Around the Industry

Hexis is celebrating its 20th year in business by announcing the availability of a new catalogue featuring several new products.

Colortrac began shipping the SmartLF Gx+ 56 extra-wide format scanners in March 2009; the first scanners in the all-new SmartLF Gx+ large format scanner range. Now, two new Gx+ scanner models are announced that complete the launch of Colortrac's 18 model, full high definition (HD), CCD scanner product line up.

Cropico has been appointed as the exclusive UK agents for the Sefelec Synor range of high voltage harness and cable testing systems.

Altair Engineering, Inc announced today that the French-based engineering services provider, CEDREM, has expanded their use of HyperWorks to support projects in the aerospace, offshore oil and defense industries. Being a longtime RADIOSS customer, CEDREM has expanded their adoption of HyperWorks CAE suite technologies to include HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView and HyperGraph. RADIOSS and these products will be used in combination with other CAD and CAE tools within projects for the defense industry, to simulate explosions and ballistic impact. In addition, CEDREM will use HyperWorks to develop finite element models and perform research studies on composite material structures.

A partnership and technical cooperation of more than 60 years was celebrated by SKF together with Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro by signing the Formula One contract on February 24, 2009. The contract is valid for 3 years and this agreement continues to strengthen the long lasting relationship between the two companies.

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced results for its fiscal 2009 second quarter ended March 31, 2009.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces that Borregaard has chosen the powerful Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series Duo ICP emission spectrometer for the detection of trace contaminants in brine - aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl). The iCAP 6000 Series helps Borregaard accurately measure the trace element content of NaCl produced on site, ensuring detection limits are within range. Detailed information can be found in a new application note entitled “Environmental Series – Trace contaminant analysis in brine using an iCAP 6000 Series Duo ICP”, which is available to download via the literature library at www.thermo.com/icap

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that Sakhalin Energy has selected its SampleManager LIMS for use in one of the largest integrated oil and gas projects in the world. The Sakhalin II Project, located on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East, includes a partnership incorporating the recovery, production and transportation of oil and liquefied natural gas. Sakhalin Energy has standardized on Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS for use in its main laboratory located at its LNG plant/oil export terminal , as well as in upstream satellite laboratories across Sakhalin Energy.

Festo’s Bionic Learning Network has developed two colonies of bionic penguins that demonstrate collective behaviour. This type of behaviour – which psychologists also call crowd behaviour – refers to social processes which emerge in a spontaneous manner when members of a group interact. In robotic terms, each penguin is an autonomous self-regulating unit that is free to explore its defined environment using complex built-in navigation and communication facilities, and is capable of modifying its behaviour in the presence of others, to fulfil a group purpose.