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JANUARY 2007 NEWS

 

Vaccumschmelze Laboratory has Received Accreditation from Germany’s Official Calibration Body

The calibration laboratory of Vacuumschmelze (Hanau, Germany) has received accreditation to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard from the official German calibration body, Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD). Accreditation was awarded for calibration of the following magnetical quantities: magnetic dipole moment, magnetic moment, coil constant of moment measuring coils, magnetic flux and magnetic flux density. The Vacuumschmelze laboratory is thus only the second facility throughout German-speaking countries to gain this scope of accreditation. The certification, awarded by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany’s national science and technology institute, on 20 December 2006, also serves as further confirmation of the companies expertise in magnetic metrology. Measurement results can be correlated directly with national standards, providing customers of VAC with a high level of reliability on national and international markets.

The accreditation now entitles the calibration laboratory to issue DKD calibration certificates for reference magnets, Helmholtz coils, fluxmeters and gaussmeters (magnetometers). In the measurement procedures performed for accreditation, best measurement capability was found to be between 1.10-3 and 5.10-3.

For more information visit: www.vacuumschmelze.com.

 

Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended For INTERPHEX Puerto Rico 2007

The deadlines for early registration pricing have been extended.

• Exhibits Only – register by January 31, 2007 to receive Free Exhibit Hall Admission. Save the $50 on-site fee, and waiting in line!

INTERPHEX Puerto Rico is the pharmaceutical industry's respected source of innovation, education, and professional advancement for a globally important center of drug manufacturing, from process development through delivery to market. Networking essential to business success is as important here as the exploration of new products and services that enhance human life and health.

Sponsored by ISPE and Pharmaceutical Processing magazine, this event includes in-depth educational workshops, plus a showcase of products and services to help you work more productively and efficiently in today's competitive industry.

Visit www.interphexpuertorico.com for more event information.

 

TimeNav'07 will uniquely combine the EFTF IEEE-FCS'07 and the ENC-GNSS 07

The European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) and the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium (IEEE-FCS) are the premier technical conferences for time and frequency products and related technologies. They bring together researchers and technologists from manufacturers, service providers, operators, application developers, National Metrology laboratories, defence timing, and standards bodies to share the latest information and promote the development of precise time and frequency systems and components.

For the third time since 1999, the EFTF will meet jointly with the IEEE-FCS for the Geneva 2007 event. Furthermore, the meeting is being held concurrently with The European Navigation Conference (ENC–GNSS) under the unique designation of TimeNav07. With Galileo being on the threshold of full deployment there will be additional inspiration for this timely event!

For these three combined meetings, over 1000 participants from all over the world are expected to assemble in Geneva for a truly extraordinary week of Time and Navigation research collaboration!

 

Plans in Place for INTERPHEX Mexico 2007

INTERPHEX, the world’s most trusted source for the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industries, is coming to Centro Banamex, Mexico City in the Fall 2007. You’ll find innovative strategies and solutions from top suppliers, as well as benefit from two co-located industry leading events: Expo Pack and Procesa. So whether you’re looking for the latest technologies, guidance from the industry’s best, or just want to network with colleagues.

Attendees at INTERPHEX Mexico can:

  • Source new products, technology and solutions for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing from 75 top suppliers
  • Get educated on the latest developments and applications to increase productivity
  • Participate in high-level general sessions featuring industry thought leaders
  • Network with colleagues from throughout the region
  • Find hundreds of additional suppliers and solutions at EXPO PACK Mexico and PROCESA.

Stay informed about final dates by visiting www.interphexmexico.com.

 

BIPM Summer School 2008

Following the success of the BIPM Metrology Summer School in 2003, another Summer School will be organized at the BIPM from 30 June to 11 July 2008.

The principal aims of the School are to present a broad review of metrology by a group of world-class lecturers, and to provide the occasion for a select group of young people from national metrology institutes around the world to meet and make the contacts and friendships that are essential for the future well-being of the metrology community.

The School will be co-directed by Prof Andrew Wallard (BIPM), Dr. Alan Steele (NRC) and Dr. Mike Sargent (LGC). As before, the Scientific Secretary of the School will be Dr. Claudine Thomas (BIPM).

Further details will be made available at http://www.bipm.org/en/bipm/summer_school.html in due course.

 

New Dates and New Location for Analytica-Anacon 2007

The next Analytica-Anacon will be held in Hyderabad from October 31 – November 2, 2007. The new location and the new dates were selected in keeping with the wishes of the exhibitors and other representatives of the analysis sector.

Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is located in the middle of the country. It is the sixth largest Indian city and is considered an up-and-coming location for IT and biotechnology. Hyderabad is also a center for the pharmaceutical industry and home to companies such as Avra Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Divis Labs, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Genotex International (India) Pvt. Ltd., Indigene Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Matrix Laboratories and Vimta Labs Pvt. Ltd.. International groups of companies in the health-care sector such as Apollo, CARE, CDR, Global, Kamineni, Mediciti, Medinova, Medwin, NIMS, Pacific and Yashoda also have subsidiaries in Hyderabad.

By founding Genome Valley, Hyderabad is reinforcing its position as a hub for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry in India even further. More than 100 biotechnology companies will be located in the biotech cluster, which will have its won state-of-the-art infrastructure and laboratory facilities. The Genome Valley project also includes a nanotechnology park in a suburb of Hyderabad and India's leading forensics laboratory, the CDFD (Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics).

Add to that an entire group of government research organizations and nine universities – among them the University of Hyerdabad – that deal with chemical and biological analysis including the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).
Hyderabad's efforts to become the Indian center for biotechnology are supported and promoted by a comprehensive biotech policy. The first Analytica-Anacon will be held in

Hyderabad next year already, i.e. from October 31 - November 2, 2007. As a result, Analytica-Anacon is switching to the years in which there is no Analytica in Munich and no AnalyticaChina in Shanghai. Munich International Trade Fairs made this change to meet the wishes of exhibitors who want to participate in all foreign exhibitions without straining their exhibition budgets for a given year.

Visit analytica-world.com and select Analytica-Anacon for more event information.


Growth of Communications Industry Aiding Demand for General Purpose Test and Measurement Equipment in Asia-Pacific

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: Asia Pacific General Purpose Test and Measurement Equipment to their offering.

The Frost & Sullivan research service titled Asia Pacific General Purpose Test and Measurement Equipment Market provides a detailed analysis of various general purpose test equipment that cater to a number of end-user segments such as defense, electronics manufacturing, and so on. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following market segments: power meters, electronic counters, multimeters, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, logic analyzers, LCR meters, VXI test equipment, PXI test equipment, PC-based test equipment, arbitrary waveform generators and function generators.

The burgeoning communication sector is expected to sustain demand for the Asia Pacific general purpose test and measurement equipment market. Besides communications sector, the electronics manufacturing and semiconductors sector are also expected to drive the demand for general purpose test and measurement equipment in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Universities, Educational institutions, and Polytechnics, especially in Southeast Asian countries and Oceania, account for a large portion of sales of the most basic test and measurement equipment such as function generators, LCR meters, Multimeters and Oscilloscopes.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47942

 

Calibration Dynamics Moves to New Office

Due to continual growth and expansion, calibration and measurement specialist Calibration Dynamics has relocated to new, more comprehensive offices.

Already able to offer training programmes at site, the company can now offer tailor made training at its new facility. Greater capacity will also enable it to offer UK-based product servicing in the very near future and gives it the capability to extend its stocking resources to hold more of the products its customers need for immediate dispatch.

Visit them at www.calibrationdynamics.com.

 

Ross Brown Sales to celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2007

Ross Brown Sales was originally founded by Ross Brown in 1957, from humble beginnings in a shared office in the Royal Exchange Building in Sydney’s CBD.

Ross Brown Sales’ growth in turnover, staff and stock levels saw the business premises move from the Sydney CBD to Artarmon, Castle Hill and in 1998 to its current location in the Norwest Business Park. Ross Brown Sales now operates successful branch offices in Melbourne, and Auckland, NZ, with agents in South Australia and Western Australia. With the advent of greater technology and more reliable transport partners, Ross Brown Sales now service Queensland and Northern Territory directly from its Baulkham Hills head office.

Ross Brown Sales’ product range in the early years included many hardware items, as well as a range of pressure gauges manufactured under the brand name of EMPEO, Germany. Pressure gauges quickly became the prime focus of the business as Ross Brown Sales continued to develop. Today, Ross Brown Sales is widely acknowledged as Australia’s leading supplier of measurement and calibration equipment.

An initial agreement with Ametek /US Gauge in 1975 has developed into a strong alliance and allowed the company to expand its focus into the Oil and Gas industries with a comprehensive range of high quality, reliable precision pressure measurement and calibration equipment. Through an Ametek joint venture with a Chinese based company, Ross Brown Sales now provides general equipment gauges to OEM’s and industry under the well recognised RB logo.

The strength of the Ametek alliance has increased throughout the years with Ross Brown Sales representing a number of other divisions of the Ametek group.

During the sixties Ross Brown Sales consolidated its position in the pressure market and saw son, Graham, join his father Ross in the business in 1967. In 1988, on the retirement of Ross Brown, Graham bought the business from his father.

Recognising the need to expand from a pressure gauge supplier to a company, which was able to solve pressure and other process problems, Ross Brown Sales actively sought complementary product lines.

Today, Ross Brown Sales sells products for precision pressure measurement and calibration, temperature measurement and calibration, as well as torque, force, flow, and data loggers. Ross Brown Sales has further diversified into supplying electric motors with 120V and 240V products, which it supplies to the pool, spa and vacuum cleaner OEM’s.

Ross Brown Sales operates and maintains a NATA Accredited Metrology Laboratory (Pressure), Accreditation No:1808 for the calibration of Pressure and Vacuum devices from 100kPa Vac to 100,000 kPa Pressure.

Ross Brown Sales has grown with an annual turnover approaching $10 million and a staff and management team comprising 28 highly competent and committed personnel. Ross Brown Sales’ staff are all committed to continue to supply the high quality levels of service, which customers deserve.

All of us at Ross Brown Sales (www.rossbrownsales.com.au) would like to take this opportunity to thank its customers and its suppliers for their support throughout the last 50 years and looks forward to continuing to be of service for many more years to come.

 

The Swiss Light Source

The Swiss Light Source (SLS) is the most advanced synchrotron light source in the world and continually draws scientists from all over the world whose experiments benefit from the high quality beam. The Swiss Light Source (SLS) started operating five years ago in Villigen, Switzerland. Since then, the facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has been available for use by researchers from universities and industry. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is a multi-disciplinary research centre for natural sciences and technology.

  • The SLS generates beams of light which are extremely fine and highly intensive.
  • The facility acts as both a gigantic microscope and a multi-coloured micro-spotlight.
  • It enables researchers to penetrate hitherto unexplored microcosmic depths.
  • For example, it can help them decode the structure of proteins, or explore the characteristics of superconductors - and all at magnitudes of thousandths of a millimetre.
  • In 2005, 830 researchers undertook a total of 677 experiments.
  • These scientists mainly come to PSI from Switzerland, Germany, Italy and France; and they include biologists, chemists, physicists, environmental scientists and geologists.

There are now ten beamlines in operation and they are so popular that the demand for measuring time outstrips supply several times over. By 2010, there should be 18 to 20 beamlines in operation.

Research priorities lie in areas of basic and applied research, particularly in fields which are relevant for sustainable development, as well as of major importance for teaching and training, but which are beyond the capabilities of a single university department.

In national and international collaborations with universities, other research institutes and industry, PSI is active in solid state physics, materials sciences, elementary particle physics, life sciences, nuclear and general energy research, and energy-related ecology.

With 1200 employees, it is the largest national research institute and is unique in Switzerland.

PSI develops and operates complex research installations which call for especially high standards of know-how, experience and professionalism, and is one of the world's leading user laboratories for the international scientific community.

Visit http://www.psi.ch/index_bilder/PSI_Focus_2_e.pdf for more facility information and visit http://www.psi.ch/index_e.shtml for information about the Paul Scherrer Institute.

 

LeCroy Announces Agreement with TOYO Corporation To Distribute and Support LeCroy Products in Japan

LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, announced that an agreement has been reached with TOYO Corporation, the leading distributor of test equipment in Japan, for exclusive distribution of LeCroy’s full product line of protocol analyzers, protocol exercisers, error injectors, and associated accessories in Japan.

TOYO Corporation will distribute and support LeCroy test products for PCI Express, SAS, SATA, USB, UWB, Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, and other serial data communications protocols. This new agreement strengthens a business relationship between the two companies that has existed for over 10 years, under which TOYO has provided service support for LeCroy protocol test products in Japan. TOYO Corporation has also been the distributor in Japan for Catalyst protocol test equipment. Catalyst Enterprises was recently acquired by LeCroy, and the Catalyst products will be included in the new exclusive distribution agreement.

Visit LeCroy at www.lecroy.com for more information.

 

Launch of a New JCTLM Database Website

In response to the requirements of the European Directive on in vitro diagnostic devices, the Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM) publishes lists of available higher-order reference materials and reference measurement/procedures for IVD devices.

Higher-order reference materials and reference measurement methods or procedures published in the JCTLM database are categorized in two lists:

  • List I: Certified reference materials and reference measurement methods/procedures for well-defined chemical entities or internationally recognized reference method-defined measurands. Reference materials and measurement methods/procedures included in this category are those that provide values that are traceable to the SI units; e.g., electrolytes, enzymes, drugs, metabolites and substrates, non-peptide hormones, and some proteins.
  • List II: Reference materials for which values of the measurands are not SI-traceable but are assigned by or traceable to an internationally agreed upon protocol, e.g., reference materials for blood typing, coagulation factors, microbial serology, nucleic acids, and some proteins. List II also contains a group of purified substances which, due to the absence of reference measurement procedures, should not be directly used for calibration of routine methods unless commutability is established and/or matrix effect independent internationally recognized standardized value transfer protocols to commutable samples are applied.

Visit http://www.bipm.org/jctlm/ to access the JCTLM database.

 


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