Around the Industry

Economos, the industrial seals and engineering plastics manufacturer, that was acquired in 2007 by SKF, has announced that it is to be re-branded as SKF Economos. This is part of a long term strategy to integrate the existing Economos manufacturing and customer support network around the world into SKF’s global operation, and to strengthen still further the ability of the overall operation to invest in new and innovative technologies for seals and engineering plastics.

Easby Electronics are pleased to announce they have been appointed as authorized distributor for the Chinese capacitor manufacturer Zonkas Electronic Co. Ltd. Product ranges available include Ceramic Disc Capacitors, Multilayer Ceramic Dip Capacitors (radial / axial), Multilayer Box Capacitors (mini box / ultra-mini box), Inductors and AC Safety Capacitors (Y1, Y2, X1, X2) approved in 28 countries, including USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.

The new 6.22 release has fully configurable alarm manager that allows a user to have customised alarm display themes that improve readability and to make the alarm pages comply with given colour usage by an end user or a manufacturer. This has further enhanced by the use of a “traffic light” scheme against each alarm that can also be configured to meet with localised use of colour.

BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has joined today with BAE Systems to submit a single response to the MARS Fleet Tanker pre-qualification questionnaire issued by the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

CGTech is pleased to announce that Machine Simulation S.A. joined the company's Reseller network to market and support VERICUT in South Africa.

A significant level of ongoing investment in new production technology and practices at Parker SSD Drives’ European headquarters in Littlehampton is playing a crucial role in enabling the company to improve its product quality and delivery times still further, helping customers maximise their productivity and profitability. Parker SSD Drives is a division of Parker Hannifin, the world’s leading manufacturer of motion and control technologies, and the new investment is allowing the company to integrate its UK operation more effectively with other Parker production centres around the world.

EOS today announced that the 11th EOS International User Meeting (IUM) will be held from April 14th to 16th 2008, at the Hotel “The Monarch” in Bad Goegging, Germany.

WYKO, an ERIKS Company will share its expertise during a master class entitled Energy Savings in Buildings at Sustainable Development 2008 that takes place at 2pm at the Barbican Conference Centre, London on 21st February.

The Orbitform Group today did more than simply launch a new website. Orbitform.com now boasts the forming, fastening, joining, and assembly industries first engineering driven solution center. The ability to find and compare specific equipment features, along with downloadable Solidworks files, PDFs, relevant pictures, and videos, sets the user friendly interface apart.

Endevco Corporation has announced the Grand Prize winning submission in its contest for the “World’s Oldest Functioning Endevco Sensor.”