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Sherborne Sensors achieves AS9100C certification for precision Inclinometers, Accelerometers and Force Transducers
Sherborne Sensors has successfully completed AS9100 Rev C certification, the internationally recognized quality management system for commercial aviation, space and defence organizations. The AS9100 standard includes the fundamental ISO9001 quality management standard, as well as nearly 100 additional requirements specifically designed to address the stringent, complex and unique demands of the defence and commercial aerospace industry and has re...
Intelligent Lighting: Realising Responsive, Smart Illumination
Intelligent lighting: realising responsive, smart illumination By Dr. Harry Zervos, Technology Analyst The concept of intelligent lighting has drastically changed in recent years, moving away from applications relating to stage lighting and non-stationary illumination in order to encompass sustainability in energy consumption, through the ability to wirelessly control on/off and dimming/brightening functions according to sensory input from th...
Fisita Launches ‘Your Future In Automotive’ Website & Resources For Students And Young Engineers
There are very few sectors where technology and innovation move faster than the automotive industry, an industry which offers well-respected and well-paid long-term career opportunities for today’s graduates. However according to a PriceWaterHouseCoopers report in 2011, 46% of automotive CEOs say the task of finding the right talent is becoming increasingly difficult, predominantly because there are not enough skilled candidates. In fact, 56% (...
Successful Launch By Armacell For Fire Class Insulation Materials
Armacell celebrated a successful premiere of their latest Armaflex Ultima insulation material at the ISO’12 European trade fair for insulation technology which was held recently in Cologne. With this blue elastomeric foam, Armacell is believed to be the first manufacturer to offer a flexible insulation material which achieves European fire class B-s1, d0.
STMicroelectronics to discuss MEMS industry insights at SEMICON Taiwan 2012 MEMS Forum
STMicroelectronics has today revealed that Benedetto Vigna, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group, will deliver a keynote speech at the SEMICON Taiwan 2012 MEMS Forum to address the key factors of ST’s leadership and the new trends in MEMS for the smart phone and tablet market.
Rapid Change in the Vehicle Battery Industry
By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx Manufacturers of vehicle batteries were in a slow moving industry based on lead-acid batteries. However, they are now in an era of very rapid change. Product re-positioning and new technology can make the difference between high sustainable profits and oblivion.
Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report released by Renesas
Renesas has today released the English edition of its Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2012 (Social and Environmental), which is available online here. The CSR Report serves as a significant communication tool with the company's stakeholders and introduces Renesas Group's engagement in CSR and environmental preservation efforts and further promotes these activities for the future.
The Benefits of Automated Labelling
With improvements in the available labelling technology and the increasingly accessible nature of these solutions, the onus is now on organisations of all sizes to ensure that they adopt robust, highly integrated processes for printing and verifying labels.Yet with information typically being pulled from multiple systems, often globally, ensuring the imagery matches the words and that both comply with regional and international regulations is bot...
EuroBLECH 2012 – For a sustainable future of the global sheet metal working industry
From 23 - 27 October 2012, the 22nd International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition will open its doors again in Hanover, Germany. As the World’s No. 1 exhibition and business barometer for the sheet metal working industry, the show offers its audience a comprehensive idea of the prevailing technological trends and economic situation. Currently the economic outlook for the industry sector is cautiously positive. Despite some uncertainty...
Robert Bosch GmbH becomes the first company from the automotive sector to join the AVX “Solutions for Hope” Project
AVX Corporation announced today that the major automotive electronic part manufacturer Robert Bosch GmbH, has joined the AVX “Solutions for Hope” Project. “We are very pleased to have Bosch, one of the world’s premier electronics suppliers to the automotive sector participate in our project,” said Peter Collis Executive Vice President of the AVX tantalum division.