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Pharmaceutical manufacturing: Trade show reveals reasons to get familiar with PAT

The Process and Analytical Technology Initiative (PAT) was a major topic of discussion at the 2008 Interphex trade show held last week in Philadelphia. Technology suppliers argued that pharmaceutical manufacturers' long-standing reluctance to change production processes is preventing many of them from realizing the benefits this initiative can bring.
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Intelligent move: GE Fanuc offers SOA-based workflow suite

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' long-rumored move into service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based plant operations suites is coming into view with availability in June of Proficy Workflow, a solution that's said to be the first native application released for the new Proficy SOA environment.
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Green manufacturing: Production can be environmentally friendly and cost-effective

Many manufacturers have hesitated to adopt green initiatives out of fear that it would raise production costs. Nabil Nasr, director of the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is among the experts who say that fear can be alleviated by injecting the right technology into the manufacturing process. Read more

Process safety systems: Operational performance, compliance needs driving market growth

The market for industrial process safety systems is projected to more than double between 2006 and 2013, growing at a rate of 10.8 percent, reaching $2.1 billion, according to Cambridge, Mass.-based Frost & Sullivan.
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Research

MES survey: Users say systems facilitate data sharing, performance improvement

The growth of MES installations and applications and their impact on the automation and control environment prompted Control Engineering and Reed Research Group) to survey subscribers— for the first time—on their views and preferences about these products.
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