Around the Industry

REO has just supplied a second custom-engineered variable AC power supply to the Middle East Technical Services (METS) in Saudi Arabia. METS is an electrical engineering company involved with infrastructural projects involving Power Distribution, Telecommunications, Monitoring & Surveillance systems, SCADA, DC & UPS systems and Information Technology (IT) applications.

Cengineering document management solution, announces the release of Organice Publish 2008 R2. This new release of Organice Publish brings a number of enhancements including an administration site with an overview of all jobs. adac Organice BV, a leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and developer of Organice, a SharePoint based

Lloyd's Register has granted Type Approval to the novel high-pressure Phastite tube connection system developed by the instrumentation products division of Parker Hannifin - the global leader in motion and control technologies. Lloyd's Register Type Approval provides unbiased, third party verification of a product's conformity to the producer's specification and relevant national and international standards, and is based on a design assessment and an agreed program of performance testing, to demonstrate the products suitability for use in general marine, offshore and industrial piping systems.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announces the success of its liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) solution at the Kenneth L. Maddy Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. The Thermo Scientific Aria TLX-2 turbulent flow chromatography system coupled with the Thermo Scientific TSQ Vantage triple stage quadrupole mass spectrometer was selected to perform precise and sensitive detection of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) in urine and plasma samples from performance horses. Based in Davis, California, the state-of-the-art laboratory is the authorized equine drug-testing laboratory for California's six permanent race courses, nine seasonal fair venues and other performance events.

Engineered Arts Ltd has created a unique interactive robot - named RoboThespian™ - that is currently wowing audiences around the world. Initially developed to provide entertaining semi-autonomous theatrical performances, the life-sized robot's capabilities have recently been expanded to facilitate far higher levels of audience interaction. The robot's siblings are now much in demand at science and technology centres as highly animated public orators, tireless front-of-house presenters and generally all-round benevolent funsters!

With increasing pressure on design and maintenance engineers to achieve more in less time, it becomes even more important to source technical components from suppliers that provide an exceptional level of customer support. While an engineer will typically be able to solve a particular problem independently, it can be highly beneficial to utilise the knowledge of a technical support engineer who is familiar with the product range and who can provide a practical and economic solution. Reputable suppliers such as Pilz provide such technical support free of charge.

PC Coaching are specialists in New Systems Training and run one of the largest fleet of mobile classrooms in Europe. During their mobile training projects across the UK, onsite power supplies can often be unreliable at best. Their clients cannot risk losing power during these critical times, and required a managed nationwide generator hire solution.

Generator Associates Ltd are delighted to have established an ongoing and beneficial relationship with PC Coaching – the specialists in IT Training and Mobile Training Rooms.

Keithley Instruments, Inc. will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled “Hall Effect Measurements Fundamentals” on Thursday, February 19, 2009. This one-hour seminar will introduce the topic of Hall Effect measurements as they relate to semiconductor materials and device characterization. To register for this event, visit www.keithley.com/events/semconfs/webseminars.

The Crestapol® range of resins for pultrusion and closed mould from Scott Bader continue to win new composites customers due to their excellent technical qualities of low viscosity, rapid cure and excellent toughness whilst delivering key financial benefits, such as cutting cycle times in half.