NEWS
ABB Boosts Smart-Measurement
Portfolio for Oil
& Gas through
Spirit IT Deal
ABB has agreed to acquire Spirit IT of
Eindhoven, Netherlands, to add a new
line of high-performance liquid flow
computers, SCADA and custodytransfer solutions between operators
to ABB's measurement business.
Spirit IT designs and sells liquidflow measurement and supervisory
solutions for use in oil and gas
applications. Its employees will join
the global Measurement Products
business unit in ABB's Process Automation division. Terms of the deal are
not being disclosed but the transaction is expected to close in the fourth
quarter of 2014.
Clearing
the Record
The June 2014 installment of Bob
Williamson's "Uptime" column
entitled "Wanted: Maintenance
and Reliability Leaders" invited
reader input on the author's
proposed Maintenance & Reliability Career Ladders document.
The legend in the magazine
version omitted one term and
confused another. Maintenance
Technology regrets the errors,
which have been corrected in the
online and digital versions of the
column. Download the correct
version at: MaintenanceTechnology.com/CareerLadders.
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