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News Release from: Harting
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
New division to focus on industrial
environment
The Harting Technology Group has established a new division to focus on industrial automation and process control environments.
The Harting Technology Group has established a new division known as the Industrial Communications and Power Networks (ICPN) Division The new division builds on Harting's established expertise in industrial interconnection systems to provide a complete range of solutions for communications and control in the industrial automation and process control environments
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Jul 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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In the UK, Harting has appointed Graham Traill - formerly networking specialist with Harting's Industrial Product Division - as Manager of the ICPN Division.
At the same time, Guy Denis - whose previous experience includes positions with Hirschmann, Siemens and Rockwell - has joined as Southern Region Sales Manager for ICPN.
The portfolio of the new division includes interfaces between industrial automation equipment and sensors and monitoring systems, communications within machines and control systems via a range of networking standards including Ethernet, AS-i, Profibus and CAN-Open, and links between the industrial and office computing environments.
Products covered by the ICPN Division include industrial Ethernet switches and hubs, "in between" products to link IP67 industrial and IP20 office systems, M8 and M12 connectors and their associated subassemblies, RJ industrial connectors for both copper and fibre-optic communications, and a range of network devices for providing distributed power to the network infrastructure.
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