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ABB strengthens industrial automation portfolio with B&R purchase
ABB has acquired B&R, an independent Austrian company focused on product- and software-based open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide.Through the acquisition, ABB...
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Commscope Cat 6 and Cat 6A cabling and connectors
Category 6 systems consisting of concatenated cables, cords and connectors enable modern LANs with robust support for network speeds of 1 Gbps. Category 6A systems enable 10X that speed — up to 10...
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LG NeON R 60-cell 360 W solar panels
The LG NeON R 60-cell solar panels deliver up to 360 W power (20.8% module efficiency), making them suitable for home owners who want to get more electricity within a limited roof space.The multiribbon...
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Siemon Base 8 Plug and Play system
Siemon has added a comprehensive Base 8 Plug and Play system consisting of fibre enclosures, modules, adapters, assemblies and jumpers to its existing line of Lighthouse fibre cabling solutions.The...
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Kamstrup Multical smart energy meters
The Kamstrup Multical range of smart energy meters is designed to measure water and thermal energy use in large residential and commercial buildings.The Multical 602 is an all-purpose energy calculator...
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House building activity expands while apartment building slows
The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) dropped by 1.9 points to 51.2 in March, indicating a slower rate of industry...
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A welcome change
ABB has installed its innovative intercom technology at the Rivage Royale, one of the most recognisable residential buildings in Surfers Paradise. Boasting 176 luxury riverside apartments across 30...
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Is home automation worth the hype?
Voice activation for taps, lights, music, (even the toilet flush!), lowering the too-high clothes rail, lighting, speakers, sprinklers and movie theatre; facial recognition; switch lights in the...
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SA electricity market: where to now?
SA Treasurer and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis will provide insight into the SA government's policy measures aimed at insulating the state from the recent spate of damaging blackouts as it seeks...
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Employees off due to illness have a duty to communicate
A recent case has found that employees on long-term absences from work due to injury or illness have a duty to communicate with their employers.In the recent case of Laviano v Fair Work Ombudsman, the...
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nbn-Nokia partnership could deliver 10 Gbps speeds
nbn has partnered with Nokia to trial NG-PON2 fibre technology that could help nbn deliver symmetrical speeds of 10 Gbps to its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) end-user premises.During trials in...
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Intelligent energy management solution for GE's Qld office
BuildingIQ has partnered with the Springfield Land Corporation (SLC) to implement its cloud-based platform for creating IoT-enabled buildings, at 6 Yoga Way, Springfield Central, which houses GE’s...
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Govt urged to stand firm on subbies pay reform
The electrical industry body Master Electricians Australia (MEA) is urging the Queensland Government to stand firm on the Project bank accounts initiative.MEA Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Richards...
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Energy storage — the great disruptor and game changer
Energy storage is disrupting the electricity market and changing the way we operate and manage the grid.Storage lies at the heart of digitisation and is part of a larger trend of technologies...
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Deliver five-star field service engagement — an eBook
Field service engagement is the connective tissue between service technology and customers. Field service customers now demand ‘Uber-like’ tools that could provide the technician name, location, photo...
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ARA completes medical centre retrofit
ARA Group, an Australian-owned company providing industrial, commercial and infrastructure services, has completed a major ‘turnkey retrofit’ project for a medical centre in Mt Druitt, NSW.The group...
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Osram to light up Eurovision 2017
Osram is the official lighting partner for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for the third time in a row.“The past few years have been an impressive example of how lighting design can play an essential...
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457 Visa scrapped; electrical jobs still available for skilled migration
The federal government has announced it will abolish the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457 Visa) in a bid to “put Australians first”. The visa will be replaced with the completely new...
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CommScope SYSTIMAX Ultra Density fibre solution
The SYSTIMAX Ultra Density fibre solution is built to support ultra high-density data centre applications based on LC and MPO connectivity.The solution combines high density with manageability and ease...
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nbn joins US cable research body
nbn has joined the global not-for-profit cable research and development body CableLabs.CableLabs, founded in 1988 by US and Canadian cable network operators, is dedicated to pursuing new technologies...
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