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Ametek Acquires Chicago-Based Test Instruments Provider

Ametek announced that it has purchased the Chicago-based weathering test instruments and related services provider, Atlas Material Testing Technology. Ametek has acquired the new company for about $159 million from Industrial Growth Partners.

25 Nov 2010

Sub-Atlantic to Deliver Comanche ROVs for Scientific Applications

Sub-Atlantic has been offered a contract worth £1million to deliver a Comanche ROV solution for performing scientific research.

23 Nov 2010

TAEC Releases New Magnetic Sensor Series

Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) has declared the launch of a series of magnetic sensing units for on-off switch applications in notebook PCs, home appliances mobile phones and other solutions with open-close functionality.

23 Nov 2010

Image Sensors Market Report from Electronics.ca Publications

Electronics.ca Publications, a leading market research and knowledge grid for the electronics firm, declares the accessibility of a novel report on "Image Sensors Market Report."

23 Nov 2010

Federal Grants to Boost Sensor Networks in San Diego

Many of the companies based in San Diego, developing intelligent networks, have been offered federal awards for the successful accomplishment of their projects.

23 Nov 2010

Sensor-Mediated Agricultural Practices for Crop Production

Oklahoma State University Ag Engineer Randy Taylor and Auburn University Precision Ag Extension Specialist John Fulton have jointly offered details and insight in a new publication for cotton growers about a novel sensor-enabled device for agricultural practices and the varied-rate of application in agriculture aided products to help cotton growers.

23 Nov 2010

GeoDigital Acquires Riegl Sensors to Improve Data Acquisition Platforms

GeoDigital International, a leading supplier of vegetation LiDAR and airborne asset mapping systems, procures two additional Riegl Sensors to improve their GeoDigital sensor portfolio.

23 Nov 2010

Cypress Unveils Novel VITA Image Sensors for Security Applications

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced two novel additions to its leading VITA series of image sensors called the 2.3-megapixel VITA 2000 and the 5.3-megapixel VITA 5000 for high-end protection, 2D barcode, machine vision and smart traffic application purposes.

From Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 23 Nov 2010

Wenzel’s Laser Scanning Sensor Aids Mobile Scanning Operations

Wenzel ScanTec has integrated the blue laser scanning sensor called the Blu-Scan into an industrial 3-D portable computer numeric control (CNC) laser scanner known as Mobile Scan3D, for executing mobile scanning functions.

23 Nov 2010

Raytheon Wins US Navy Contract for Aegis Weapon System Components

Raytheon announced that it has won a $240 million contract from the US Navy to produce and deliver the Aegis weapons system’s components for the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers.

23 Nov 2010

Edwards Lifesciences Gets CE Mark for Two Patient Monitoring Systems

Edwards Lifesciences announced that it has received the CE mark from the European Union for its VolumeView, and EV1000 platforms.

23 Nov 2010

TowerJazz Wins Contract to Produce New Image Sensor

TowerJazz announced that it has won a contract from CMOSIS, a Belgium-based high-end, fabless image sensor designer, to manufacture a new kind of image sensor.

From TowerJazz USA 23 Nov 2010

Ophir Laser Measurement Unveils Photodiode Sensor FPS-1

Ophir Laser Measurement Group, a division of Ophir Optronics, offering instruments such as spectrum analyzers, beam profilers and energy and power meters, has unveiled a latest product in the photo detector family named FPS-1, a speedy photo detector.

23 Nov 2010

DNV Approval for Uni Safe BW-800

Uni-Safe Electronics has acquired a DNV (Det Norske Veritas) approval for its BW-800 bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS). BW-800 adheres to the IMO: MSC.128 (75) regulations, and also the new IEC 62616 performance standards introduced in February 2010.

23 Nov 2010