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APRIL 2006 NEWS

 

Dutch Relative Humidity Instrument Maker Bought

Michell's group of international companies has acquired the Dutch relative humidity instrumentation manufacturer, Rense Instruments. Rense products will be marketed and sold world-wide through Michell's seven sales and service centers and through a network of fully-trained exclusive distributors.

Established in 1974, Rense Instruments has developed an envied reputation for the design and manufacture of high quality, but low cost relative humidity instrumentation.
The product range is comprehensive, providing cost-effective solutions for almost any relative humidity application.

The line-up includes low cost wall-mounted humidistats, hand-held RH meters and industrial relative humidity sensors, probes and transmitters.

Additionally, Rense manufactures a range of relative humidity calibrators that perfectly complements Michell's existing line of dew-point and humidity calibration systems.
The Rense product line is based on a highly accurate and stable polymer film relative humidity sensor that is calibrated in-house by systems traceable to international standards. For more information visit www.michell-instruments.com.

 

WIKA acquires Mensor Corporation

Mensor Corporation announced it was acquired by WIKA Alexander Wiegand GmbH & Company in Germany. WIKA, a privately-owned company with corporate headquarters in Klingenberg, Germany, is an international company with 4,700 employees and 10 manufacturing facilities around the world. Founded in 1946, WIKA manufactures pressure and temperature measurement products for a wide variety of industries such as process & production, industrial, pharmaceutical, sanitary, food & beverage, wastewater, medical and many others.

Mensor, founded in 1969, will be a subsidiary of WIKA Instrument Corporation, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia near Atlanta which has 550 employees and is one of the largest WIKA manufacturing facilities outside of the headquarters in Germany.
Mensor will remain a Texas Corporation and will continue operations in San Marcos,
Texas where it has been located since 1978. The current management staff will
continue to guide the companies 58 employees, and will report directly to Mr. Alexander Wiegand, Chairman and CEO of WIKA.

“Mensor will add value to the WIKA organization by providing many years of expertise in the design, production and marketing of precision pressure measurement and control instrumentation” stated Mr. Wiegand. He added “the merger provides new opportunities and extensive resources to Mensor on a global basis although we will continue to utilize the Mensor brand name and logo which is well recognized and respected in the pressure test and calibration community.”

Paul E. Neilson, President of Mensor, stated “Mensor has been in a period of strong
growth and WIKA will help us to accelerate our growth plans worldwide. We have met
with key WIKA management in Germany and are very positive about the future of
Mensor as part of the global WIKA team. This new synergy will provide our customers
with new and innovative market driven products going forward, while continuing our
commitment to world-class service and support.”

WIKA, a family owned company since 1946, has become a symbol for sophisticated
solutions in the field of pressure and temperature measuring technology. WIKA designs and manufactures analog pressure gauges, diaphragm seals, transmitters, and thermometers. WIKA has the largest standard range of pressure and temperature
products for a wide variety of industries. With over 300 million measuring instruments
currently in use, WIKA is an integral part of thousands of companies worldwide.
For more information on WIKA, visit the global web site at www.wika.com.

Established in 1969, Mensor Corporation has been dedicated to the design and
manufacture of the finest high accuracy pressure measuring and controlling instruments and test systems available. Located in San Marcos, between Austin and San Antonio in central Texas, the facility manufactures smart pressure sensors, digital pressure indicators, automated pressure controllers and customized systems for customers world-wide in industries such as aerospace and defense, power, sensor manufacturing/production, medical and pharmaceutical, environmental monitoring, automotive and calibration laboratories, among others.
For more information visit www.mensor.com.

 

SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS is expanding its laboratory for GLP analysis at Taunusstein, Germany

A fourth LC/MS/MS system and a CG/MSD system were installed and validated.
SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS is thus the leading contract research institute, which provides this highly specific, sensitive and robust trace analytical capacity.
Apart from two quattropol Micromass devices and one LC/MS/MS from Applied Biosystems (API3000) another system from Applied Biosystems (API4000) was implemented. This enables us to develop new methods according to the most recent standard or to easily replicate the methods developed by out customers.
This increased capacity for analysis accounts for a more efficient utilisation of the systems and results in a reduced turn-around time for the projects. Respect of the clients dead lines, safe project planning, and quality of our analytics are goals we are committed to.

These systems are run in a GLP laboratory and are in compliance with the US norm CFR part 11. SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS is continuously investing in the technical equipment of the laboratories to fulfill customer’s expectations.
Visit SGS at www.sgs.com for more information.

 

Materials Declaration Forms Help Meet European Rules
A new standard form and process are available for describing and quantifying hazardous materials in electronics to help companies selling equipment in the European Union meet environmental regulations that take effect July 1. The standard is considered critical in simplifying efforts to comply with the new rules, which could restrict future U.S. electronics exports.

The Materials Declaration Management Standard (IPC-1752) provides a process for tracking and disclosing the amounts of six hazardous materials in electrical and electronic equipment. The standard was developed by IPC, a trade association, with help from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), RosettaNet, and others.
NIST’s contributions included hosting a workshop to gather requirements, modeling the scope of the problem, and developing a process enabling users to submit data in PDF format and export it to a computer readable (XML) form so it can be exchanged with others in the supply chain.

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances, finalized by the European Union in 2003, restricts imports of new electrical and electronic equipment containing lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, brominated flame retardants, PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls), PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) and cadmium. Covered equipment includes household appliances, telecommunication and lighting equipment, tools, toys and sport equipment, and automatic dispensing machines.

IPC-1752 is available for free download at http://www.ipc.org/ipc-175x.

 

Novosibirsk Metrologists Purchase High-precision Facility for Scales Calibration
Using the German facility 'Fort Orius' it is possible to calibrate the scales precision with the error up to the fourth decimal point. This is the only place in Siberia that can calibrate the scales with such high precision. Specialists believe that the new facility will be in demand in aviation, nuclear, electronic and pharmaceutical industries, where scales precision is of primary importance.

Visit http://www.engl.fis.ru/ for more financial and economic news from Siberia.

 

Scott Specialty Gases manufacturing facility located in Breda, Netherlands, recently received accreditation by the Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) to manufacture multi-component natural gas BTU mixtures as well as calibration gas mixtures used for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions.
The accreditation extends the scope of initial ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation earned in 2005 that permits Scott's Breda facility, known as Calibration Laboratory K064, to manufacture and sell metrology level-2 certified reference materials (CRMs). When used to calibrate analysers, Scott's accredited BTU mixtures are instrumental for precise determination of the caloric value of natural gas to within +/-0.2%.

Scott's accredited vehicle emission mixtures include carbon monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and propane in nitrogen and provide guaranteed +/-1.0% analytical accuracy.
The RvA accreditation applies to mixtures that are prepared on both an individual and a batch basis using Scott's Acublend dynamic blending technology.

Scott Specialty Gases maintains ISO 9001-2000 certified manufacturing facilities and 17025 accredited laboratories in North America and Europe to provide on-time worldwide delivery of high-purity and mixed gases for industrial, scientific, medical and semiconductor applications.
Scott is the world's largest producer of EPA protocol gases and the single-source producer of gaseous standard reference material candidates (SRMs) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist).

Scott's equipment group provides all types of gas handling equipment and custom distribution systems.

 

Albany Molecular Research, Inc. Completes Strategic European Acquisition
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (www.albmolecular.com) has successfully completed the acquisition of ComGenex, located in Budapest, Hungary.

On January 30, AMRI announced the signing of a stock purchase agreement to acquire ComGenex, a privately held drug discovery services company that combines chemical synthesis and computational chemistry to create drug-like compounds. The completed acquisition provides AMRI with an immediate presence in Europe. In combination with AMRI's facilities in the U.S. and Asia, the acquisition enhances the company's ability to offer a range of flexible services and cost models and provides a hub from which to establish additional relationships with European pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

"All of us at AMRI welcome ComGenex employees to our team. We look forward to achieving the synergies that can occur when two strong organizations combine resources," said AMRI Chairman, President and CEO Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D.
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. is a global drug discovery company that provides chemistry services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and conducts its own proprietary R&D programs.

 

Whitehouse Scientific will launch single shot calibration standards for small test sieves at ACHEMA 2006
Following the success of its precision glass microspheres for calibrating 200 mm diameter sieves, Whitehouse Scientific is to introduce a new set of single dose standards for 100 mm and 40 mm test sieves. The standards will be launched at ACHEMA 2006 (15-19 May 2006; Munich).

The new standards can be used to calibrate mesh sizes from 20 to 3350 microns and are accurate down to 1 micron. Unlike the ISO microscopic method of calibration (which requires 10 different parameters to specify a sieve mesh and analyses less than 1% of the sieve surface), the microsphere method measures at least 80% of the surface and produces one unambiguous result, the equivalent spherical aperture. This is effectively the cut point of the sieve and makes sieve matching very easy.
The test takes minutes to perform and sieves need not be returned to the manufacturer. All measurements are traceable to NIST. www.whitehousescientific.com

 

The European College of Validation offers a MSc in Pharmaceutical Validation Technology, a modular distance learning course for postgraduate engineers and scientists.
The mission statement of the program is to provide a suitable learning experience to enable successful participants to become leading-edge validators within the pharmaceutical and allied industries. The course is run and administered by the European College of Validation Ltd in partnership with the Dublin Institute of Technology. This course is fully ratified through academic rigor and will provide successful delegates with a formal qualification equal in every way to the MSc degree awarded by other colleges or faculties. In addition, the practical nature of the study will enhance tremendously your value to your company and the effectiveness of the validation processes in the workplace.

  • Structured as a modular distance learning course.
  • Qualification awarded by the Dublin Institute of Technology.
  • 18 months continuous assessment for the diploma (by for example written assignments).
  • 4 residential blocks for diploma (possibly at various European locations).
  • 6 months to MSc, which comprises an in-house project.
  • Normal entry requirement would be a relevant first degree and vocational experience.

Experts from the validation industry are involved in the writing of module materials, in attendance at residential weeks and marking of assessments.

For more information visit http://www.eurcoval.com/

 

Fluke Biomedical announces expanded capabilities of calibration and repair services at Fluke Europe—Eindhoven facility, the Netherlands
Fluke Biomedical announced that the Fluke calibration and service facility located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands has expanded its capabilities to include biomedical and radiation test instruments.

“The Eindhoven calibration and service center can now provide our European customers with highly accurate calibrations for all of their test instrumentation,” said Clare Grehofsky, Director of the Global Calibration Laboratory for Fluke Biomedical. “Our large base of global partners and individual users will greatly benefit from having a one-stop facility that calibrates both Fluke and Fluke Biomedical equipment.”

Specifically, the Eindhoven lab is a ISO 9001:2000 facility with trained personnel that repair and calibrate a wide range of instruments such as electrical, biomedical, radiation (including X-ray), pressure, network test equipment (including fiber) and temperature. All calibrations are ISO/IEC17025 compliant.

In addition to repair and calibration support, the lab provides repair and logistics support for the extensive CalNet® network of Fluke authorized repair and calibration network partners throughout Europe. It offers a wide range of contract capabilities for customers who require local on-site calibration services, asset management and calibration contracts.

Fluke Biomedical , a division of Fluke Corporation, is a manufacturer of quality biomedical test and simulation products and Radiation Management Services, a provider of the latest medical imaging and oncology quality assurance solutions for regulatory compliance. The highly accredited Global Calibration Laboratory is a one-stop service for radiation, calibration, and repair needs. Fluke Corporation is the world leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians and metrologists who install, troubleshoot and manage industrial electrical, biomedical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control.

For more information about Fluke Biomedical, visit its website at www.flukebiomedical.com/rms, or call 440.248.9300.

 


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