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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced that it is featuring its industry-leading range of instrumentation, equipment, consumables and software used for food safety testing at the AOAC International annual meeting and exposition in Philadelphia from Sept. 11-17. Thermo Fisher is showcasing testing solutions for four key applications: pathogens, pesticide screening, veterinary drug residues and traceability, alongside a full portfolio of food safety products on display in Thermo Scientific booths 205, 207, 209 and 211.

The ISA Standards & Practices Board (S&P) has voted to approve the ISA-100.11a wireless standard “Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications,” thereby making it an official ISA Standard. The approval of this major new industry standard by the ISA S&P Board certifies that ISA’s accredited procedures have been followed in the development of the standard.

At Offshore Europe, Parker signed a worldwide representation agreement with the oil and gas systems integrator Proserv Group AS. Tube fittings, valves, manifolds and other components from the instrumentation products division of Parker Hannifin - the global leader in motion and control technologies - will become part of Proserv's preferred system building offering.

Keithley Instruments, Inc. a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free webinar titled “Understanding MIMO Channel Sounding” on Thursday, September 24, 2009. This one-hour web-based seminar will introduce the topic of MIMO channel sounding as it relates to characterizing a real-world MIMO wireless channel, which can be used in RF testing of a device by applying channel emulation. To register for this event, visit http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=161538&s=1&k=36EA7DA283CEA8332DE1D73E097C5B19

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced that L.A. Falcão Bauer CTCQ Ltda (Falcão Bauer), a leading South American provider of services for instrument calibration and quality control, has selected SampleManager LIMS (laboratory information management system) for use in its laboratories in Brazil. The new project is the largest LIMS contract for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Brazil to date.

Longwatch, Inc., signed Industrial Network Systems as its distributor and systems integrator in Illinois, Indiana, Western Kentucky and Eastern Missouri.

After a brief break over the summer, UK technical software specialists Adept Scientific are back in September with their series of free informative webinars which introduce research-staples, EndNote, EndNote Web and Reference Manager.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that L.A. Falcão Bauer CTCQ Ltda (Falcão Bauer), a leading South American provider of services for instrument calibration and quality control, has selected SampleManager LIMS (laboratory information management system) for use in its laboratories in Brazil. The new project is the largest LIMS contract for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Brazil to date.

STEMMER IMAGING, KUKA Switzerland and the Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik (Interstate College for Technology NTB) in Buchs, Switzerland, have developed a robotics software package, V4R (Vision for Robotics), using STEMMER IMAGING’s Common Vision Blox (CVB) imaging toolkit. Image processing provides mechanical robots with a new mode of perception by giving them added vision. The V4R software runs directly on the controller of the KUKA robot, so a separate image processing PC is not required, and users with robotics experience can code the vision application in the language with which they are familiar.

Integrated power support company, Merlin Power Management, has launched a pioneering new concept in maintenance for the group’s innovative Powertherm CHP system. Called Infinium24, the maintenance programme is a scientifically designed and monitored “perpetual renewal protocol” that constantly renovates and re-engineers components before their projected replacement date.