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Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Mary Burke will present the award, accompanied by members of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers board of directors. Last April, the Allen-Bradley E3 Solid-State Overload Relay received the Governor’s New Product Award, Best in State, in the Mega Employment Category, making it eligible to compete for this year’s National Society of Professional Engineers Award.

NHK Spring's optical coupler business includes the component micro-fabrication technologies and film deposition technologies required to produce high-performance quartz optical waveguides. OMRON intends to combine NHK Spring's quartz optical waveguide technology with its own stacked polymer optical waveguide technology to create new products that will expand its business in the "Fiber To The Home" optical coupler market.

Seminars on Berger Lahr motors, drives and controllers will be held on Wednesday Sept. 20th in Toronto, on Tuesday Sept. 26th in Quebec City, and on Wednesday Sept. 27th in Montreal.

Elsevier will publish ISA Transactions on behalf of ISA starting in January 2007. Elsevier will distribute ISA Transactions to an international audience via the electronic platform ScienceDirect which currently has access to more than 10 million users worldwide.

The VDC survey analyzed telephone interview and web survey returns from nearly 1,000 users of rugged mobile computing platforms during the first half of 2006 and in 2005. This marks the second year in a row that Intermec has distinguished itself in service support among VDC survey respondents.

The two test and measurement companies are working together to provide instrument drivers to engineers and scientists shortly after the release of new Agilent measurement products, making it even easier to use NI LabVIEW with Agilent instruments.

This agreement allows Pacific Technical Products to sell and support Precise Automation’s products in Southern California. These products include PrecisePlace Robots, Guidance Motion Controllers and PreciseVision Software.

The use case study allows end users to describe their specific industrial wireless application requirements in their own words, and will provide structure to ensure adequate detail for the committee's working groups. The use cases that have been completed, and those in progress, cover a variety of industries, including oil & gas, water, nuclear, food processing, chemical, aerospace, and automotive.

The Cirronet acquisition is valued at up to approximately $24.0 million in cash and stock; The Caver-Morehead acquisition is valued at approximately $4.0 million, all cash. Both Cirronet, a wireless data communications and networking company, and Caver-Morehead, which offers computerized maintenance management system (“CMMS”) software, are privately held.

The new operator training course provides in-depth information on the DeltaV system, operator user interface, alarms, trending and module operation. This program is a cost effective alternative to traditional classroom training, as it eliminates the need for costly travel and lodging.

ExperTune has appointed Kevin Gibbs as its Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. His primary focus will be managing the continued growth of PlantTriage sales.

Ethernet Direct is cooperating with Pako Communications Pvt Ltd. to take part in India’s Automation 2006 exhibition, which will be held from Sep. 27-30 in Bombay Exhibition Center.

The Market for Temperature Sensors in the Americas, 2nd Edition says the temperature sensor market in the Americas totaled $620 million in 2005. Revenues from sales of temperature sensors in the Americas are projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2 percent through 2010, when they are expected to reach $760 million. Trends include a shift to noncontact measurements and a move away from thermocouples and RTDs.

Small and medium-size manufacturers are more optimistic than other industry segments, with many owners and managers projecting revenue growth and continued hiring over the next 12 months, according to the results of an International Profit Associates Small Business Research Board (IPA SBRB) survey

The upgrade will help the agency fulfill the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and other executive orders mandating significant reductions in energy consumption, emissions and electrical demand by federal government agencies. The GSA’s Energy Center of Expertise (ECOE) will integrate web-enabled PowerLogic ION EEM energy analysis software into an existing network of PowerLogic ION 8600 intelligent revenue meters and power management software.

A test of the Power Genius™ power controller on a metal stamping press at Check-Mate Industries was performed on a 10 horsepower motor powering a 60 ton stamping press producing handgun magazines. 23% energy savings were measured during a test conducted over two hours--one hour without and one hour with the product.

JIMTOF is a trade fair widely recognized and attended by all manufacturers in Japan, the world's largest producer of machine tools in the world. The JIMTOF2006 fair features choice state-of-the-art manufacturing process technology on a grand scale at Japan 's largest exhibition hall, Tokyo Big Sight, which provides over 82,660 square meters of exhibition area.

Bruno Schiavello, director of fluid dynamics in the technology department of Flowserve Pumps, has won the 2006 Fluid Machinery Design Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

This white paper offers practical "Good System Implementation Practice" tips to help improve your validation documentation and ensure your system's Part 11 compliance. MasterControl's recommendations cover five key areas: System SOPs; User Authentication; Access security; Audit trail; Record retention

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