Around the Industry

CGTech is pleased to announce that ImageGrafix Software FZCO. has joined the company's Reseller network to market and support VERICUT in the Middle East.

Wilcoxon Research has been certified to the AS9100 Aerospace Standard for Quality Systems. This registration is a major accomplishment and certifies that Wilcoxon meets the rigorous requirements of the aerospace industry.

Catalog Data Solutions today announced that Brother International Corporation has selected its CDS Catalog product for parametric product search and its CDS ModelServer product for CAD Downloads. The CDS Catalog will frontend the CDS CAD ModelServer CAD download solution and both will be integrated into the Brother website.

A new mobile printer/plotter from Trident offers a host of new features to simplify in-vehicle installation, and offer easier integration into mobile computing systems. The 812 from Printrex is currently used in a variety of rugged mobile applications such as emergency services vehicles, railroad locomotives and commercial jet aircraft.

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Service, acting on the advice of one of its Fire Board’s constituent local authorities’ scientific advisory services namely, Glasgow Scientific Services, has recently purchased ABLE’s Mercury Detection System for its technical support teams and mobile technical support laboratory.

The Qseven Consortium announces that Foxconn Technology Group has joined the consortium, increasing the number of members to 25. The Qseven Consortium was founded in 2007 by congatec AG, Seco s.r.l. and MSC Vertriebs GmbH and has seen a steady increase in membership ever since.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Cambridge facility has been awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise 2009 in the Outstanding Innovation category for the iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES instrument. This award, the most prestigious for UK industry, recognizes the iCAP 6000 as one of the year's most outstanding technical innovations. The Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma, Optical Emission Spectrometry) instruments are used in laboratories to detect and accurately measure low levels of toxic or pollutant elements in a wide range of samples.

OxTS has been awarded a contract to supply NHTSA, a division of the US Department of Transportation, with its RT-Range measurement system, which is used for testing advanced driver assistance systems, such as Forward Collision Warning or Lane Departure Warning.

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced today that EADS Innovation Works, the EADS corporate research and technology organization, has increased its use of HyperWorks throughout its European operations and has added Altair’s simulation suite to its preferred set of CAE tools. EADS Innovation Works will use HyperWorks to optimize aerospace structures, with a specific focus on composite material systems, to further the company’s technical innovation potential. The group also plans to use HyperWorks pre-processing technology to streamline the complex meshing process for acoustic finite element (FE) models. EADS Innovation Works has been using Altair’s software for several years already and has recently consolidated licenses.

SKF has recognised Team Rewinds of Gateshead UK, a company specialising in the repair of industrial electric motors, as an SKF Certified Rebuilder. This respected certification programme is awarded to electric motor repair service companies that meet SKF’s exacting standards for repair expertise.