Around the Industry

STEMMER IMAGING has signed an agreement with infrared camera manufacturer, Xenics NV, for the exclusive distribution in the UK of cameras for industrial and system integration applications. This comprehensive range of cameras is not restricted to imaging just in the thermal imaging region of the infrared spectrum (long wavelength infrared), but also in the short, medium and very long regions of the infrared spectrum.

STEMMER IMAGING has added the Phoenix HD-/SDI family of high-speed digital frame grabbers from Active Silicon to its product portfolio. The Phoenix HD-/SDI can be used in medical engineering or broadcasting situations, to present, record, archive or post-process high-resolution images or video sequences on a PC.

For the ninth year in a row, the Belgian economic magazine ‘Trends’ searched for ‘Gazelles’; fast growing companies that symbolize competitive entrepreneurship.

The OPC Training Institute announced that it has been selected by Citect, a Schneider Electric company as its OPC training provider following the completion of on-site OPC workshop training sessions for technical support employees.

To fulfill customer expectations and grow into new markets, Diversified Plastics, Inc. recently expanded its mold production capabilities and increased its production with the acquisition of a high-speed, high-accuracy machining center from Haas Automation, Inc.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduced a new application note demonstrating the unprecedented capabilities of the Thermo Scientific FLASH 4000 nitrogen/protein analyzer in providing accurate, reproducible and rapid nitrogen/protein determination in animal feed. The application note which is entitled Nitrogen/Protein determination in Animal Feed by the Thermo Scientific FLASH 4000 Series is available to download via the literature library at www.thermo.com/flash

Hayward Tyler Ltd is pleased to announce that Alan Venters has been appointed as the company’s new Business Development Manager (Offshore).

Catalog Data Solutions today announced that Mamco Precision Switches and their web site designer Top Floor Technologies have selected its CDS Catalog and CDS ModelServer products. The CDS Catalog provides parametric product search and frontends the CDS CAD ModelServer for CAD Downloads. Both have been integrated into the new Mamco Precision Switches website created by Top Floor Technologies.

Following a recent audit by approvals agency TÜV Mannheim Süd, the Instrumentation Products Division of Parker Hannifin has won TA-Luft approval for a broad range of its manifolds, valves and flanged products. This approval, which largely mirrors the new ISO 15848 standard, helps designers comply with the most stringent fugitive emission limitations, to maximise the integrity of processing systems.

GSI Lasers designs and manufactures a broad range of industrial laser technologies for use in key manufacturing applications across aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical and the semiconductor industries. They regularly work in partnership with Aerotech for positioning systems and motion controls when proving an application process.