the SE US.
Inside the Chinese Boom in Corporate Espionage from Bloomberg Businessweek By Michael Riley and Ashlee Vance on March 15, 2012 Last June, three men squeezed inside a wind turbine in China’s Gobi Desert. They were employees of American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), a Devens (Mass.)-based maker of computer systems that serve as the electronic brains of […]
(from John Sullivan, considered by some as the Michael Jordan of Hiring) Here is a heads-up alert for you: be prepared because not only will the infamous “War For Talent” be returning to impact your firm, but it is already underway in its full intensity here in the Silicon Valley. Begin planning for this next […]
from: DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn’t purport to be a comprehensive list. BP will initiate planned flaring at it’s 265,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Carson, Calif., from […]
ABB won orders worth around $100 million from Rio Tinto for 17 distribution substations to support increased production at iron ore mines in Western Australia. The upgrades and installation of new power infrastructure will raise the voltage level of the existing distribution substations and increase the power supply to support the expansion of existing iron […]