News Industry MARCH 2011 Technology Centre refit addresses customer issues
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC has completed a major refit of its Customer Technology Centre in Hatfield, equipping it with all the latest technologies and pro- viding demonstrations of their capabilities. According to the company, the refit has focused in particular on addressing the issues being faced by customers, with a strong emphasis on energy saving, communications and motion control.
Key focus areas include demonstrations of how current technologies can be applied to reduce energy costs and achieve a lower carbon footprint; how the latest communications technolo- gies can dramatically increase information visibility and boost productivity; and how advanced motion control technologies can drive increases in accuracy and flexibility.
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ACCORDING TO Steve Gallon, MD of Fibox, the customisation of enclosures is a growing issue. To meet customer require- ments, the company generally uses housings from the standard range to minimise costs, but under certain criteria will design and manufacture a bespoke enclosure to exact specification. As a result of its enclosures, the company is helping manufacturing industries to provide everything from micro electronics to much larger control and instrumentation solutions
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BMW HAS selected Dassault Systèmes V6 PLM solutions to develop the future electrical, elec- tronics and embedded software (E/E) architecture of its cars. With the Architecture, Integration and Design for Automotive Project (AIDA), BMW will implement a seamless collaborative process to connect the various constituents and actors of the E/E process, putting
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Following on from a few years of rather depressing news regarding the UK economy and the state of certain markets, we finally have some good news. According to a poll by the AMA Association for Sensor Technology, a record year can be expected in the sensor and measuring industry. For the poll, 460 members were canvassed, and the result showed a predominantly positive mood in this industry. Particularly notable, it states, were the sales trend and readiness to invest. The AMA states that the industry arrived at its trough in the middle of 2009, but
was able to attain a continuous increase in sales of 31%; and before the turn of the 2010/2011 year, the industry had exceeded the pre-crisis level. It added that approximately 90% are counting on further sales increase in the current year. Projected to the sensor industry as a whole, this would result in an additional 13% increase in turnover. This means that, looking forward, not only will there be interesting develop- ments in both new products and technologies, but the applications in which these sensor and measurement products will be used in will grow too. It could, therefore, be the start of a very interesting time. Rachael Morling – Editor
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BMW’s customers’ values at the centre of the innovation process. By leveraging V6 to create a single IP reference, the company will link customer requirements to implementable functions in the car, while defining the logi- cal architecture of the systems and releasing the physical expression in form of hardware and software.
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