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Intelligent Distributed Controls has added the ZB101 Personal Interactive Key Fob to its range of ZigBee wireless communication products. The Key Fob is a compactly designed remote push button and alarm which is ideal for personnel tracking in hazardous working conditions, as found in remote substations and marine industries. The Key Fob has a built in alarm and tracking system and up to five push buttons with varying operations; it offers the advantage of extremely low power consumption meaning that its two lithium coin batteries will last over a million operations.

Vestas is a leader in wind energy equipment and holds a 23% market share at a global level. Every year each Vestas V90-3.0MW wind turbine can avoid 5000 tons of CO2. The power it generates matches 13,000 barrels of crude oil. Vestas wind turbines generate more than 50 million MWh every year which is enough electricity to supply every household in a country the size of Spain.

Keithley Instruments, Inc will be presenting a two-hour workshop entitled “LTE testing – understanding how your LTE radio is performing” on the first day of European Microwave Week (EuMW), which takes place in Rome, Italy, from September 29 to October 1, 2009. Attendance at the workshop is free of charge, but registration is required. For further details and to register, visit http://www.keithley.eu.com/art_resource.php?sid=kquj.2dfmrki.

congatec AG announces that Technofonds Bayern (The Bavarian Technology Fund) of Bayern Kapital GmbH (Bavaria Capital) intends to increase its holding in the company by injecting a further one million Euros, together with a group of lead investors. Their total share holding will thereby increase to 11.1 %. congatec will utilise these funds for the continued expansion of its development activities, particularly in the field of energy-saving computer modules for mobile applications. A sizeable portion of the funds will also be allocated to financing the further growth of the business.

Following the success of half day Seminars in the first half of 2009, Fraser Cleaning Technologies are planning further events in Towns and Cities around the UK.

Techsil is delighted to announce that Chris Dilley has joined the board as Sales Director. Chris joins the team from Chemence where he has for the last 12 years fulfilled the role of Business Development Director. At Techsil he will work alongside existing directors Paul Hughes and Andy Briars helping steer the business to achieve its organic growth plans and identify future acquisitions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc today announced a collaboration with the integrative network biology initiative at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), UK. The ICR's new, state-of-the-art proteomics laboratory is equipped with a complete Thermo Scientific proteomics workflow, including the Kingfisher Flex automated sample preparation system, the TSQ Vantage triple quadrupole and the UK's first two LTQ Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometers.

The weakness of the Single Number Rating system in regards to the specification of earplugs is well recognised in that it provides a theoretical level of hearing protection as opposed to an actual measurement of protection. New VeriPRO technology from Howard Leight by Sperian measures real-world attenuation of unmodified earplugs and can be used as a means to improve individual employee training and enhance the overall effectiveness of hearing conservation programs. This truly innovative technology has been developed in conjunction with the House Ear Institute (www.hei.org) in the United States and its launch is part of the HearForever campaign from Howard Leight by Sperian.

Ethernet Direct Corporation is pleased to share a project awarded in Europe which involves process control in a measurement & control application using Falcon Industrial Wireless devices FWI-701 and FWO-712.

Energy chain expert igus is now offering a highly functional internet service that comes with an optimised display solution for mobile phones.