Around the Industry

Parker Hannifin Corporation today announced that it has acquired three companies whose total sales for their most recently reported fiscal years approaches one half billion dollars. Parker is remaining focused on executing its plans for growth throughout the current economic turbulence.

AWS Group has secured a £5.5M equity investment from the private equity arm of Barclays Bank plc, Barclays Ventures. The finance will be used to fund growth, both organically and by further focused acquisitions in the UK. AWS will also widen its footprint internationally with a targeted presence in South East Asia.

Adept Scientific are delighted to announce our partnership with Knovel to add www.knovel.com, an online technical resource created for applied scientists and practising engineers.

Catalog Data Solutions today announced that KZ Valve, an Ashland, Nebraska based supplier of motorized valves and actuators has selected the online CDS Catalog™ to present its products online.

Bearing manufacturer NKE Austria GmbH is building a new works in the Austrian city of Steyr. With the recent ground-breaking ceremony, the company management officially opened construction work on the new 10 000-square-metre development. Completion of the new office and production facilities is scheduled for May 2009 with a total investment of 12 million euros.

Local Wolverhampton firm, Medical Devices Technology International Ltd has successfully reached the final stages of judging in the West Midlands’ annual Lord Stafford Awards.

Danfoss is doubling its Loves Park, IL, facility that produces variable frequency drives, adding both production and office space. Continued domestic and global growth for Danfoss Drives necessitates the expansion in order to accommodate the additional equipment and personnel required to meet increasing demand. After expansion, the entire facility will be LEED-certified and registered with the US Green Building Council. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) green building rating system promotes sustainability in design and construction practices in order to increase operating efficiencies. LEED-certified buildings lower operating costs and increase asset value, reduce waste sent to landfills, conserve energy and water, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Colortrac's CopySmart professional colour managed scan-to-copy software is now available with specialist printer drivers which support Canon's first 44 high-speed printers for the AEC, CAD and GIS market, the imagePROGRAF iPF810 and imagePROGRAF iPF820 series.

There are often many sources of torque data within a production environment such as tool certification results, line side tool verifications (cp/cpk checks), roving torque audit routines, audit device calibrations or defect containment issues. Torque specialist Crane Electronics has introduced a new tool and torque management software that merges this data. Opta Management offers a fully integrated and meaningful analysis of all relevant torque related information. It was specifically developed to offer a high degree of customisation and to integrate seamlessly into a company’s existing quality system and documentation policy.

Ethernet Direct Corporation is pleased to share an application involving the most powerful Industrial Managed Gigabit switch HMG-828, an eight port 10/100TX + 2 port Gigabit copper with SFP ports.