Industry News
Wireless sensors: an eye for the future
Soon you will begin to hear about wireless sensor networks used everywhere in Asia, from farms to factories.
[ + ]Web-enabling your PLC
Enough has been written during the past couple years to convince most plant managers of the benefits of connecting plant floor equipment and processes to the internet or intranet.
[ + ]Matthews signs to EPCglobal Australia
Matthews Intelligent Identification has signed to EPCglobal Australia, the peak industry body establishing RFID standards for the supply chain.
[ + ]Schneider Electric acquires Dinel
Schneider Electric has acquired Dinel, a French company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide array of innovative opto-electronic products.
[ + ]Coke output doubles
BHP Billiton plans an aggressive near-doubling of its coking coal production over the next five years to meet the China-inspired surge in demand for carbon steelmaking materials through mine expansions and developments in Queensland, NSW and Indonesia.
[ + ]Sage wins laurels
Six of South Australia's most talented entrepreneurs were honoured recently at the Central Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards.
[ + ]ABB takes over Stromberg
ABB announced it has taken over the distribution rights for the Stromberg range of switches and fuses in Australia.
[ + ]DSI Asia/Pacific appoints managing director
Data Systems International Asia/Pacific (DSI A/P), provider of wireless data collection technology to a wide range of industries within the supply chain, has announced the appointment of a new managing director.
[ + ]Future materials here now
Areas such as IT, biotechnology, nanotechnology, microelectronics, telecommunications and environmental management all rely to a great degree on materials technology as an important underpinning technology.
[ + ]HP unveils Linux laptop
Hewlett-Packard began shipping its first notebook computer to come pre-installed with the Linux operating system.
[ + ]WorkCover announces work safety awards
A new annual state awards scheme to promote and recognise high standards of occupational health and safety in NSW workplaces was announced recently by WorkCover NSW Chief Executive Officer, Jon Blackwell.
[ + ]Madison Technologies to distribute Rheyflex
Madison Technologies will now host the Rheyflex cable brand in Australia after the company's recent appointment as the master distributor of Nexans' Rheyflex range of flexible control cables.
[ + ]Carbon nanotubes eliminate manufacturing woes
Researchers at the US national Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that the addition of carbon nanotubes to a common commercial polymer, polypropylene, leads to dramatic changes in how the molten polymer flows.
[ + ]International collaboration with PACE
Monash University has recently become the first university in Australia to join forces with Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE).
[ + ]Eutech wins again
For the second time, Eutech Instruments has been conferred the prestigious Market Engineering Award for Product Line Strategy 2003 by market research company, Frost and Sullivan.
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