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Bosch Rexroth Canada integrates Hägglunds drive systems

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The New Year signalled further important steps in the integration of the Hägglunds group into Bosch Rexroth Canada. Following the acquisition of the Swedish company in December 2008, 15 sales units of Hägglunds’ 22 legal units will be gradually transferred to the legal units of Bosch Rexroth.

The legal integration will be accompanied by a simultaneous integration of Hägglunds sales units into Bosch Rexroth sales units in each country, which will allow a larger sales team to serve Rexroth and Hägglunds customers from one single source.

Hägglunds Drives is an international supplier of complete hydraulic drive systems, separate drive motors and services. The group develops, manufactures, markets and services complete drive system solutions for applications requiring high torque and variable speeds. The drive systems are used in a wide range of industries, such as mining and materials handling, marine and offshore, recycling, sugar, pulp and paper.

In the renewable energies sector, Hägglunds Drives products are used to drive machines for producing ethanol, and feature in the first prototypes for generating tidal energy.

The acquisition of Hägglunds Drives expands Rexroth’s industrial hydraulics portfolio allowing Rexroth to gain new potential in growing markets, such as renewable energies, mining and materials handling.
www.boschrexroth.ca

New European rules on notifying chemical substances

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting the European Chemical Agency’s (ECHA) campaign to remind companies that new rules on classification, labelling, packaging and notification of chemical substances came into force on 1 December 2010.

Phoenix appoints new head of probe assembly

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Phoenix Inspection Systems has appointed John Boughey as the new manager of its probe assembly department.

Companies challenged to inspire STEM careers

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A leading educational charity is challenging companies to help engage secondary school students with careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

NDT expert joins Ashtead Technology

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Leading instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has announced the appointment of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) specialist Peter Myatt as its new Sales Manager.

National Instruments UK & Ireland recognises engineering and science innovation

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National Instruments UK & Ireland recognised innovative applications developed by engineers, scientists and researchers in its NIDays 2010 Graphical System Design Case Study Contest. This annual technical paper contest, now in its fifth year, is intended to encourage and showcase the most innovative uses of virtual instrumentation and graphical system design in teaching or by engineers in industry.

AGR at the BINDT North East Scotland Branch Seminar and Exhibition

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The BINDT North East Scotland Branch Seminar and Exhibition in November started off as an exploration for AGR Technology Design: it was the first time the company attended the event and it ended up with it not only exhibiting but also presenting a paper on subsea ultrasonics using the AGR Neptune and Trident systems.

Equip for minimum downtime

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Said to be the UK’s leading exhibition for maintenance and asset management, easyFairs® MAINTEC will take place 29-31 March 2011 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.

NDT market expected to be driven forward

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In 2009, the NDT market experienced considerable economic uncertainty that impacted revenue growth and penetration potential, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan. Key end-user markets recovered slightly due to capital expenditure cuts and the revising of inspection budgets. “The market is expected to be driven forward by industrial development in BRIC countries, technological advances and the economies of India and China,” says the report.

Harmonisation of EN 473 and ISO 9712 (Rev A)

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The worldwide industry has for some years sent strong messages to the ISO and CEN Technical Committees (TC) requesting that harmonisation between the two standards dealing with certification of NDT personnel be undertaken in order, if possible, to provide industry with a unique standard, resulting in a unique system of NDT personnel certification being applied worldwide. After consultation, the two TC chairmen have decided to initiate such a harmonisation process.

Irisys launches first low-cost, high-spec visual/thermal imaging camera

The feature-rich, user-friendly IR16DS is around half the price of competing systems, bringing immensely capable dual imaging technology to engineers everywhere Irisys has launched its latest thermal imaging camera, the IR16DS. The exceptionally low-cost, feature-rich camera is designed for engineers on the move.

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