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FKI Logistex Canada brings together three existing FKI Logistex Canadian divisions — Airport, Post & Parcel, Warehouse & Distribution, and Manufacturing Systems — to create a single entity in Canada.

Schneider Electric received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation for North America in the field of power quality (PQ) and energy management solutions.

KUKA will provide robots for the master of science in Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSMSE) degree program at Lawrence Technological University of Southfield, Michigan, the first program of its kind in the United States.

This grant will part fund a project which will be important in the field of low-cost organic electronic devices, and especially in the development of low-cost flexible displays. The total value of project is around $500k.

Australian cable manufacturer Tycab replaced three disparate, aging and paper-intensive systems with Infor ERP SyteLine. The centralized solution provided Tycab with single barcode scan functionality for picking and shipping and a paperless shop floor for manufacturing.

Second quarter revenue was $17.25 million compared to $17.89 million in the second quarter of 2006. Net income in the second quarter was $0.31 million, or $0.01 per share, compared to $1.23 million, or $0.04 per share in the comparable period of fiscal year 2006.

The study, "The World Market for Differential Pressure (DP) Flowmeters and Primary Elements," says the worldwide DP flowmeter market totaled $996 million in 2006, and will exceed one billion dollars in 2007.

Radley, a supplier of automated data collection and e-commerce solutions, has joined the global IFS Software Partner program. The two companies will cooperate on barcode/RFID data collection, warehouse automation, business activity monitoring, EDI, and supplier collaboration.

The goal is to define a test bed and a set of routines, implementing a set of software tools and scripts to perform these test, and making this available to the public in order to be able prove a level of networking security within a broad set of control systems.

Baumüller's servo axes are used in the EDM 200 developed by Sondermaschinen Oschersleben GmbH (SMO). With a straight width of just two meters, this machine can complete small and rapid print jobs with high cost-efficiency.

Ethernet Direct signed a distribution contract with Vixa as a new channel partner in Greater China covering Shanghai, Wuhan and Cheng Du regions.

Flowserve was honored as the recipient of the Indo-American Chamber-Sanmar Indo-U.S. Business Cooperation Award.

Intermec's Web site now has search capabilities, faster navigation and dynamic product information. Intermec makes RFID, mobile computing and data collection systems, bar code printers and label media.

Paul Schentag, formerly Engineering Manager at Hiram Walker and Sons, is joining JMP Engineering as Branch Manager for the Windsor area. At Hiram Walker he led numerous factory control, engineering, and instrumentation projects across three facilities.

At the Embedded Systems Conference, Lantronix announced the winners of its annual Wireless Design Contest. First Place for $6,000 was awarded to Damien Hubaux and his engineering team from CETIC in Belgium. Their SAND (Smart Adaptable Network Device) System acquires data about driver behavior to train workers and decrease fuel consumption.

Northwire has relationships with more than 250 assemblers to produce made-to-order assemblies of cord sets and power cords for volumes of one to 1,000 pieces or more.

Aspectrics will integrate Thermo Scientific GRAMS spectroscopy software into its Encoded Photometric Near Infrared (EP-NIR) process analyzers.

Green Hills will supply Saab Bofors Dynamics AB with INTEGRITY RTOS, networking middleware and AdaMULTI integrated development environment (IDE) for the next phase of its RBS15 project. The RBS15 is a next-generation fire-and-forget, multi-purpose surface-to-surface missile system.

Invensys will implement the Operator Training Simulation (OTS) system for Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal being built in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The OTS will train control room operators, operating supervisors and other plant equipment operators.

Korenix JetNet 5010G/3010G/4508 industrial Ethernet switches and JetCon 1301 industrial media converters passed IEC 61000-2-6 life vibration tests.