Driving sustainable transformation: Endress+Hauser CEO Peter Selders

Alarm management, AI and more with Applied Control Engineering

In this episode of Control Amplified, executive editor Jim Montague spoke to Christopher Hudson, operations manager at independent system integrator Applied Control Engineering.

What happened at AspenTech's Optimize 26?

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 events. In this episode of Control Amplified, executive editor Jim Montague discusses what he saw at Optimize 26.

Control's editors dive into the CSIA community

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 businesses more effectively. Control editor in chief Len Vermillion sat down with executive editor Jim Montague, who attended the conference, to learn about the insights gleaned from the event.

Driving sustainable transformation: Endress+Hauser CEO Peter Selders

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.

2026 Process Automation Hall of Fame: Peter Morgan understands what makes things tick

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.