Distribution Agreement Of Measurement Specialties Products
 Measurement Specialties products stocked by Digi-Key include its force, piezo, position, pressure, and vibration sensors. |
Hampton, VA and Thief River Falls, MN –Digi-Key Corporation and Measurement Specialties (NASDAQ: MEAS) announces they have entered into an agreement for the worldwide distribution of Measurement Specialties products.
- Measurement Specialties products stocked by Digi-Key include its force, piezo, position, pressure, and vibration sensors.
- Slated to be featured in future print and online catalogs, these products are now available on Digi-Key’s global websites.
- This agreement will allow Measurement Specialties to share newer sensor products.
Read more about Digi-Key and Measurement Specialties’ agreement at www.pddnet.com
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2009 Medical Device Design And Development Seminar Dates
Madison, NJ– Seminars For Engineers, a division of Sensor Products, announces in association with Vascular Sciences:
- April 28 – 29, 2009 Boston, MA USA
- Two day seminar provides attendees with an in-depth look at medical device design by emphasizing principals of biology first.
- It then explores how to design medical devices to work with the body.
- Examples of medical devices and procedures from a variety of clinical specialties are presented in an interactive format.
Read more about Seminars for Engineers at www.pddnet.com
World's Largest Glass Installation Completed
Innovative GlassCorp. (Plainview, New York) announces the completion of the largest SPD-SmartGlass window installation in the world, at the Indiana University Health Information and Translational Sciences Building.
- This first-of-its-kind project uses the newest generation of SPD light-control film technology.
- SPD-SmartGlass allows users to instantly and precisely control the amount of light, glare and heat coming through windows.
- The completion of this SPD-SmartGlass installation is a milestone for the smart glass industry.
Read more about the largest glass installation at www.pddnet.com
Technology Partnership For Monitoring Device
Atlanta,GA– Numerex (NASDAQ: NMRX) and Savi, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) company announced their technology partnership to co-develop what would be the first asset and shipment monitoring device.
- The hybrid ST-694 GlobalTag is being developed to provide continuous monitoring and precise location information.
- The ST-694 will provide a new cost-effective solution to a growing market demanding new capabilities for both spot-level and ongoing in-transit visibility of their shipments and mobile supply chain assets.
- The satellite-based global RFID device will be designed to provide tracking information in the harshest environmental conditions.
Read more about Numerex and Savi’s partnership at www.pddnet.com
Entrepreneurs Encouraged To Reach For Dreams
Austin, TX. Ashlar-Vellum introduces Reach for Your Dream, their new promotion to encourage entrepreneurial spirit among those who have been caught in the current economic downturn.
- Ashlar-Vellum is offering a 3-month trial license to Cobalt, their flagship 3D modeling program with a courtesy license to Graphite.
- After 3 months, with the submission of two drawings or models for the Ashlar-Vellum website Gallery, participants are eligible a 50 percent discount off the monthly rental price of any program for up to one year.
Read more about Ashlar’s promotion at www.pddnet.com
Cell Phone Patent Screens Biological/Radiological Threats
Washington, DC – Gentag announces the Patent 7,492,254 "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Based Sensor Networks," covering the uses of cell phones to read remote disposable RFID wireless sensors for homeland security applications.
- The patent complements Gentag's Homeland Security Patent 7,109,859.
- Patent 7,492,254 covers a number of transportation and homeland security markets for reading disposable wireless RFID sensors with cell phones.
- The patent specifically covers the screening of shipping boxes, containers, trains, or aircraft with RFID cell phones.
Read more about Gentag’s cell phone patent at www.pddnet.com
Gold Standard Polymer For Orthopedic Implants
Florence, KY and Kelsterbach, Germany– Ticona announces two new grades of GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) with vitamin E that are available for sampling and testing in orthopedic implants.
- Vitamin E provides additional oxidation stability to the engineering thermoplastic that should further extend the life of artificial prosthesis replacements.
- This engineering thermoplastic meets the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Class VI, and complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.
- GUR UHMW-PE meets the requirements of ASTM F648.
Read more about the two new grades of GUR at www.pddnet.com
International Conference For Forest Products Industry
Join your industry colleagues for the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, which will be held June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
- The theme of this year’s event is “Unlocking the Potential of Nano-Enabled Biomaterials.”
- Dr. Carlo Montemagno, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati will make a keynote presentation.
- In addition to Dr. Montemagno’s presentation, the Conference’s technical program will include more than 40 presentations.
Read more about the International Conference at www.pddnet.com