Press Releases by Category Industry, Real Estate & Construction
TRUMPF introduces new concepts for the use of lasers in the automotive manufactu …
The laser’s position as a key tool in building automobiles was highlighted at this year's European Automotive Laser Applications (EALA) trade show to be held in Bad Nauheim, February 3–4, 2010. Technology supplier TRUMPF introduced its new concepts for the use of laser in the automotive industry. TRUMPF laser experts gave their insights on the cost-benefits of various lasers for use in automotive production.
Diode instead of lamp?
Exchange or keep?…
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty® Gift Will Help Adapt Homes For Injured Veterans
Las Vegas, NV – As a means of launching its year-long 30th anniversary celebration, 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty® (2-10 HBW®) has announced a $10,000 donation to Homes for Our Troops, which builds specially equipped homes for severely injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We’re humbly grateful for the opportunity to help veterans and their families cope with life-changing injuries our Armed Forces members incurred while protecting our freedom,” said Mark…
Fast contour check of plastic pipes at TI Automotive
Braunschweig/Germany, 2 February 2010 – TI Automotive is, as the name suggests, a global supplier in the automotive sector. As a leading manufacturer of fuel storage and fluid carrying systems for braking and powertrain applications, the company cultivates worldwide relationships with all important automakers. Today, approximately 30 million cars built every year rely on TI’s technology.
The location Fuldabrück in Germany is specialized in manufacturing prototypes of fuel pipes. Since…
KeControl C3 awarded with the iF product design award 2010
For 56 years, the iF product design award has served as an internationally recognized trademark for outstanding design. Across the globe, the iF brand, with offices in Hanover, Munich, Taiwan, Korea and Brazil, is an established symbol for exceptional design achievement.
KeControl C3, KEBA’s newest generation of controls which has had its debut on the SPS/IPC/DRIVES fair in Nuremberg in November 2009, has been selected as a winner of the iF…
A solution to streamline the scheduling and planning of routine maintenance
Corus selects TPG The Project Group to implement a Microsoft Project solution integrated with SAP via TPG PSLink
TPG The Project Group, the world’s leading integrator of SAP and Microsoft Project, has been selected by Corus to implement Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and integrate it with the SAP system via the product TPG PSLink. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus supplies steel and…
SGS Spain Receives ASINCAR Engineering and Society Award
SGS Spain has been presented with the ASINCAR Engineering and Society Award by the Aragón Association of Engineering and Consulting Firms in the category of building works.
SGS Spain has been granted the 2009 ASINCAR Engineering and Society Award of Building Works - Environmental Performance of the U4-U5 project, undertaken as part of the Ebro River Shoreline Project by the Aragón Association of Engineering and Consulting Firms.
The Ebro River Shoreline Project…
Small Is Beautiful - The New Era of Home Building by David F. Parker of Parker A …
Over past decades, America has glorified "Bigger is Better." From Hummers to Big Macs, the notion of big has captured the attention of all sectors of our society as well as people around the world. The competition for tall buildings just reached a new high with the Burj Khalifa in Dubai rising over 800 meters (2,625 feet) above the ground, and containing 160 floors of leasable space. In housing, the…
Heavy Lift Overhead Crane for Paper Machine Maker Voith Paper
Heavy Lift Overhead Crane for Paper Machine Maker Voith Paper
An investment, exceeding one million pounds, has been completed at the Manchester operations of European paper machinery maker Voith Paper Limited. The new process facility will re-grind, to ensure perfect geometry and balance in paper machine rollers of up to 115 tonnes. Street Crane Company has supplied a new 120 tonne safe working load crane that will play a…
2L inc’s PRO 3 Engraving Software Program for Producing 2D Data Matrix Barcodes …
2L inc’s PRO 3 Engraving Software Program for producing 2D Data Matrix Barcodes with Standard CNC Machines is now available.
News Release: Monday, January 12, 2010. 2:00pm EST.
Source 2L inc. - Hudson, Massachusetts. 2L inc. announced today that it is accepting orders for its' new PRO 3 CAD/CAM Engraving Software Program.
The PRO 3 Engraving Software Program creates G-code programs for producing 2D Data Matrix Barcodes on 3 or 4 axis…
Mecmesin Lifts The Lid On Wine Closures
Mecmesin, a force and torque test equipment manufacturer, has entered the winery industry, enabling producers to test components, from wine closures to packaging materials, in order to minimize the risk of tainted wines and leakage, whilst guaranteeing easy opening by the consumer.
Closure manufacturers, such as Oeneo Bouchage and CSA Australia, and wine producers, such as Orlando Wyndham Group, are using Mecmesin testers to fully assess their production methods and materials…
Elite Engineering WA announced today a new website providing consumer informatio …
Elite Engineering WA provides welding procedure, supervision and inspection services to meet the business needs of the welding and fabrication industry in Western Australia
Elite Engineering WA announces the launch of their new website to provide consumers with information on the companies welding and fabrication services in Western Australia. The Company’s goal is to provide high quality service and peace of mind for their clients while meeting Australian standards for the…
Defective Drywall Testing with Handheld XRF Analyzer
In response to a growing need to determine if drywall is defective or acceptable Quickshot XRF announced the release of a new software package for their popular Handheld XRF Analyzer. Based on software for detecting hazardous substances (lead, cadmium, etc); the Handheld XRF’s new software package will detect Strontium (Sr) content in drywall. Strontium levels have been determined as a primary indicator of whether a drywall piece is…
Jenoptik Lasers & Material Processing division at Photonics West 2010
Presentation of innovations in diode lasers and laser systems
The Lasers & Material Processing division of Jenoptik will be from January 26-28, 2010 at the trade fair Photonics West in San Francisco, USA, at booth 1422. In addition to the proven standard products, innovations and further developments in semiconductor materials as well as diode and disk lasers will be presented.
Entire value chain of diode lasers
The Diode Lasers business unit…
SGS Turkey Designated as Notified Body for the New Machinery Safety Directive 20 …
SGS Turkey has become the first and only inspection company in Turkey, which has been appointed as Notified Body for the New Machinery Safety Directive 2006/42/EC by the European Commission.
SGS Turkey as Machinery Directive Notified Body is able to perform Full Quality Compliance Certification under the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
With this appointment, SGS Turkey is now in a position to assist machinery manufacturers and importers in demonstrating full compliance…
WA Brickmatch Hope to Expand their Recycling Program in WA With the Launch of a …
An environmentally friendly recycling program for secondhand bricks, paving and roof tiles.
Perth, Western Australia, January 26, 2010 -- WA Brickmatch launched their new website today with the aim of encouraging demolition companies and the general public in WA to use their established recycling program for secondhand bricks, paving and roof tiles rather than discard these re-usable products into landfill.
WA Brickmatch’s environmentally friendly recycling program sources secondhand bricks and building materials…
PI Ceramic Nominated for the Thuringian Innovation Award:New Piezo Stepping Actu …
The Thuringian Innovation Award took place for the 12th time in December 2009. The award, which has been established in 1994, has become both an impulse generator for the Free State of Thuringia and a mirror of its successful economic development. PI Ceramic from Lederhose was nominated out of more than 100 candidates in the categorie "Industry & Material" for their piezo stepping drive of the Nexact series. With this…
New Repair Technology for Cold Stores - Floor coatings possible at minus 26 C°
Change of use, wear-and-tear or damages in cold stores primarily affect the floors of such facilities. Repair using standard materials is impossible, given operating temperatures that lie around - 24C°. Until now, for work to be carried in such cold conditions, necessitated the use of costly heated enclosures, which had the disadvantage of limiting cold store operations.
MC-Bauchemie now offers a new system for the rapid and reliable repair of…
SGS Conducts Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection for the First Time in Nigeria
On May 9, 2008, SGS conducted Phased Array Testing for Daewoo E & C Co Ltd at the Gbaran Ubie Integrated Oil & Gas Project. SGS Industrial Services is the only company in Nigeria offering Phased Array Inspection Services.
SGS has successfully conducted Phased Array Inspection for Daewoo E & C Co Ltd at the Gbaran Ubie Integrated Oil & Gas Project for the first time in Nigeria.
Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection…
10,000 Euro aid for disaster victims to Malteser Relief Agency
Schmidt + Clemens Group donates for Haiti
Lindlar, 22nd January 2010. Schmidt + Clemens, the high-grade steel specialist located in Lindlar (Germany), donates 10,000 Euro to the Malteser Relief Agency in aid of the earthquake victims in Haiti.
“We are a family business which is present world-wide and therefore we would like to express our global responsibility”, reports Jan Schmidt-Krayer, Managing Partner of Schmidt + Clemens. “We are very affected by the…
„WEDA’s“ Easy Feeder“ for Mobile Piglet Feeding
In piglet raising, the fundament for an optimal fattening and slaughtering performance is laid. Already during the first days after birth, the energy and nutrient requirements of the suckling piglets – besides the milk of the sow – should be supplemented by the feeding out of small and frequent feed rations.
In order to provide the piglets in the farrowing pen with optimal nutrients, WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH have developed…
ESCHA reinforces national and international sales
Halver, 20 Jan. 2010 - As of 01 January 2010 the German connector- and housing specialist ESCHA has reinforced its outside sales in North of Germany and Western Europe. The company welcomes Holger Beland (40) as a new member of staff who has already been involved in the international sales of electromechanical components for many years. As a senior engineer, he is not a newcomer to the business. His main…
First Siebler StripTabs line from Romaco for Ankur Drugs and Pharma Ltd.
Indian manufacturer banks on pharmaceutical film strips
Romaco has developed the first Siebler StripTabs™ line for Indian contract manufacturer ANKUR Drugs and Pharma Ltd. This new technology is used to manufacture and package pharmaceutical orally dissolving strips. This innovative drug delivery system offers alternatives for pain treatment and hormone therapy.
Romaco has developed the first Siebler StripTabs™ line for Indian contract manufacturer ANKUR Drugs and Pharma Ltd. The system’s innovative design was…
Code for Sustainable Homes Assessment: What’s it all about?
The Code for Sustainable Homes is a rating system that measures the environmental impact for new build housing in England. The code was officially launched back in December 2006 and was designed to complement the system of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for new homes that were built or developed in 2008 under the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The Code for Sustainable Homes Assessment is a mandatory assessment…
International Trade Fairs Tube & Wire in Düsseldorf: 12.-16.04.2010
Schmidt + Clemens Group Presents Highlights for the Rolling and Extrusion Industry
The Germany based Schmidt + Clemens Group (S+C) presents it’s 2010 highlights in high-grade steel at the global leading trade fair for the tube, wire, and cable industry from 12th April until 16th April 2010. Market segments are complex tooling systems for extrusion presses as well as high precision forming rolls and associated equipment for…
Feher Home Solutions Launches Website as a New Jersey Roofing, Siding and Replac …
Whitmore Lake, New Jersey – January 20, 2010 – Feher Home Solutions today announced the launch of feherhomesolutions.com as an information portal for New Jersey area home owners and businesses to find information about roofing, siding and replacement window projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of roofing, siding and replacement window tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become New Jersey’s primary…
EMC Challenges for Mass-Produced Electrical and Electronic Equipments
Over the past 25 years the number of electrical and electronic (E&E) products has been steadily rising. This has resulted in an increase in electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere that in turn led to authorities setting stricter EMC limits.
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests (http://www.ee.sgs.com/electromagnetic_compliance) are a critical step in designing electrical and electronic products. Recently, EMC tests have become a matter of concern due to the global increase in production…
Raytheon Anschütz wins ISS contract for Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers
Raytheon Systems Limited, Harlow together with Raytheon Anschütz has been awarded the contract for the In-Service Support (ISS) of the Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems for the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Daring class destroyers . Raytheon Anschütz will be responsible for total maintenance and repair of these systems on board the vessels until at least 2016.
The Type 45 destroyers are being built by the British company BVT Surface Fleet,…
Concrete Results Inc Introduces Brescia Paver Finishing System
January 18, 2010 PRWEB Southlake, TX Concrete Results Inc. has once again expanded their product offering to further enhance the flexibility in both the design and appearance of interlocking concrete pavers by introducing an innovative system called Brescia.
The Brescia System is a new technology that provides a classic finish to concrete pavers. This first-of-its-kind integrated system utilizes proprietary chemicals and processing systems to treat…
The Hippodrome Awarded 2009 Green Street Award
New York, NY – The Ave. of the Americas Association announced the winners of its 2009 Green Street Awards at its 83rd Anniversary Dinner Dance at the Hilton New York last fall. The environmental awards program was established to promote energy savings and sustainability programs.
“The Green Street Awards Program was launched this year to recognize building owners and tenants along the Sixth Avenue corridor who have successfully completed environmental sustainability…
Offshore Group Client To Expand Its Mexico Operations
DCM Manufacturing, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio has recently decided to expand its manufacturing footprint at The Offshore Group's Bella Vista Industrial Park in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico.
In addition to extending the term of its contract for real estate and outsourced manufacturing support, or "shelter" services with The Offshore Group until 2013, DCM has leased an additional 25,266 square feet of building space. The company now occupies at total of 64,037…
Dependable Plumbing & Drain Cleaning Launches Website as a Florida Plumbing Reso …
Homosassa, Florida – January 18, 2009 – Dependable Plumbing & Drain Cleaning today announced the launch of dependableplumbingfl.com as an information portal for Homosassa area home owners and businesses to find information about plumbing projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of plumbing tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Florida’s primary resource for residential and commercial plumbing projects.
Future plans include…
CARcorder – Data Logger for FlexRay and CAN
IXXAT presents on the Embedded World fair the first version of its new data logger for automotive communication systems
The CARcorder is available as Basic or Plus version. The Basic version provides already six CAN interfaces (ISO 11898-2 / 11898-3), two LIN and two RS232 interfaces, an USB host/device interface as well as an interface switchable between SAE J1850 and K/L-line. In addition, the device comes with digital and analog inputs…
CANobserver - Diagnostic tool for the long-term monitoring of CAN bus systems
The new CANobserver from IXXAT enables the physical and logical long-term monitoring of CAN, CANopen and DeviceNet systems. For this, the device is permanently integrated into the network and continuously monitors and records the data transfer (up to several years).
Sporadic negative impacts, such as external EMC interferences or a slowly deteriorating signal quality caused by worn plug connections, can be detected by the physical layer diagnosis and logical frame…
SGS and ENVIRON to host free webinar on REACH SVHC and RoHS2 Challenges and Solu …
SGS and ENVIRON will be hosting a free webinar, titled: “REACH SVHC and RoHS2 Challenges and Solutions”. The webinar will be held on January 26, 2010, Tuesday, and will start at 04:00pm CET. It will provide useful information about the the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) (sustainability.sgs .com/ consumergoods/reach.htm) Regulation’s Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), and the challenges to be expected from the new Restriction of Hazardous…
SGS Industrial Services Expands through the Acquisition of INTRON Group
With the acquisition of INTRON, SGS The Netherlands has acquired a strong and complementary partner. For SGS the takeover represents an important diversification of its existing Industrial Services activities and it puts the SGS group in a leading position as service supplier in the building sector in the Netherlands and in Europe. For INTRON the acquisition forms an important step in the international development.
INTRON is an independent service provider…
Capella Resources Initiated A Drilling Program At Lajitas Gold Project, Chile
Capella Resources, an exploration and mineral development company has 100% ownership of Lajitas Gold-Copper Project. This project is located among the established resources on the Maricunga Gold Belt in Northern Chile. The Lajitas property consists of 1600 hectares of exploration and exploitation claims. The Maricunga district mainly contains the deposits of porphyry gold which are mainly found within advanced argillic alteration zones that host high sulphidation epithermal gold deposits. The…
HALCON Embedded Runs on the Beagle Board
MVTec Software GmbH, München (Germany), took initial performance measurements with the machine vision library HALCON 9.0 running on the Beagle Board using Ångström Linux as operating system.
For testing HALCON Embedded running on a Beagle Board (beagleboard.org/), MVTec initially ported HALCON 9.0 and subsequently checked its ability to run with success. Thus, typical image processing algorithms with HALCON like filtering or blob analysis can be performed on the Beagle Board in…
Messer once again Serbia’s best foreign brand
For the fifth time in a row, industrial gases specialist Messer has won the “Best of Serbia” award for the best foreign corporate brand.
Over the past few years, the Messer brand has been developed into an important tool for product positioning and market-share retention in Serbia. “In spite of limited investment as well as declining capacity utilisation and sales at local companies across all sectors, we continued to pursue and…
Tom Armstrong joins LEM Products as Manufacturing Manager to lead LEAN Manufactu …
Doylestown, PA, LEM Products Inc.
“We’ve always believed in the importance of leadership to expand our competitive edge in our industry”, says CEO of LEM Products Inc., Maureen O’Connor. “We are excited to add Tom Armstrong to our management team. Tom will oversee the expansion of our manufacturing capabilities and our commitment to Continuous Improvement. Tom’s knowledge and experience with process improvement, team development and best business…
Government Construction Contracting: Extraordinary Growth Potential for Construc …
US Federal Government to Spend Over $500 Billion On Construction, All Trades Needed
Jan 13, 2010 Washington DC. TargetGov's teleconference "Government Construction Contracting," will be held on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 to help construction trades learn the requirements to participate in these contracts. Experts John Hughes, Joshua Etemadi, and Gloria Berthold Larkin will address where to find specific business and bidding opportunities, related bonding requirements, the unique nature of federal…
PortfolioMNL Arrives - The Premier Online Portfolio Website brings Businesses & …
The newest online platform revolutionizes a new vision for the Philippine creative industry. PortfolioMNL brings together the country’s best creative talent and the businesses seeking to hire them in one creative jobsite – changing the way creatives are found and hired.
By building an online creatives database with work samples and Visual Resumes, PortfolioMNL directly responds the current difficulties in finding the right creative partners. It puts the entire creative industry…
SGS Establishes First Independent Laboratory for Natural Stone and Homogeneous M …
On August 7th, 2009 SGS officially opened its first independent laboratory for natural stone and homogeneous material in Xiamen. Positioned in a leading stone production and export base in the world, the laboratory provides testing and CE certification for stone exports to European, African and Asian countries.
On August 7th, 2009 SGS China officially opened its laboratory for natural stone and homogeneous material in Xiamen in response to the high demand…
Tom Armstrong joins LEM Products as Manufacturing Manager to lead LEAN Manufactu …
LEM Products Inc., leading manufacturer of industrial identification products, adds prominent manufacturing leader to Company management.
Doylestown, PA, LEM Products Inc.
“We’ve always believed in the importance of leadership to expand our competitive edge in our industry”, says CEO of LEM Products Inc., Maureen O’Connor. “We are excited to add Tom Armstrong to our management team. Tom will oversee the expansion of our manufacturing capabilities and our commitment to…
Vigitron Expands the Video Isolation Transformer Family
Vigitron, Inc. a leading manufacturer of video transmission over Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) products has expanded the Video Isolation Transformer family.
Vigitron, Inc. expands its Video Isolation Transformer family by introducing the new Vi1061 and Vi1062, high quality miniature video isolation transformers for CCTV and A/V applications.
These compact and easy to install products are designed to eliminate the longitudinal hum which caused by earth loop currents. The Vi1061 works…
European Lead Sheet Association (ELSIA): Lead sheet producers respond to Copenha …
London, 22nd December 2009 – European lead sheet producers are leading the way in climate protection. With over 95% of products already produced from recycled metal all member companies of the European Lead Sheet Industry Association (ELSIA) have given an undertaking to reach the 100% level, and to manufacture all their products exclusively from recycled material, with immediate effect. With this remarkable commitment, the lead sheet manufacturers are setting a…
SGS to Offer Additional Free Webinars on Mechanical Integrity Data Management
Answering the high demand for SGS´s free webinar on optimization of mechanical integrity data management the company now offers two additional sessions in January.
To widen asset integrity management professionals´ knowledge on the management of mechanical integrity data SGS launches a new series of free webinars. Titled “Have You Truly Optimized the Management of Your Mechanical Integrity Data?,” the webinar will take place in January 2010. Participants will learn ways to…
All Services Electric & Design Launches Website as an Indiana Electrical Resourc …
Cedar Lake, Indiana - January 4, 2009 – All Services Electric & Design today announced the launch of allserviceselectric.net as an information portal for Cedar Lake area home owners and businesses to find information about electrical projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of electrical tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Indiana’s primary resource for residential and commercial electrical tips.
Future plans…
Joyous Sound A/V Installation Launches Website as an Oklahoma Audio and Video Re …
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - December 29, 2009 – Joyous Sound A/V Installation today announced the launch of joyoussounds.com as an information portal for Oklahoma City area home owners and businesses to find information about audio and video projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of audio and video tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Oklahoma’s primary resource for residential and commercial…
PaceControls Signs Partnership with BlueStar Energy, Leading National Competitiv …
December 23, 2009--Philadelphia, PA--BlueStar Energy (bluestarenergy.com), ranked by Inc. magazine as the nation’s fastest-growing electric supplier, and PaceControls have signed an agreement to deploy PaceControls' energy efficiency solutions throughout BlueStar Energy's operating regions in the Midwest and along the East Coast.
In addition to helping its customers to buy their electricity at the best rates available, using its award-winning energy IT platform, BlueStar Energy's innovative Be Green. Save Green.™ program delivers…
Overhead Crane Users in Northern Ireland to Get a Lift with a Workshop on Wheels
Following a deal with Gunnebo Industries, Street Crane Company, the largest industrial crane company in the UK is now able to offer a fuller service to customers in Northern Ireland. Under the agreement Gunnebo (incorporating W H Scott and Sons), based in Mallusk, will have six Street Crane trained engineers on hand 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, for crane installation, service and support.
The Gunnebo team will…
