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Mergers, Acquisitions & Announcements 02-11-09

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Mergers, Acquisitions & Announcements 02-11-09

University Features 2009 Workshops 

Irvine, CA– Roland DGA Corporation announces the 2009 Roland University workshop schedule featuring the company’s most popular classes across the 3D, inkjet, engraving and custom apparel product lines.

Roland DGA Corporation announces the 2009 Roland University workshop schedule.

Irvine, CA– Roland DGA Corporation announces the 2009 Roland University workshop schedule featuring the company’s most popular classes across the 3D, inkjet, engraving and custom apparel product lines.

  • Roland University will offer end users the following workshops taught by top industry professionals at the company’s state-of-the-art Irvine, California and North Kingstown, Rhode Island training facilities. 
  • In addition, the Born to Wrap Vehicle Graphics Workshop will be offered in Louisville, Kentucky at the headquarters of industry professionals Digital EFX Wraps.

Read more about Roland’s workshops at www.pddnet.com

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Announcing New Translate

Richardson, TX – Alibre announces Alibre Translate, a new product which adds an extensive set of import and export filters to the popular Alibre Design product line.  Alibre Translate contains the following filters:

  • SolidWorks Export.
  • Pro Engineer Import.
  • Inventor Import.
  • Parasolid Import.
  • Parasolid Export.
  • Solid Edge Import.
  • CATIA V5 Import.

Read more Alibre’s new translate at www.pddnet.com  

New Web Site, Shorten Search And Improved Resource Access

Schaumburg, IL – Omron launches its redesigned Industrial Automation web site www.Omron247.com to provide visitors and customers with effective tools that shorten search and simplify information access needed to design, specify and apply Omron's wide range of control and sensing products.

  • The new site combines enhanced research, selection, sourcing and shopping tools.
  • Among the functional enhancements are parameter-based selection tools and easier access to information on how to solve applications in various industries.
  • Search capabilities on www.omron247.com include an enhanced search center powered by a GoogleTM Search Appliance, a product selector tool defined by part attributes, and an enhanced cross reference tool utilizing new search techniques.

Read more about Omron’s enhanced site at www.pddnet.com  

Bilingual Gear Encyclopedia Published

Rochester, NY – Gleason Corporation releases the first technical reference of its kind, the Gleason Gear Encyclopedia.

  • Authored by Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Vice President of Research & Development.
  • 462 page encyclopedia has been more than five years in the making. 
  • Divided into two major sections, English/German and German/English
  • The Encyclopedia includes proper technological terms, formulas, definitions and appropriate translation in both languages. 

Read more about Gleason’s gear encyclopedia at www.pddnet.com  

Record Revenue For Seventh Consecutive Year

Sunnyvale, CA–Real-Time Innovations (RTI) announces record revenue for the seventh consecutive year.

  • New design wins for the flagship RTI Data Distribution Service middleware also set a record.
  • New projects in 2008 included the world’s largest air traffic control manufacturer, unmanned aerial and ground vehicles, satellite and ground stations, large-array telescopes.

Read more about RTI’s record revenue at www.pddnet.com

Brewery Awards Facility Design-Build Contract

Fredericton, NB– MillerCoors has awarded ADI Systems a full design-build contract for a new ADI-MBR (membrane bioreactor) facility for its brewery near Elkton, VA. 

  • The new ADI-MBR facility is designed to treat effluent from two existing anaerobic reactors to meet new nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits. 
  • These new, stricter discharge limits are being imposed as part of the five-state effort to reduce nutrient loadings to Chesapeake Bay.
  • The MBR system is a five-stage biological nutrient removal process, with both biological and chemical phosphorus removal.

Read more about ADI’s build contract at www.pddnet.com

Quantum3D Selected For Display Solutions

San Jose, CA–Quantum3D announces that a division of Lockheed Martin, specializing in systems integration of military aircraft, has selected Quantum3D’s IData Human Machine Interface (HMI) toolset to support the simulation and embedded display of graphical information shown on cockpit displays.

  • The IData HMI toolset will provide systems engineers at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration with a breakthrough approach to developing graphical information shown on cockpit displays.
  • Instead of employing outdated code generation methods, the IData toolset outputs data defining the HMI’s graphics and behavior.
  • This approach can significantly reduce the time and expense in each phase of the embedded display lifecycle.

Read more about Lockheed’s selection at www.pddnet.com

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