Start with the news release Festo releases fieldbus-controlled valve regulator from Festo, which we summarised at the time by saying "Festo has launched a fieldbus-controlled proportional valve regulator that mounts directly on to a valve manifold. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Auto-lockdown for smart switches from Emerson Process Management: "Emerson has added auto-lockdown security capabilities into its DeltaV smart switches to allow a DeltaV user to automatically lock and unlock the port access of all the switches in the network. ".
 
In November 2008, we covered the news from Stemmer Imaging - take a look at New cameras for industrial inspection which says: "New cameras for industrial inspection applications that require 3D imaging and a new approach to 3D measurement are now available from Firstsight Vision.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Sensor-Technik UK, Universal controller for vehicle hydraulics, as well as IEI launches Intel Atom platforms from IEI Technology Corp, and Amplified load cells offer added versatility from Megatron Elektronik.