(Prudent Press Agency) --- KVA Martensitic Stainless Steel (MSS) tube and pipe are low-cost, high performance substitutes for traditional carbon steel, 12Cr and 13Cr materials. Douglas Gore, VP Sales is excited to let the world know about this new technology. KVA MSS is the patented, original and only fully martensitic, high toughness seam-welded pipe, offering unsurpassed tensile strength, hardness and wear resistance as compared to common low carbon corrosion resistant modifications such as:

Duracorr® (UNS S41003)
Cromgard® (UNS S41003)
3Cr12
410S (UNS S41008)
409 (UNS S40920)
12Cr
13Cr

(Prudent Press Agency) --- The International Mineral Association (IMA) has recently recognized the existence of a new mineral, discovered by Dr. Ronald Peterson of Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Using inXitu’s field portable X-ray diffractometer, Terra, Dr. Peterson discovered the new mineral during a research trip to Argentina. Quoting Peterson: “The identification of the new mineral, cranswickite, and the identification of the associated minerals were made possible by using “TERRA.” All of these hydrated magnesium sulfate minerals are soft white powders and are often mixtures. The ability to distinguish these minerals while conducting field work in the remote mountains of Argentina would not have been possible without a portable X-ray diffractometer. The use of a portable diffractometer on location in the field allowed efficient study of the mineral assemblage without returning to use a laboratory X-ray diffractometer.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Odyne/DUECO working together to make "green" technology work. Odyne Systems, LLC working in collaboration with DUECO, Inc. has provided Madison Gas & Electric (MGE, Madison, WI) their first Odyne 18 kWh plug-in hybrid unit mounted on a Terex 60 ft. bucket truck. This bucket truck is an addition to their existing fleet, which includes one other hybrid type unit. "MGE are excited with the prospect of providing responsive and dependable, electrical service with the new hybrid unit. The newest addition to the fleet will be used for overhead maintenance and line construction. We will also be monitoring the unit with a mobile tracking system to gage fuel savings," states Tom Brice of Madison Gas & Electric. "The Odyne system was certified by third-party testing and the IRS for a 54% reduction in fuel consumption, so we are looking forward to seeing the actual numbers on the working unit."

Madison Gas & Electric has had a long and mutually beneficial relationship with DUECO, Inc. for more than 34 years, they look forward to expanding this relationship to include Odyne Systems, LLC. The new plug-in hybrid will allow quiet communication between the ground and air crews, reduced or eliminated inhalation of emissions, and a fuel savings estimated at around 55%.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Phihong, one of the most trusted names in power electronics, has developed an energy-efficient, 36W, Class 2 universal desktop adapter. Designated the PSM36W-120TW2, the adapter has a single output of 12V and is compliant with the United States Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the EU Ecodesign (ErP) 2009/125/EC Directive level 2 Annex 1b, and the voluntary ENERGY STAR® EPS Version 2.0 standard. The Level V-efficiency adapter is ideal for use in networking, portable equipment, peripherals and gaming machines.

“The PSM36W is the latest in a series of Level V power adapters that responds directly to a growing awareness of international efficiency standards and our OEM customers’ need for cost- and energy-efficient, low-profile adapters,” said Keith Hopwood, vice president of marketing for Phihong USA.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Providing Tier 2 and Tier 3 manufacturers with improved profitability by transforming simple component outsourcing into cost-reduced fully assembled products, Knight Electronics now offers an expanded range of global outsourced manufacturing services through its OEM Services Division. In addition to providing component part and sub-assembly services for North American-based manufacturers, Knight Electronics provides complete procurement, manufacturing, assembly, test and shipping services for manufacturers producing a variety of products in small- to mid-size volumes.

A recent example involved a high-end camera equipment manufacturer, who initially contacted Knight Electronics regarding a recurring field failure in their top-of-the-line model broadcasting camera, traced to a DC fan motor. After diagnosing, redesigning, and replacing the existing fan component, Knight Electronics concluded after further analysis that they could more economically source an additional 158 components on a sub assembly bill of materials, as well as assemble, test and package the product for international shipment.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Continental Disc Corporation announces the release of its newest sanitary disc, the SANITRX HPX™ rupture disc. The SANITRX HPX rupture disc is a scored reverse acting rupture disc that can be pressurized from full vacuum up to 90% or 95% of the rated (marked) burst pressure under normal operating conditions. This high precision rupture disc offers proven performance in excess of a quarter million cycles.

The SANITRX HPX rupture disc is a differential pressure relief device that provides an instantaneous full-open, non-reclosing design for protecting equipment, vessels, systems and people from overpressure conditions. “The high cycling aspect of this rupture disc represents high performance to the extreme.” revealed Steven Breid, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Continental Disc Corporation. “Customers can choose 90% or 95% operating ratio depending on their process’s requirements and budget.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Macrotron Systems, Inc., a contract electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, today announced they have enhanced their value-added services in addition to their complete manufacturing solutions. The improvements were made as part of Macrotron’s commitment to enhanced customer satisfaction. Macrotron is recognized as an innovative EMS company focused on customer-oriented EMS solutions. Examples include the high-tech Kent International Pad Printing Carousel handlers and Markem High exposure devices. These devices have made Macrotron a complete pad-printing service company from in-house Cliché etching to high quality finished printing. Macrotron has been providing pad printing services for years, and with the continuing improvements they have made, it establishes a new standard level for total-solution EMS services.

Macrotron’s advanced YAG & CO2 laser machines provide a high-tech complement to pad printing. They have enabled Macrotron to deliver a precise quality marking and job flexibility. The Laser Marking also features graphic logos, unique serialization, and barcodes. A number of newly added robotic Branson Ultrasonic welders features high welding speed, accuracy and flexibility. Macrotron has done numerous welding projects for well known companies with products like SD card plastic casings, USB devices, and others.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- GaiaRecycle™ LLC, an industry-leading global provider of organic waste recycling systems, today announced the introduction of its newly-designed website at gaiarecycle.com. Designed and built from the ground up, the GaiaRecycle website features a dramatic appearance coupled with uniformity and an easy-to-navigate format ideal for learning about organic waste recycling solutions.

Beginning with the gaiarecycle.com home page, visitors are taken on a visual tour of GaiaRecycle’s modular systems, plant-level implementations and anaerobic digestion solutions that employ patented technology to turn food scraps and other organic waste into useful soil amendments* and energy resources, while reducing waste volume and weight by up to 90 percent.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- With almost 40 years experience in the cranes and lifting business, Paul Samples knows a lot about factory cranes. A former member of the Morris Material Handling team, Paul has joined Street Crane Company as business development manager for Asia.


In his new role Paul will find dealers and distributors for Street's overhead cranes, crane kits, hoists and lifting equipment. He will also support the existing crane dealers and partners. "Joining Street Crane has given me a new lease of life and it is good to be working again for a British company and with such an enthusiastic and forward looking team," Paul commented. In addition to his extensive work-travel, Paul is also a keen world explorer. He likes to experience other cultures and people but was frustrated by the ash cloud in a recent attempt to visit the Gambia with his wife Karen. Instead they drove from Gatwick to Portsmouth, took the ferry to Santander and explored Spain.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Greendix, a fast rising supplier of custom solar panels, debuts the concept of a solar tree with "energy apples". Sonelis Technologies handles supply and distribution in the Americas (N. and S. America) for Greendix's custom solar product line.


Greendix's solar tree concept with "energy apples" further pushes the idea of seamlessly integrating solar power into our surroundings. The energy apple idea consists of an apple-shaped battery that gets charged via the leaf-shaped solar panels, which are integrated into a structure forming a solar fruit tree. The energy apples glow while getting charged and also change colors, from green to red, to show when they are "ripe" and ready to use. Users can then "pick" these apples from the tree and recharge their consumer devices instantly. This solar tree could be placed in any outdoors area and serve a dual purpose of beautifying the surroundings as well as serving as an energy storage device, allowing users to recharge their consumer devices such as MP3 players, cell phones in an environmentally friendly way.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Opticomm, a specialist Australian telecommunications provider that focuses on Fibre-to-the-Premises networks, has integrated Opengear's 3G-enabled secure remote management appliances to improve provisioning, operation and maintenance of critical equipment.


The Opticomm solution delivers the following services to residents across an advanced Passive Optical Network (PON) infrastructure:
- High Speed Broadband Internet Access (100Mbps and beyond)
- Free-to-Air and Free-to-Satellite TV
- Subscription TV
- Video-on-demand (VOD)
- Telephone including low cost Voice over IP (VoIP)
- Environmental and utility monitoring
- Security and surveillance applications

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Allied Automation (http://www.alliedautomation.com), a full-service custom automation group that provides complete system integration of custom automation equipment, has announced that Jim Jacobs has joined the company as a design engineer. In this position, Jacobs will design custom automation devices and machines to address various technical client projects. Jacobs has 14 years of experience in the design engineering industry. Before joining Allied Automation, he spent two years working for Filamatic in Baltimore as a mechanical design engineer. In this position, he designed custom liquid filling equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. Jacobs worked with Eaton Corporation in Roxboro, N.C., for 11 years developing designing production machinery. His specific areas of expertise included precision component assembly and grinding.

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“We are excited to add Jim to our team,” said Jeff Graham, president of Allied Automation. “His extensive experience within the engineering industry will be an excellent asset to our firm.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Wolf Technical Services, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop weigh-in-motion technology suitable for slow-moving passenger vehicles on rough roads. Under this contract with the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Wolf will complete development of a sensor system for determining a moving vehicle’s weight distribution. This information will feed an independent process for identifying irregularly loaded vehicles, such as those carrying Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs). Wolf’s Weigh-in-Motion System (WIMS) will accurately determine total vehicle weight as well as individual axle and wheel weights of moving vehicles. The device is intended to be used at military checkpoints and base entrances. Many checkpoints have a serpentine approach layout for speed control. The WIMS device measures lateral weight shifts associated with a turning vehicle and uses vehicle dynamics models to correct for the weight shifts. The contract provides $750,000 for final development and prototype manufacturing of systems that will be tested at Camp Atterbury. In a previous contract phase, Wolf fabricated and demonstrated an initial design that proved the accuracy attainable with the system.

"Camp Atterbury is honored to have an Indiana based company test equipment here that could one day contribute to saving the lives of the Soldiers and civilians who train here and deploy overseas. Testing at Atterbury – Muscatatuck is a key component of our vision in that it can be done in a realistic environment and provide technology that makes Soldiers and civilians safer in any operation," said Colonel Barry Richmond, Deputy Commander, Atterbury – Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Euromec Contracts announces a new ride-on scrubber dryer - Elan. Featuring compact dimensions and easy manoeuvrability it is ideal for cleaning in small buildings with narrow doorways, and warehouses with narrow aisles. The Elan scrubber drier is robust, efficient, and will be popular with companies that want high performance cleaning from a compact floor scrubber. Peter Crewe, Managing Director at Euromec Contracts said "Part of our scrubber driers range, Elan is another example of us launching a new machine to meet the demands of a specific group of customers. Elan is compact, yet powerful and enables the company that wants a ride-on scrubber-dryer to buy one that will work within the confines of their workplace, however tight. It is an excellent addition to Euromec Contract's floor scrubbers range."


Elan scrubber dryers are super compact; they can fit through doorways just 79cm wide, and have a turning circle of just 165cm making them agile, manoeuvrable and productive. Being electric Elan is quiet, so running it during the normal working day will not disturb other workers. Simple, ergonomic controls with multi-function touch-buttons make Elan scrubbers user friendly and a snap to drive. They have four speed settings and a safety system that slows the scrubber when turning corners, meaning even the most enthusiastic operator should be safe.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- AVIDwireless®, a leading provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, offers a full cloud-based plug-and-play solution for connected devices. AVIDwireless’ solutions are all designed to provide the best out-of-box experience in the M2M industry. Rod Montrose CEO and founder of AVIDwireless states “We recognize that most M2M customers have unique needs that require custom applications and often custom hardware. We have addressed this by offering solutions that provide the customer with the ability to plug in our controller, connect their equipment, machines or sensors and log on a web portal to immediately view readings and control their equipment via a single cloud based system.”

These solutions are aimed at saving time and money for large and small companies in multiple industries. Each delivery comes completely configured for the specific needs of each customer. The AVIDdirector™ controller, which is the heart of the system at the remote site, follows user configurable rules to monitor and send information to the cloud-based web-monitoring server through cellular, satellite, or other standardized network protocols.