The Control Amplified podcast offers in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about important topics in the process control and automation field, exploring underlying issues affecting users, system integrators, suppliers and others in these industries.
Top 50 automation suppliers 2026: How AI, M&A and market turmoil are reshaping industrial automation
Tariffs, supply chain disruptions and war in the Middle East haven’t stopped automation suppliers from growing. On this episode of Control Amplified, Larry O’Brien, vice president of research at ARC Advisory Group, talks about what’s behind that resilience and what the October Top 50 rankings reveal. O’Brien calls this “the most significant shift of our lifetimes” for the automation market. He co...
Every manufacturer, every system integrator, every process plant operator I talk to says the same thing: we can’t find enough technicians, we can’t find enough engineers, and we can’t find enough people for sales and support. We talk about that shortage a lot. What we talk about less is what anyone’s doing about it, and when.
Editor in chief Len Vermillion took a drive to Edgmont, Pennsylvania, to get ...
Every control engineer knows measurement noise is a problem, but not all noise is the same, and the wrong fix can make things worse. This episode digs into how noise distorts what you think your process is doing, and what to do about it.
Editor in chief Len Vermillion reflects on his time in New Orleans at Yokogawa's YNOW2026 event, which took place Sept. 1-4. From delicious gumbo to the AI bubble, everything you need to know about the conference is here. Plus, check out all the articles from the event, written by Vermillion, Control Design's Mike Bacidore, Machine Design's Rehana Begg and Automation World's Chris McNamara.
At the 50th Anniversary Honeywell Users Group meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Keith Larson was joined by Honeywell's Rick Stopf and Paul Hodge, product management leaders for the company's Experion PKS process automation system to discuss major trends impacting OT infrastructure today.
In this episode of Control Amplified, Honeywell's Marcos Detilio, global vertical lead for Honeywell's LNG and gas processing business, talks about the role liquified natural gas is playing across a dynamic energy landscape.
Honeywell's Colin Hams, offering manager for the company's Experion Process Knowledge System, joined Control Amplified at the 50th Anniversary Honeywell Users Group meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, to talk more about Experion Cognition, which puts the Knowledge into PKS.
In this episode of Control Amplified, Keith Larson is joined by Vishal Mehta, vice president and general manager for Honeywell Connected Industrial Solutions and Autonomy X enterprise consulting practice, to talk about how energy companies are adopting a new framework for resilient operations.
In this episode of Control Amplified, executive editor Jim Montague spoke with Brian Romano, technology development director of Arthur G. Russell. They discussed engineering workforce development issues, the ensuing brain drain, and how to build, recruit and retain operators and engineers.
In this Solutions Spotlight episode of Control Amplified, sponsored by Honeywell Process Automation, Keith Larson reports from the 50th Anniversary Honeywell Users Group meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. He was joined by Russ Ford, Honeywell president of projects and automation solutions, to discuss modular approaches to energy resilience and how they can help industrial organizations protect themselves from production interruptions.
In this episode of Control Amplified, executive editor Jim Montague spoke to Christopher Hudson, operations manager at independent system integrator Applied Control Engineering.
Fifteen months after its acquisition by Emerson, AspenTech’s biannual Optimize 26 event on May 11-14 in Houston had a definite Emersonian flavor. Its keynotes and presentations, panel discussions, technical sessions and exhibits retained AspenTech’s cornerstones of innovation, software development, talented personnel and customer focus, but this time they also paralleled the structure and style of Emerson Exchange event...
In keeping with its informal motto of “giving back 10 ideas for every one presented,” the Control System Integrators Association provided mass quantities of useful content to almost 500 visitors at its 2026 conference on May 4-8 in Baltimore. The event’s 15 educational sessions covered wide range of technical, economic, workforce and other skills that system integrators can take advantage of to run their businesse...
Now in his second year as leader of the global process instrumentation powerhouse, Selders talks with Control's Keith Larson about the innovations, investments and company values that support the company's trust-based relationships with process manufacturers.
There are engineers who fall into their careers, and there are engineers who seem destined for them. Peter Morgan—newly inducted member of the 2026 Process Automation Hall of Fame is, by his own cheerful admission, somewhere in between.
Editor in chief Len Vermillion spoke with Morgan in the next podcast from the 2026 Process Automation Hall of Fame podcast and video series.
When Manfred Morari learned of his election to the 2026 Process Automation Hall of Fame, his first reaction wasn’t triumph, but humility. The list of past inductees includes several colleagues, whose work he admires and whose advice shaped his own career.
Editor in chief Len Vermillion spoke with Morari in this first podcast from the 2026 Process Automation Hall of Fame podcast and video series.
In this episode of the Control Amplified podcast, you will hear an informative discussion about industrial relays and their role in automation and manufacturing. Hosted by Len Vermillion, Editor-in-Chief of Control Global/Control Magazine at Endeavor Business Media, the conversation features Patrick Casey, Senior Offer Manager for Control and Signaling at Schneider Electric.
Together, they explain what relays do, why solid-state re...
Can't wait for the April edition of Control? Have no fear, because editor in chief Len Vermillion spoke to executive editor Jim Montague in this podcast about one of the biggest topics being covered in the upcoming issue: agentic AI.
How are controls engineers using it? And what are the implications for the automation workforce going forward? Montague gives a sneak preview of those questions and answers in this episode of Control A...
In this episode of Control Amplified, editor in chief Len Vermillion talks to executive editor Jim Montague about February 2026's ISA Will-DuPage Chapter Tabletop Show and Technical Conference. Jim learned about effective ways to protect instrumentation from freezing temperatures and more at this show on Feb. 26 in Joliet, Illinois.
In a second conversation with Control editor in chief Len Vermillion and executive editor Jim Montague following ARC Advisory Group's February Industry Leadership Forum, the editors delve more in depth into the conference's most intriguing highlights: not just how artificial intelligence (AI) is being implemented into control systems, but also what it will mean for processing engineers; how O-PAS members are testing applications; w...
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