Read-out strides forward to 2008

Read-out, Ireland's Journal of Control and Automation, greets 2008 with its usual mix of stories on people, products, applications and events

The inside-front article carries the impressions from Andrew Bond, editor of Industrial Automation Insider, of the annual survey of automation companies compiled by the ARC Research magazine.

"(They) are once again to be congratulated on their attempt at the impossible," he says.

As in most of the issues of 2007, wireless developments again take an important part in this Read-out issue, with the Emerson Vienna conference and new products such as Eurolec Instrumentation with the T and D wireless loggers.

Wireless also features in a article from National Instruments as one of "Five technologies to help test engineers to meet escalating demands".

As might be expected from an Irish publication an application in the venerable Midleton Distillery in Co Cork is lovingly, carefully, soberly described.

There is also an interesting item by Hassan Kaghazchi from Limerick University on how "Profibus contributes to the growth in automation systems".

This issue also marks the annual awards of the Ireland Section of ISA, including the recognition of John Farrell, who retired from Proscon at the end of 2007, now recognised as Instrument Pioneer.

This award is for those members of the "Automation Community" to mark their contribution to the industry throughout the years.

The Read-out website also carries a preview of the forthcoming MTEC Exhibition scheduled for the Birmingham NEC in February.

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