Press Releases by Category Industry, Real Estate & Construction
Linear Technology | LTC4227: Dual Ideal Diode & Hot Swap Controllers Save Power …
MILPITAS, CA – March 14, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4227, a compact, dual ideal diode with Hot Swap™ controller that provides PowerPath™ and inrush current control for redundant supplies operating from 2.9V to 18V. The LTC4227 regulates the forward voltage drop across two external N-channel MOSFETs to ensure smooth current transfer between supplies in diode-OR applications. The ideal diodes replace two high power Schottky diodes and…
Linear Technology | LTC3869/-2:Dual Output Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controlle …
MILPITAS, CA – March 9, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3869/-2, a dual output high efficiency (up to 95%) synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with well balanced current sharing between channels when paralleled. This controller can maintain better than +/-4% current mismatch between channels during steady state and transient conditions when both outputs are paralleled due to its low 2mV sense voltage maximum mismatch. The device’s 4V to 38V…
Linear Technology | LTC2632 and LTC2633: 12-/10-/8-Bit Dual SPI/ I2C DACs Integr …
MILPITAS, CA – March 15, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the
LTC2632 and LTC2633 families of dual 12-bit, 10-bit and 8-bit rail-to-rail, voltage output digital-to-analog converters (DACs), with serial SPI (LTC2632) and I2C (LTC2633) interfaces. The LTC2632 and LTC2633 dual DACs complete Linear’s family of tiny 12-bit, 10-bit, and
8-bit voltage output DACs with internal references. The LTC263x family of single, dual, quad and octal DACs offers a versatile…
Digi-Key Corporation Achieves $1.5 Billion Sales Milestone
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA – Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation surpassed $1.5 billion in global sales for the first time in 2010, generating a half-billion dollars in the fourth quarter alone. The record-setting total represents a 64 percent year-over-year sales increase for the electronic components distributor.
Design engineers, equipment manufacturers, innovators and hobbyists rely on Digi-Key for both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components. Digi-Key offers more than 1.8…
Larox Flowsys Introduces Knife Gate Valves
Larox Heavy Duty Knife Gate Valves are engineered to be used in tough environments with demanding media in the same industrial applications as company’s well known pinch valves.
Larox Knife Gate valves are built with a cast body and features a robust stainless steel gate. Removable seats on either side of the gate provide a bi-directional bubble tight seal, with no metal parts in contact with the slurry when…
ViscoTec at exhibition SNEC in Shanghai
Chinese photovoltaic exhibition - highlight for the Manufacturing Industry
From February 22th -24th 2011 the SNEC, one of the largest photovoltaic shows in the world, took place in Shanghai. In 13 exhibition halls 1.818 exhibitors from over 60 countries presented everything around the use of solar energy. approximately 180.000 visitors could learn about the full range of wafer and module manufacturers to providers of solar systems for end customers. Another focus…
Is confidence returning to the property market in Dubai?
Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) has confirmed that Dubai will move ahead with 220 residential property projects this year.
"We have 220 projects that are going on. We have evaluated projects and those are moving forward," confirmed Marwan Bin Ghalaita, the chief executive of RERA.
In 2010 RERA cancelled 202 projects, but this year there have already been a total of 115 new property developments launched in Dubai and more are…
Rosendin Electric Rallies to Help Rebuild Haitian Sacred Heart Hospital
Bay Area Electrical Contractor and its Vendors Donate $150,000 in Material to Rewire Haitian Hospital Following 2010 Earthquake
SAN JOSE, CA (March 17, 2011) – Rosendin Electric, Inc., the nation’s largest private electrical contractor and a 100% employee-owned company, has been working behind the scenes with their own Haitian Earthquake Relief program. When the Bay Area office was approached by Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB) to help find materials needed to…
Altuglas International increases prices of its PMMA acrylic resins
Altuglas International will increase prices per metric ton of its PMMA resins product range marketed under the Altuglas® trademark.
This price increase will be implemented to all shipments from April 1st 2011 in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The price revision is the result of both high market demand, low monomer availability and raw materials price increase.
Altuglas® resins are aimed at the automotive, construction, medical and consumer goods…
Charles Rutenberg Realty Welcomes New Associate Broker Tony Romano
Charles Rutenberg Realty, specializing in residential properties in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings and Westchester Counties, is pleased to announce the addition of Tony Romano as Associate Broker.
Mr. Romano previously worked at JCH Realty Corp. in Levittown. He is a member of the National Association of REALTORS and the New York State Association of REALTORS. He resides in Dix Hills.
“I really liked Charles Rutenberg Realty’s business model, which is…
New Guide to Heating and Cooling Systems is Helping Metro Atlanta Residents Beco …
Atlanta, GA - The new Atlanta HVAC Guide website is designed to help metro Atlanta homeowners take control of their heating and cooling decisions by informing them about their options in HVAC systems and providing reviews about the heating and cooling contractors in business in the greater Atlanta area.
Roswell resident Bill Keaton recently located a contractor on AtlantaHVACGuide.com to repair his central air conditioner and had these comments. “While…
SLR CONSULTING HELPS GAIN PLANNING PERMISSION FOR FIRST GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY G …
SLR Consulting has successfully obtained planning permission for the development and operation of the first geothermal energy generation plant in Ireland.
Working on behalf of Newcastle Energy Ltd, SLR scoped, prepared and submitted the planning application along with the environmental impact statement. Planning permission was granted by South Dublin County Council to begin developing the renewable energy source within just four months with no third party appeals against the decision. …
Roman Roads not Roman after all?
A discovery at Tarmac’s Bayston Hill quarry in Shropshire has thrown into question the belief that Roman invaders introduced roads to Britain.
Excavations carried out by environmental consultants SLR at the site suggest that the Romans may have made use of existing roads engineered by Iron Age Britons.
The find shows that a metalled and cambered roadway, was constructed in the first century BC – 100 years before the Emperor…
SLR supporting Mauritania in the sustainable development of geosciences and mine …
Environmental firm SLR Consulting is working on behalf the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in West Africa, to facilitate the restructuring of the country’s key public geoscience bodies.
Part of the World Bank’s PRISM programme , the project aims to assist in the mineral exploration and sustainable development of the country’s extensive mining resources.
Providing technical assistance such as mine auditing, SLR has carried out a diagnostic assessment of corporate…
SLR completes Oil Spill Waste Processing Guide
Environmental firm SLR Consulting has developed a guide to the processing of waste arising from a potential clean-up of sections of UK shoreline which could be affected by marine oil spills.
The project, for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, covers all aspects of the planning and development of appropriate strategies to process the oily waste generated in such incidents. It is intended to assist Local Authority Contingency Planners and…
Waste infrastructure support tool scoops RTPI Planning Award
A waste infrastructure support tool developed to help promote a low carbon economy has won a coveted Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) award.
The tool was developed on behalf of the regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands (AWM), by environmental consultants SLR Consulting working together with global real estate services firm DTZ. The project was victorious within the ‘Spatial Strategies’ category at the RTPI awards ceremony held at the London…
SLR MAKES INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITION HAT-TRICK
SLR, a leading international environmental firm based in the UK, has acquired Metago, a South African firm providing environmental consultancy services to the mining industry throughout sub-Saharan Africa and Australia.
The deal is SLR’s third international acquisition in 13 months and follows the purchase of Australian environmental consultancy Heggies (Pty) Limited and Alaskan firm Hoefler Consulting Group last year.
Metago, founded in 1994, is an employee owned company and has 63…
Wilmington Painting Company Launches New Website For Homeowners To Learn More Ab …
Wallace, NC March 17, 2011 – Johnson Home Construction today announced the launch of johnsonhomeconstruction.com as an information portal for Wilmington home owners to find information about painting, remodeling and home improvement concerns. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of home painting tips the website is anticipated to quickly become Wilmington’s primary resource web site for interior and exterior painting.
Future plans include educational…
VMG’s President/CEO Set To Speak At MBA’s National Fraud Issues Conference On Be …
Valuation Management Group’s very own President/CEO and current President of The Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition (GREFPAC)Vicky Thompson is honored and excited to speak at MBA’s 2011 National Fraud Issues Conference on behalf of GREFPAC that will be held in Ft. Lauderdale Florida from March 27th-30th. The MBA’s Fraud Conference is held every year with the initiative to combat mortgage fraud against lenders. The conference evaluates topics…
New Home Page Provides Fast and Explicit Information on Special Emitters
In March 2011, Heraeus Noblelight, manufacturer of special light sources from UV to IR, introduced a comprehensive relaunch of its internet pages. Many customer suggestions and wishes have been included in the modernisation of the site. Product information and application examples of UV lamps, UV LEDs, arc- and flash lamps as well as infrared technology have been substantially expanded. The new pages contain comprehensive information on IR and UV special…
Free Quotes for New York Steel Buildings Available at CitySteelBuildings.com
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Free quotes for steel buildings in New York have been announced at the steel building resource, CitySteelBuildings.com (http://www.citysteelbuildings.com/). City Steel Buildings renders free steel building assistance throughout U.S. To obtain free quotes for steel metal buildings in New York, a no-obligation form can be filled at: http://www.citysteelbuildings.com/newyork/.
The steel building resource offers free steel building quotes for industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential steel buildings all over U.S. Interested users…
New IXXAT sales office in Switzerland
With its new sales office in Switzerland, IXXAT reacts to the increasing demand for CAN and Industrial Ethernet products, especially from Switzerland. Together with Mr. Johannes Haag, a long-standing and experienced IXXAT distributor, the new sales office was opened on March 1st, 2011. From now on, IXXAT is able to respond even better and faster to the demands and requirements of its Swiss customers. Johannes Haag has a degree in…
RELO Direct® President and CEO Bob Portale Receives Distinguished Service Award
CHICAGO– (3/15/11) – Robert A. Portale, president and CEO of RELO Direct®, has been awarded both the Distinguished Service Award and Senior Relocation Professional designation by Worldwide ERC®. Portale was selected for this award based upon his numerous personal and professional contributions to the Worldwide ERC® organization.
“I am extremely gratified to have been chosen for this honor,” Portale said. “It has been my privilege to have…
Charles Rutenberg Realty Welcomes New Associate Broker Vera Atamian
Charles Rutenberg Realty, specializing in residential properties in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings and Westchester Counties, is pleased to announce the addition of Vera Atamian as Associate Broker.
Ms. Atamian owned and operated her own Real Estate firm in Garden City for 20 years before joining Charles Rutenberg Realty. She resides in Melville.
Her son, Anthony Marmorale, also works as an Associate Broker at Charles Rutenberg Realty and they formed a team…
Brady Expands Fayetteville Operations
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (March 16, 2011) — Brady (bradyservices.com), a company that provides high-efficiency HVAC systems and comprehensive building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities across North Carolina, welcomes two new associates to its Fayetteville team. Mike Warren has joined as a service technician, while Johnnie Moore has joined the parts store as a salesperson.
Warren previously served with Damuth Trane prior to joining Brady. He has seven years of HVAC…
Competence Center for Refinery Processes
In oil refineries, increasing uptime, minimizing corrosion and reducing waste and chemical use are ever present challenge.
METTLER TOLEDO has created a competence center for the oil refining and petrochemical industries that examines these problems and offers solutions based on the use of process analytical measurements.
The competence center presents systems for monitoring pH, ORP, oxygen, conductivity and turbidity, and explains how METTLER TOLEDO sensors, housings and transmitters have been designed…
Light Bureau: Lighting Design Award For KPMG, 15 Canada Square
Light Bureau has scooped the top prize in the Workplace Lighting category at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards.
The ceremony, held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane saw over 700 of the UK’s top lighting personnel gather to celebrate the very best of lighting design projects from the past 12 months.
Light Bureau was awarded winner in the Workplace Lighting category for their work at KPMG’s new Canary Wharf headquarters project.…
Countrywide reports marginal improvements in the housing market
There were some modest signs of improvement in the residential housing sector, with buyer, tenant and mortgage applications increasing in February; according to Countrywide, the UK's largest Property Services Group.
Property viewings - one of the leading indicators of buyer appetite - increased by 40 percent in February[1] across Countrywide's network of 1,300 estate agency and lettings offices. The number of sales agreed also rose 47 percent[2] in February; however, overall…
Major Structural Elements at Heathrow T2 completed on Time with Bamtec Roll-Out …
Under a four million pound contract, Hy-Ten has supplied rollout reinforcement for the concrete aprons that form the structural core of the new Heathrow T2 building. Main contractors Laing O’Rourke and engineers HETCo turned to Hy-Ten, suppliers of the Bamtec steel reinforcement system to buy time in the delivery of the project.
One of the largest construction projects in the UK, and certainly the most time critical, the new…
GOEPEL electronic extends support for Boundary Scan Applications throughout the …
At the Embedded World trade show in Nuremberg/Germany, GOEPEL electronic introduces the support of multi protocol interface chips from the British company Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) for their utilisation as native Boundary Scan controllers. The single-chip solutions with USB2.0 control will be used in the recently developed PicoTAP™ Boundary Scan controllers. Additionally, they can be included in customer designs to implement onboard system-level JTAG applications. This compatibility enables the…
CONEXPO Show in Las Vegas: BOMAG informs on its highlights
Construction equipment manufacturer BOMAG informs on its highlights at the 2011 CONEXPO Show in Las Vegas on a special website ( www.bomag.com/conexpo ). Apart from short product introductions and a selection of photos the website offers downloads such as data sheets and leaflets as well as a floor plan and a contact sheet. The products highlights featured on the website are the light tandem roller BW 900-50, the multipurpose compactor…
Neilsoft at the HANNOVER MESSE 2011
Germany 4 - 8 April 2011 - Neilsoft will be a part of the trade delegation to Hannover Messe, Germany from 04-08 April 2011. The delegation is a part of an ongoing initiative by NASSCOM to increase partnership opportunities across borders and project Indian engineering capabilities at key global destinations. A multi-disciplinary specialist engineering services & solutions company, Neilsoft is backed by it’s superior technology understanding, domain experts embedded in…
Charles Rutenberg Realty Welcomes New Associate Broker Lloyd Yearwood
Charles Rutenberg Realty, specializing in residential properties in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings and Westchester Counties, is pleased to announce the addition of Lloyd Yearwood as Associate Broker.
Previously, Mr. Yearwood spent eleven years with Realty Executives in Valley Stream. He is a member of the National Association of REALTORS, the Long Island Board of REALTORS, Multiple Listing Services of Long Island and the New York State Association of REALTORS.
“I…
Krayden Introduces New Heat Sink Compound from Dow Corning
DENVER — March 2011 — Krayden, Inc., a leading distributor of engineered materials, introduces Dow Corning’s 340 Heat Sink Compound. The compound features a high thermal conductivity, providing low bleed benefits.
Dow Corning 340 is composed of a grease-like silicone-based fluid. The fluid is thickened with a heat conductive metal oxide filler that gives the compound its high thermal conductivity, low bleed benefits and high temperature stability. The compound can resist…
Competence Center for Starch Processes
In the starch and starch sweetener industries, process conditions are very demanding. Consequently, in-line analyzers have to provide a reliable, real-time solution that will help you control quality and increase efficiency.
METTLER TOLEDO has created a competence center that examines challenges in the starch and starch sweetener industries and offers solutions based on the use of process analytical measurements. The competence center presents solutions for monitoring pH, ORP, oxygen, conductivity and…
GPI Prototype to present Additive Manufacturing technologies at Design & Manufac …
Lake Bluff, Illinois – GPI Prototype announced that it will showcase and present its additive manufacturing capabilities at Design & Manufacturing South 2011 in Orlando, Florida on March 16th-17th 2011. GPI Prototype will be located at booth 624 and be available to answer questions regarding additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping. GPI will also be exhibiting at the Design & Manufacturing New England in Boston Massachusetts from April 6th-7th…
Altuglas® launches its new private European website
Altuglas International, European leader in cast acrylic sheet, has just launched its new private website. This is a new showcase for the Altuglas® brand, giving professional users on the Internet a foretaste of the world of PMMA acrylic sheet and providing a sure knowledge-base for established professional users.
This private area is for professional users only: architects, designers, development engineers, processors of plastics, manufacturers, sign-makers and craftsmen, as well as…
Cutting-edge ‘Taxi-cams’ keep taxi drivers safe
Vehicle safety specialist, Vision Techniques, has launched a range of cost effective CCTV camera systems designed specifically for taxis and municipal vehicles.
Taxi drivers who use the new ‘Taxi-Cams’ system when making pick-ups will not only ensure their own safety, but should help to deter passengers from misconduct. The system is also very effective during the hours of darkness with its own low light technology.
The new technology deters anti-social…
Dixons Estate Agents expand network in Birmingham
Rising confidence in the Birmingham property market has enabled Dixons to expand its branch network across the Midlands with the opening of a new flagship branch in Birmingham City Centre.
Operating for over 80 years, the growing market across the Midlands has enabled Dixons to open its 36th office in the region.
The new branch is situated opposite the entrance to Birmingham's renowned Mailbox in Westside on the Suffolk Queensway in Birmingham,…
think project supports project management of Cadagua desalination plant in Ajman
Spanish company Cadagua, subsidiary of Ferrovial Agroman and recognised specialist for the provision of engineering and construction services in desalination plants, has chosen online project collaboration platform, think project!, for a plant construction project in Ajman. think project! enables all project participants to work on a central platform to securely access and exchange information and documents at any time and from any place.
Awarded a contract estimated at US$55 million…
Testing of RJ connections – Testplugs for RJ45, RJ11, RJ12
Radolfzell, Germany, 15.03.2011
End-of-line testing of electronic equipment is becoming increasingly significant as an important component of modern testing strategies, both in the telecommunications industry as well as in the automotive and industrial electronics. Today's standardization of plug connections is essential for an economically meaningful development of efficient and highly wear resistant test plugs.
RJ connections are modular plugs and sockets, which are used for telephone and network wiring worldwide. As early…
Switch from surveillance to protection underway for unmanned aerial vehicles cou …
No other weapon has changed the way the US military wages war in recent years like the unmanned aerial vehicle. Since 2006, the amount of time spent on operations involving unmanned systems have grown from about 165,000 hours to more than 550,000 hours annually.
And the increasing effectiveness of unmanned aerial systems is changing the way infrastructure protection and missile defence globally.
Peter Sapaty, Director of Distributed Simulation for the National…
Sixth Annual Frontier Award Winners Announced
RALEIGH, N.C. (March 10, 2011) – TCAR (TCAR.com), the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS®, announced today 2011 Frontier Award winners. The sixth annual event honored the top commercial real estate brokers. Recognitions were given based on transaction size and volume in areas of specialty, service to the real estate industry and community involvement.
“We have such a diverse and talented group of commercial real estate professionals who remain committed to making…
Ramsey Heavy Duty Silent Chain Couplings Replace Morse Couplings
Ramsey Products manufactures a full line of silent chain couplings that are fully interchangeable with chain couplings formerly produced by Morse. Replacements are available for standard Morse silent chain couplings, as well as Morse SA chain couplings.
Each Ramsey chain coupling consists of two fully machined, alloy carbon steel sprockets with hardened teeth, enclosed by a Ramsey silent chain. Coupling chains are sized to maximize the area in contact with sprocket…
James Bond Test™ MK III Developed for Adhesion, Bond and Other Tensile Strength …
James Instruments Inc. manufacturer of the world's most advanced Non Destructive Test Equipment for construction materials has developed the James Bond Test MK III for measuring the bond strength/tensile strength/adhesion strength of concrete, asphalt, tile, concrete repair, or other overlay material by the direct tension or pull off method. It uses disc attached to the material under test to,
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Measure the…
EXPO21XX opens trade fair No. 16
EXPO21XX is expanding! By Opening the trade fair SENSORS & CONTROLS 21XX starting in March 2011, EXPO21XX extends its portfolio of industrial trade exhibitions. The trade show specializing in sensors, metrology and process control, offers international manufacturers and suppliers a platform to display their solutions to a professional audience. In addition to the whole variety of sensors such as Rotary, Safety, Micro & Nano Sensors the visitors will discover…
Irish Fridge Rental Company Launches On-Site Storage Campaign
Dublin based cold storage company Fridge Rentals Ireland today announced that they were launching their on-site storage campaign. A campaign that they believe will make Irish companies aware of how they can reduce costs by turning to companies such as Fridge Rentals for on-site cold storage as an inexpensive alternative to renting cold storage units to be kept on their own premises.
‘Turning to companies such as ours for on-site storage,…
The MACK Group 2010 Safety Record
The MACK Group is Pleased to Announce 2010 to be a Year of Non-Recordable Incidents and Continued EMR of Below 1.0.
The MACK Group is proud to announce that the 2010 year was a year of non-recordable OSHA incidents and another year since its start of an EMR rating of below 1.0. A record like this can only be accomplished through the dedication to safety and teamwork of our employees,…
Big Island Resort Real Estate on the Kohala Coast Heats Up
Kohala Coast, HI – Brookfield Homes Hawaii (brookfieldkamilo.com) announced an increased demand for new single family and paired homes on the Kohala Coast in the first quarter of 2011 over previous months. The Hawaii real estate developer reported increased sales activity at KaMilo at Mauna Lani Resort (http://www.brookfieldkamilo.com/blog/big-island-real-estate-for-sale-heats-up/), a private gated community of 137 homes on the golf course that is located on the Kohala Coast.
“It’s becoming more and…
Access Display Group Boosts Sales by 52% in 2010
Freeport, New York (March 11, 2011) 2010 brought a 52% increase in sales for Access Display Group (ADG), a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of changeable poster displays, sign frames and other signage display frame fixtures.
2010 was a busy, productive year for ADG. In addition to increasing its sales by 52% from 2009, the company was also ranked among the fastest growing private companies in America for…
