Start with the news release SoftPLC adds Enron drivers to PACs from SoftPLC Corp, which we summarised at the time by saying "SoftPLC has added Enron Modbus serial and Ethernet drivers to its SoftPLC Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs). ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Micro-Epsilon launches Process Imager from Micro-Epsilon UK: "The Micro-Epsilon PI (Process Imager) is an inline radiometric thermal imaging device that provides temperature images and profiles of a target area. ".
 
In November 2008, we covered the news from Festo - take a look at Festo releases fieldbus-controlled valve regulator which says: "Festo has launched a fieldbus-controlled proportional valve regulator that mounts directly on to a valve manifold. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Lattice Technology, Lattice aims software at digital manufacturing, as well as Upgrades for analysis and presentation software from Adept Scientific, and Cross unveils in-line automatic backwashing filter from Cross Manufacturing Co (1938).