A Million Strikes And Still Counting: Meteoric Sales Of The ASC-6X Lightning Strike Counter
June 2009. Alltec Corporation's ASC-6X Lightning Strike Counter continues to calculate localized lightning strikes with fury. This product has been specifically designed to monitor incidences of direct lightning strike to structures and outdoor equipment. The Lightning Strike Counter keeps track of the number of times that a facility or equipment has suffered a direct strike and can assist in...
Read More »Abstracts invited for Geosynthetic Materials workshop.
Abstracts are invited in support of Geosynthetic Materials Durability: Field and Laboratory Experiences workshop, scheduled for Jan 29, 2010. Workshop will focus on all types of geosynthetic materials durability in both covered and exposed applications. Four parts will include long term field experiences under various environment conditions, accelerated weathering studies, polymers and additive...
Read More »Nominations open for 2009 Leadership and Service Awards.
With nominations due by July 17, ANSI's 2009 Leadership and Service Awards are presented as part of World Standards Week to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to voluntary consensus standardization and conformity assessment programs. Representatives of industry, government, academia, consumer organizations, and U.S. voluntary consensus standards and conformity...
Read More »Committees to work on health information infrastructure.
Formed under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, HIT Policy Committee is charged with making recommendations to David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, on policy framework for development and adoption of national interoperable health information infrastructure. HIT Standards Committee will make recommendations on standards, implementation...
Read More »Voluntary Standards cover hemodialyzers and airport terminals.
Developed by AAMI, ANSI/AAMI RD47:2008, Reprocessing of Hemodialyzers, covers personnel and patient considerations as well as processes for physical plant and environmental safety, patient identification and hemodialyzer labeling, reprocessing and storage procedures, patient monitoring, and quality assurance/control. NFPA 415 - 2008 standard, developed by NFPA, specifies minimum fire protection...
Read More »Standard and Report focus on preventing spread of disease.
As part of worldwide effort to contain spread of infectious diseases, ISO and IEC have developed Technical Report and International Standard that guide use of medical equipment for fever screening. ISO/TR 13154:2009 covers deployment, implementation, and operational guidelines for identifying febrile humans using screening thermograph, while IEC 80601-2-59:2008 addresses technical requirements...
Read More »Marion Blakey comments on NASA leadership nominations.
According to AIA CEO Marion Blakey, AIA is pleased with President Obama's nominations of retired General Charles Bolden as NASA administrator and Lori Garver as deputy administrator. Together, Bolden and Garver's leadership, experience, and vision will guide NASA at a very important time when decisions about future of America's space leadership will be made on several fronts. AIA and its members...
Read More »Marion Blakey comments on confirmation of FAA Administrator.
According to AIA CEO Marion Blakey, AIA is pleased that Senate has unanimously confirmed Randy Babbitt as FAA Administrator. With years of aviation experience as pilot, labor negotiator, and safety expert, he will make an excellent administrator. Mr. Babbitt has said that modernization of air transportation system is priority and AIA is looking forward to working with him.
Read More »Membership Directory provides valuable industry contacts.
With PTDA 2009 Membership Directory, users can connect with more than 400 distributors and manufacturers of power transmission/motion control products. Comprehensive alphabetical distributor listing includes complete company contact information, top executive contacts, number and location of branches, and manufacturers' lines represented by firm. Manufacturer section includes company contact...
Read More »Leading Spanish Manufacturer Partners with U.S. Company to Represent their Integrated Finishing Systems
Production Systems of High Point, NC to be U.S. Sales Representative High Point, NC - June 1, 2009 - Barberan SA of Barcelona, Spain has appointed Production Systems Inc. of High Point, North Carolina as its partner in the United States for finishing machinery. Production Systems has manufactured and integrated finishing systems for the furniture and wood products industry since 1974. Production...
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