Jim Montague
Executive Editor at Control Global
Executive editor of Control, Control Design and Industrial Networking magazines.
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5 days ago |
controlglobal.com | Jim Montague
ABB reported May 28 that it’s broken its own world record for energy efficiency in large, synchronous, electric motors with a new motor that’s achieved an efficiency rating of 99.13% during testing, which beat ABB’s previous world record of 99.05% in 2017. The efficiency rating is the ratio between the energy a motor draws and the amount it turns into motion. The theoretical limit is 100% efficiency.
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1 week ago |
controlglobal.com | Jim Montague
Yokogawa Corp. of America reported May 22 that it’s launching a long-term, renewable energy initiative as part of its sustainability strategy. The company has entered into a five-year agreement to purchase Green-e’s certified renewable energy certificates (REC), which are expected to offset 100% of its electricity consumption in North America. The contract took effect on Apr. 1 and runs through Mar. 31, 2030. It will offset approximately 6,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity use per year.
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1 week ago |
controlglobal.com | Jim Montague
Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. agreed June 4 to combine in an all-stock merger, creating a differentiated leader in industrial process technologies. The combined company is expected to be worth approximately $19 billion based on the exchange ratio and June 3 closing share prices. (A joint website dedicated to the merger is available here.)Pending shareholder and regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to close in 4Q25.
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2 weeks ago |
controlglobal.com | Jim Montague
No wants to be ordered around, but everyone usually appreciates some friendly advice—especially if it’s presented in a genuinely kind and generous way. Likewise, many of today’s automobiles are sensing, analyzing and alerting drivers about potentially unsafe actions, or even preventively slowing cars down when necessary. “What if we could do the same for plant operations?
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1 month ago |
controlglobal.com | Jim Montague
One of many highlights for the more than 2,800 attendees at Emerson Exchange 2025 in San Antonio this week was the three-day event’s 90 technical booths in a 30,000-square-foot exhibit space.
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My daughter Alice is usually reluctant to let me cover her engineering efforts at Oklahoma State, but I can share her drone/camera team's video (https://t.co/9GRXRvq3z9) before Speedfest 2019 on Saturday. Wish I was guinea pig with a DQ sundae cup helmet, so I could take a ride!
IT-OT chasm bridged at TechED event https://t.co/33BFdJdx3O
I'll be at March for Science in DC, but I'd like comments from process industry marchers in other cities. E-mail me at [email protected].