Around the Industry

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces that the Thermo Scientific K-Alpha has been named by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. Utilizing the fast growing technique of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), the K-Alpha enables rapid, accurate and cost-effective quantitative monitoring of the surface chemical composition, providing chemical characterization of the top few nanometers of inorganic, organic, biological, metallurgical, semi-conducting and magnetic solids. Designed for high-throughput sample analysis, the revolutionary system incorporates data processing algorithms offering full automation for data acquisition through to interpretation and reporting.

Document management has emerged as an integral part of many companies’ information technology strategies because of the need to integrate document creation, storage and transfer with critical business processes. Now there is a unique, traceable and transparent document management system that enables collaboration across an extended enterprise from First Trace, Inc – the Kinnosa Enterprise Document Management (EDM) 4.0 system. Kinnosa EDM 4.0 is the next leap forward in document management evolution and is far superior to any other enterprise document solutions on the market today. Kinnosa EDM 4.0 provides users with the ability to trace a document from initial creation to project completion using existing applications and systems, without interrupting business operations.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announces the launch of its enhanced partner program. Designed to support the expansion of Thermo Scientific Informatics activity via its partners around the globe, the world class program will utilize business partners to better meet customer needs in multiple industries. Thermo Scientific's award winning Informatics offerings include laboratory information management systems (LIMS), chromatography data systems (CDS) and spectroscopy software. The program will be launched at this year's Thermo Informatics World (TIW) North American and European user meetings that will take place in Miami, Florida from October 15 to 19 and in Lisbon, Portugal from November 12 to 16.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc announces the availability of a new online demonstration designed to allow current and prospective customers to discover the features, benefits and mode of operation of the Thermo Scientific S Series Atomic Absorption (AA) spectrometers. The online demonstration is accessible via www.thermo.com/aa and serves as a fast and convenient evaluation tool targeted at busy, high throughput elemental analysis laboratories in a variety of application areas including environmental, food and beverage, petrochemical and metallurgy industries.

Procter Machine Guarding is offering the latest version of its free guide to machinery guarding standards. This fourth edition of 'On Your Guard' has been updated and completely redesigned.

Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online product selection tools for industrial suppliers and distributors, today announced that ASK Products has adopted its CAD model download solution which is now available online.

National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) and the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering are working together to offer electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) students a new graphical system design environment in which to design, prototype and deploy their projects. The NI Embedded Systems Laboratory uses NI technologies to provide embedded system design experiential research opportunities for upper division undergraduate and graduate students.

Elcom have extended their popular range of flat-belt conveyors with the introduction of the new Flat-Belt Conveyor 90.

The Hexis Carprotect film is a transparent 150μm self-adhesive Urethane film specially designed for the durable protection of vehicle bodies. With its excellent shock proofing properties it protects vehicle paintwork against environmental aggressions such as stone chipping, scratches, carwash brushes, insect debris etc. The film is totally transparent and as good as invisible and thus does not alter the vehicle colour.

Hexis will again be present at this year’s VISCOM Europe, the international trade fair for visual communication technology taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 20 to 22 September. At the event, Hexis will show their new line of cast vinyl films together with Hex’Press adhesive technology for vehicle wraps and fleet graphics.