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Farnell’s Innovative Biodegradable Packaging Wins Its Third Environmental And Sustainability Award
In just six months Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor, has won three awards for its unique biodegradable packaging. The innovative new packaging first collected the Environmental Product/Service of the Year at the UK’s Sustainability Live Environment and Energy Awards. This has been followed by the Green Organisation’s Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice and Contribution to Sustainability and the Electronic P...
BEI Kimco Announces Breakthrough in Voice Coil Actuator Miniaturization
BEI Kimco Miniature VCA VISTA, Calif. − Dec. 21, 2010 − BEI Kimco Magnetics, a company of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), Inc., has announced an exciting breakthrough in miniaturization for cylindrical shaped voice coil actuators with the introduction of the Model LA05-05-000A. The new actuator measures only 0.5 in diameter by 0.5 in length at mid-stroke, approximately 0.5 smaller than typical models on the market. This...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT BARROSO VISITS FESTO
- Strengthening EU locations with innovation, technology, education and knowledge
Single or Double Sided Coated Stainless Steel for Improved Electronic Components
Sandvik, makers of specialized steel products, announces Sandvik SantronicTM, an highly advanced technology for coating stainless steel strip which provides productivity solutions and benefits for electronic component manufacturers (tactile domes, contact springs, EMI shielding and contact applications).
PC VUE monitors US wind farms
Iberdrola Renewables, the second-largest energy provider in North America has chosen PC VUE SCADA system to monitor it´s US wind farms, producing 3,600 megawatts of wind power over 35 independent power plants. Each of the 2479 wind turbine supplies about 300 to 350 data points, which equates to approximately 700,000 to 850,000 I/O data points on nearly two dozen servers.
Kirk Environmental gains Confidence
Kirk Environmental has gained accreditation to the acclaimed Achilles Building Confidence Scheme, which has become recognised by contractors as the main standard for supplier excellence in the construction industry.
WEG CELEBRATES ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY AS A GLOBAL MAJOR IN POWER SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSMISSION, CONTROL & AUTOMATION
WEG celebrated its 50th birthday on 16th September 2011. In just five- decades the company has grown from modest beginnings, as a LV motor manufacturer in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, to a global giant with earnings exceeding US $3 billion. Along the way WEG has evolved from a proprietary supplier of electric motors to become a major global solutions provider of power supply, power distribution, power transmission and turnkey automation systems. This ...
Count On Tools Debuts PB Swiss Tools’ Titanium SwissGrip® Screwdrivers
Count On Tools Inc., introduces Titanium SwissGrip® Screwdrivers from PB Swiss Tools’ new line of high-quality, non-sparking, non-magnetic and noncorrosive Titanium Safety Tools.
Aerospace Company Offers New Full-Plane 3D Scans With Z Corporation’s ZScanner 700 PX
When a 30-year-old aircraft arrives in the hangar for retrofitting or repair, the more information engineers have the better. That’s why Texas-based aviation services company M7 Aerospace is now offering a new service to create precise, three-dimensional portraits of entire planes down to one-thousandth of an inch. To execute the job, M7 purchased a Z Corporation ZScanner® 700 PX, the world’s only handheld laser scanner that precision-scans ...
Reagent disposal – choosing the greenest option
As one of the world's largest manufacturers of instruments and reagents for water analysis, HACH LANGE has a duty to create the most environmentally friendly system possible for the management of chemical waste resulting from the use of its products. Dismissing less sustainable options, the company has invested heavily in a state of the art environment centre that handles waste reagents, bottles, cuvettes and packaging from all over Europe.