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Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), welcomes the latest commitment to raise the profile of apprenticeships with open arms and hopes this will achieve greater parity between skills education and the non-vocational route.

Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), welcomes the Government’s plans to make it easier for firms to engage in apprenticeship training.

The introduction of a new scheme to get skilled workers back into jobs has been welcomed by vocational awarding body EAL, but the industry expert warns that more needs to be done to avoid a skills crisis in manufacturing.

Quality must be maintained, EAL advises after Government announce £250m vocational training boost The Government’s £250 million plan to boost vocational training programmes has been welcomed by EAL, which advises businesses to work with an industry awarding organisation to ensure quality of development and delivery.

Vision systems integrator, Olmec-UK Ltd, has announced the expansion of its mechanical design and on-site installation departments in response to significantly increased levels of business. Petra Millberg has joined the design group, while Andrew Pounder has strengthened the company’s on-site systems integration team.

The electronics industry’s eyes will be on Productronica, the world’s leading electronics production tradeshow, which will take place in Munich, Germany, from November 13th through 16th, 2007. From the key players on the global market to the sector’s innovative start-ups, the international electronics production industry is preparing for its most important event, where they have traditionally come up to speed on the latest developments. Top...

Analog Devices has introduced a high-bandwidth MEMS vibration sensor to help factory floor operators better monitor equipment performance and reduce costly downtime due to unforeseen system failures. Based on Analog Devices’ iMEMS Motion Signal Processing technology, the new ADXL001 industrial vibration and shock sensor for the first time allows industrial equipment designers to cost-effectively incorporate high-performance, dependable high-ban...

Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the expansion of its industry-leading TruPwr RF power detector product family with the introduction of a new integrated device for 3G and 4G mobile terminals. The ADL5504 is a highly accurate, easy-to-use means of determining the RMS (root mean square) power of complex waveforms. It can be used for power measurements of both simple and complex waveforms and is particularly useful for measuring high crest facto...

Analog Devices will be demonstrating how its iMEMS (integrated micro electrical mechanical systems) Motion Signal Processing technology enables many innovative products at ISPO Winter, one of the most important sports and lifestyle exhibitions in Europe.

As high-end computing becomes more of a necessity in space, there currently exists a large gap between what is available to satellite manufacturers and the state of the commercial processor industry. As a result, Maxwell Technologies has developed a Super Computer for Space that utilizes a combination of the latest commercial Silicon-on-Insulator PowerPC processors, state-of-the-art memory modules and radiation tolerant FPGA's to achieve space-qu...