One Week Remains to submit comments on ISO strategic plan.
There is one week left in which to submit input to ANSI on the consultation document for the ISO Strategic Plan 2011-2015. Interested stakeholders are urged to submit comments by June 5, 2009 and register for the related ANSI workshop, which will be held June 25-26 in Washington, D.C. While various issues and related specific questions are featured in the consultation document, respondents should...
Read More »IPC White Paper offers facts on HDI technology.
An Executive Overview of HDI, The Reality of HDI: Fact vs. Myth clarifies facts and misconceptions surrounding high-density interconnect (HDI) technology. Developed by IPC PCB Management Council Steering Committee, it offers key reasons to support manufacture of HDI PCBs and facts regarding expense. Paper addresses ways HDI helps meet industry demands and presents survey results and analysis of...
Read More »Wi-Fi Alliance® updates network certification program.
Wi-Fi Alliance has updated Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2-®) Enterprise security protocol, part of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) program, to increase number of extensible authentication protocol methods (EAP types) supported in certification testing from 5 to 7. It has added EAP-FAST and EAP-AKA to program, with Open System Consultants authentication server joining Microsoft and Devicescape servers in...
Read More »Gifford Named Zeus Director of International Sales
ORANGEBURG, SC May 29, 2009 - Zeus, Inc., a global leader in high performance polymer extrusions, has named Timothy Gifford as its Director of International Sales. Gifford is experienced in general management, international sales, and business development within the manufacturing, financial, industrial, and energy industries. His official start date with Zeus was May 18, 2009. We are pleased to...
Read More »Imperial Systems, Inc. has Launched a Fully Redesigned Website!
Imperial Systems, Inc., a leader in the dust collection industry, has launched a fully redesigned website at www.isystemsweb.com. The new content-rich site provides viewers with easy-to-navigate paths to help guide and simplify dust collection decisions. Product areas of the site include features and technical data, downloadable literature, customer installation photos, videos and more. Visitors...
Read More »ThyssenKrupp Safway Honored with Numerous Safety Awards During May
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) presented ThyssenKrupp Safway with five awards for Meritorious Safety Performance at its annual awards banquet in May. ThyssenKrupp Safway was commended for overall excellence and execution of safety knowledge throughout 2008 at the following jobsites: BP Cherry Point (Bellingham, Wash.): zero recordables for nearly 120,000 manhours worked...
Read More »Lease Equipment During Tough Times
One of the most important benefits of leasing is having use of the equipment necessary to keep your business current in a forever changing world regardless of the economic environment. Equipment is vital to meet and exceed the demanding needs of consumers for virtually any type of business. Although leasing has been used in our civilization for centuries, when capital is low, it becomes the most...
Read More »SIEB & MEYER USA Announces Formation of Team Innovation
Provide OEMs and specialty machine builders a development team with a combined 145 years of experience developing unique solutions for CNC and motion control projects. This 5 man team can react quickly with unique high-performance solutions for very complex machine applications. Cincinnati, Ohio - SIEB & MEYER USA offers customized CNC and motion control systems all engineered, developed and...
Read More »Telecom Operators express support for new Broadband Forum.
Telecommunications operators BT, Orange, and Verizon welcomed the announcement of a union between the Broadband Forum and the IP/MPLS Forum. This consolidation in the standards and specifications community creates a Broadband Forum with over 200 members, comprising service providers, vendors, chip manufacturers, and regulatory bodies from across the world. It is expected to be increasingly...
Read More »AMT Urges Protection of technology suppliers.
To ensure the continued strength of American manufacturing, AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology has urged Congress and the Administration to protect the manufacturing technology supplier base in the wake of GM's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Douglas K. Woods, AMT President, pointed out that One critical action that government can take right now is to expand the Auto Supplier...
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