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Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its recently developed EtherNet/IP compatible communication interface for industrial recorders and data-acquisition equipment has passed the ODVA* conformance test - a first in this field. Based on the EtherNet/IP protocol that is gaining acceptance as an industry standard, this interface eliminates the need for dedicated software to connect data-acquisition equipment with other devices such as programmable logic controllers (PLC) or temperature controllers, thus simplifying system development. This communication interface will be installed on Yokogawa's industrial recorders and data acquisition equipment starting in fiscal year 2008.

Bakhtiar Choudhury has joined leading technical computing supplier, Adept Scientific plc (Letchworth, Herts).

Adept General Manager, Michael Pisapia has joined the Board of Adept Scientific plc (Letchworth, Herts).

As an existing Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Derek Carpenter has been recognised for his high standards of skills in marketing.

WYKO has announced that from 31st January 2008 its Integrated Solutions Divison will be renamed ERIKS Integrated Solutions. The name change is the latest part of the major rebranding campaign that the company has undertaken since the £139 million acquisition of WYKO by ERIKS in November 2006.

On a recent tour of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Keith Taylor-Nobbs, a Team Leader from Moeller Electric’s factory in Worksop, noticed something familiar inside the cab of the LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) B1 steam locomotive. On closer inspection, he discovered two Moeller Electric T0 isolator switches on the fireman’s side of cab.

Schaffner Ltd, the international leader in the field of electromagnetic compatibility, is now offering visitors to their website the ability to check stock availably live.

Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online product selection tools for industrial suppliers and distributors, today announced the launch of the R+W Couplings 3D-Powered Online Catalog available at via Design World Community http://www.designworldonline.com. Key capabilities include easy interactive online navigation, parametric part selection, online 3D viewing of parts and CAD downloads in formats suitable for all major CAD systems.

Parker Aerospace has been selected by Airbus to supply both the fuel and hydraulic systems for its new A350 extra-widebody (XWB) aircraft.

BITZER has won the globally prestigious 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for European Competitive Strategy Leadership. The presentation of the award was made to the company at the Excellence Awards Banquet held on 4 December at the Guoman Cumberland Hotel, London. Accepting the Award on behalf of BITZER were Peter Schaufler, Chief Executive Officer, Christof Senk, Managing Director, Hans Meurer, Chief Sales Officer, and Christian Wahlers, Chief Financial Officer.