Around the Industry

Cereform has introduced an MCERTS-approved Wastewater Sampler from Aquamatic to help it maintain high environmental standards and reduce its effluent costs.

Midland Slurry Systems have strengthened their position as leaders in the development of Sand Slurry Separators by receiving a special award from mixer and pump specialist Landia – the first time Landia have presented an award to one of its business partners.

Laser Design Inc. was named one of America’s fastest-growing private companies by Inc. Magazine for the second year in a row. The 2008 “Inc. 5,000” award honors 5000 U.S.-based, privately held, independent companies that are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. Ranked number 3,232 nationally, Laser Design holds 64th place of the fastest-growing companies in the state of Minnesota. Revenue growth in the last 3 years is 105% and the number of employees has more than tripled. “Our competition is stiff in this fast-moving industry, and we are constantly innovating to stay ahead of the curve,” commented C. Martin Schuster, President of Laser Design.

Wilcoxon Research has fortified its sales channels in the U.S. with the addition of a new partner, Technical Representatives, Inc. TRI is now a manufacturer’s representative for Wilcoxon, responsible for the Mid-Atlantic states of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania as well as the District of Columbia.

Gamewell-FCI has released a new mass notification solution as part of its E3 Series® line of Expandable Emergency Evacuation systems. In addition to providing state-of-the-art fire alarm protection, the E3 Series can also function as a robust MNS (mass notification system) via several new products, including an LOC (Local Operating Console), back-lit signage, high-threat switches, amber strobes, specialized speakers and giant voice equipment.

Edbro are launching a new high performance range of underbody products under the name of the UB Series.

Three years after the contract was signed with Eurocopter, the IGE+XAO Group announces a very significant contract with Airbus. This new agreement covers the supply of the IGE+XAO Group’s PLM offer (Product Life-cycle Management) dedicated to Electrical Engineering. This software suite named SEE Electrical Harness PLM, encompasses most of the electrical engineering process, from the definition of electrical equipment to the automatic generation of electrical harnesses and wiring diagrams.

A new, horizontal-spindle machining centre capable of fully interpolative 5-axis CNC machining of prismatic components has been introduced to the UK by Whitehouse Machine Tools, sole UK agent for the Japanese machine tool manufacturer, OKK.

Pilz has the resources available to provide appropriate International Compliance Services to help exporters - and users moving machinery - comply with local machinery safety regulations.

SMP Sintermetalle Prometheus GmbH & Co KG introduces its new website. Based near Karlsruhe, Germany, SMP develops and manufactures inductive components and magnetically soft materials, cores and mouldings. The components are used in power electronics, drives, power generation and instrumentation and control. Typical applications include inverters for photovoltaic and wind turbine installations as well as rail vehicles.