The 4th edition of STEMMER IMAGING’s extremely popular Imaging & Machine Vision handbook is now available. Packed with over 50% more pages than Issue 3, and including improved technical overviews and easier to use selection guides, the latest edition is being printed in German for the first time as well as English. It is available free of charge in the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland.
Colortrac, the leading innovator in large format scanners and scanning solutions, has become the first wide format scanner manufacturer to achieve a BERTL (Business Equipment Research Testing Labs) BEST IN CLASS rating for both a CCD (charge coupled device) and CIS (contact image sensor) scanner.
The International Society of Automation announced that the 2010 Industrial Automation Safety and Security Symposium, sponsored by the ISA Safety Division, will take place 28-29 April 2010 at the Astor Crowne Plaza in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. This year’s symposium will focus on threats—including cyber security threats—to industrial environments and the steps engineers must consider when designing and optimizing industrial processes and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
The ISA100 standards committee, Wireless Systems for Automation, will hold a series of meetings at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, 9-11 February. Subcommittee ISA100.12 will meet each day of the event, and will address the key topic: long-term convergence of the WirelessHART specification with the ISA-100.11a standard.
Applied Analytics, Inc. of Concord, MA USA has seen a spectacular 2009. We have posted double-digit growth in a recessed economy while many other companies have either remained at 2008 levels or have seen lower revenues. In the past year, AAI has made significant achievements in new product development and expanded successfully to key markets, a trend we will continue in 2010.
Telent, the technology services company, is delighted to announce that, over the course of 2009, it has raised over £62,500 for its chosen corporate charity, the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children).
Despite the recession, Steyr-based bearing manufacturer NKE Austria GmbH achieved positive annual results in 2009. With sales of 43.8 million euros, NKE’s turnover was up one percent over the record year 2008. Wind energy represented an important growth sector, and the biggest growth market was China.
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, has named Dr. Dhirendra Verma as vice president of Altair ProductDesign India. In this newly created role, Dr. Verma will have primary responsibility for Altair’s consulting services operations in India and support the company’s global product development consultancy business with off-shore capacity.
Altair Engineering Ltd, announced today that Altair ProductDesign, the product development consultancy division of Altair, has opened a new Bristol office to improve services to clients throughout the South West of the UK. Optimsation specialist, Paul Kirkham has been appointed as the regional team leader of the new site and will be responsible for ensuring that local clients will gain access to the outstanding service levels synonymous with Altair ProductDesign.
Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of industrial networking and communication solutions, is pleased to announce a new series of Industrial Power over Ethernet switches featuring the new technology IEEE 802.3at known as high power PoE.