Around the Industry

Colortrac UK has further extended its commitment to Excellence with the appointment of Simon Wincott to its senior management team. He joins the British scanner manufacturer as their new International Technical Support Manager with responsibility for integrating and coordinating all elements of Colortrac's customer-facing product support activities.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is scheduled to open to passengers on 27th March, 2008. A £4.3bn project, T5 will serve around 30 million passengers a year and is comprised of a core terminal building connected to two satellites.

Risk assessments are encountered in almost every walk of life, even for crossing the road. But when it comes to machinery, a formal risk assessment needs certain requirements to be fulfilled, and the person performing the risk assessment must be competent to do so.

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced a new reseller agreement with Romanian-based PLM solution provider, CYBERNETICS Srl. The new agreement allows CYBERNETICS to sell the Altair HyperWorks computer-aided engineering (CAE) technology suite to Romania-based companies within the region’s growing advanced manufacturing industries including automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, plant & equipment design. In addition to Altair’s software solutions, CYBERNETICS will also provide local support and professional consulting services for Altair and its new and existing customers.

Catalog Data Solutions Inc. and i-Mark Inc. announced a partnership to integrate the CDS CAD view-and-download solution into i-MARK’s 24/7BUSINESS web self-service software platform serving global Small-to-Medium Manufacturers.

DeskArtes today announced a software sales and development agreement between DeskArtes and Z Corporation. The first result of the co-operation is new software that prepares 3D data files for easy full-color 3D printing, automatically and with unprecedented ease.

Creaform, a company offering 3D technology and digital solutions, just opened an office in the Montreal metropolitan area.

EADS Defence & Security has been commissioned by Brazil’s Departamento de Polícia Federal to expand the digital radio network of the Brazilian Federal Police on the basis of the Tetrapol standard.

E2S has appointed Neal Porter as Sales and Marketing Manager. Neal brings a wealth of experience to his new role; with more than twenty years' experience in the signalling industry, he is a high profile well known figure throughout the European, Middle East and Far Eastern markets.

They may only be required in small amounts at any one time, but nevertheless they are absolutely necessary: Without antioxidants, many products would not last very long, and many plastics could not even be manufactured without their protective attributes. Antioxidants also have the ability to slow the deterioration of rubber and adhesives. Acting as stabilizers, they are also useful in facilitating the production of fuel and lubricants. In lipstick and other fat based cosmetics, they can also be used to prevent rancidness.