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    Control March 2025: O-PAS on the job
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    O-PAS on the job

    It’s real, it works, and it’s making money
    Woman, mentor and whiteboard in office for training, teaching and learning for skill or career development
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    Teaching new interoperability tricks

    Jim Montague
    Support staff at ExxonMobil’s resins plant in Baton Rouge learn new IT-based skills
    Construction worker man in protective suit and reflective green vest standing with building structure in the background
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    Open process toolbox expands

    Jim Montague
    COPA, Wood and CSI demonstrate O-PAS-compliant solutions, including at Texas A&M’s micro-nuclear testbed
    Electricity and electrical maintenance service, Engineer hand holding AC voltmeter checking electric current voltage at circuit breaker terminal and cable wiring main power distribution board.
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    OPAF keeps on plugging, too

    Jim Montague
    The Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) and Yokogawa report on the organization’s latest efforts
    Plug and Play. The cubes form a plug and play expression. Technology concept
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    Plug-and-play punches in

    Jim Montague
    ExxonMobil’s resin-finishing plant runs with O-PAS, and company starts internal commercialization
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    See the forest

    Jim Montague
    Prepare to look back, be patient and explain the basics
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    DeltaV DCS adds Profinet and APL

    Emerson Automation Solutions
    DeltaV, Version 15, Feature Pack 1 features PK Controller functionality for advanced physical layer (APL) and consumption-based deployments. For example, DeltaV PK Controllers...
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    ABB manages energy at intelligent wastewater plant in Germany

    Jim Montague
    ABB reported July 13 that its Ability Energy Management and Optimization (Optimax) solution is at the heart of an intelligent-energy wastewater treatment plant in Schwarzenbruck...
    Abb Technology Will Support Increased Energy Efficiency And Optimized Zinc Consumption Leading To Greater Sustainability In The Steel Production Process Image Adobe Stock
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    ABB will electrify, automate ArcelorMittal/Nippon Steel India’s cold-rolling mill

    Jim Montague
    ABB reported June 28 that it’s been selected to provide electrification and automation systems for ArcelorMittal/Nippon Steel India’s (AM/NS India) advanced-steel, cold-rolling...
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    Emerson enables HaloSep’s fly-ash recycling process

    Jim Montague
    Emerson reported May 30 that it’s helping Swedish clean-technology provider HaloSep optimize its process for turning hazardous, incinerator flue-gas residue from waste-to-energy...
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    Kore Power picks Honeywell to automate battery plant

    Jim Montague
    Honeywell announced Mar. 22 that lithium-ion battery (LIB) manufacturer Kore Power will deploy Honeywell’s end-to-end, integrated, digitalized Battery Manufacturing Excellence...
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    Control Report from Jim Montague: Lost in the sauce

    Jim Montague
    Laser-like mission focus cuts through extraneous baloney