Now I can talk about it. Yesterday it was announced that longtime end user and Control columnist Ian Verhappen will be joining MTL as Director of Industrial Networking Technologies. I am excited and pleased for Ian, who is a very close personal friend, because this is, in large part, recognition for all the hard work and dedication he's put in for the past ten-plus years. Of … [Read more...] about Over to the Dark Side…
Rebuilding Delisle…
Guy Wiles from Dupont still has a catch in his voice when he talks about what happened to his plant last August 29th. Even though Dupont Delisle had prepared, and they thought they'd prepared well, they were wrong. Their 20 foot flood berm was overwhelmed by a 28 foot storm surge from Bay St Louis, and they wound up with 7 feet of water in the plant. Everywhere they'd put … [Read more...] about Rebuilding Delisle…
Alarm Management Gone Wrong, and other Tales From the HUG…
More from the Honeywell User Group... Having successfully escaped "death by chocolate" last night at the Companions and Children's event, themed on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I am bringing this blog up to date. It is an open secret that Mara Weber, the User Group Americas Director at Honeywell,is a confirmed chocoholic and Tanya Tralka, the vice-chair of User Group … [Read more...] about Alarm Management Gone Wrong, and other Tales From the HUG…
HUG Users' Day— what to do, what to do, what to do?
This is a terrible horrible no good very bad day at HUG. Why? Because there is too much to do. I hate concurrent sessions. Luckily for those of you who are receiving the "electronic show daily" we're producing for HUG, there are more of us here than just me to cover this extremely information dense day. Controlcolumnist, and Putman vice president of content, Keith Larson … [Read more...] about HUG Users' Day— what to do, what to do, what to do?
Honeywell Emerges From the Wireless Cloud
With Honeywell Marketing chief, Harry Sim, moderating, a panel consisting of Jack Bolick, David Kaufman, business development director for wireless, and Honeywell systems consultant Ken Moshier presented the long-awaited Honeywell wireless solution. Bolick began by suggesting that the environment is right for wireless. “Technologies like plant optimization, compliance, safety, … [Read more...] about Honeywell Emerges From the Wireless Cloud
