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Dates Announced for CEM 2011
Record US$3.4 Million Order from National Water Monitoring Programs
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 earmarked $14.6 million to the U.S. Geological Survey for upgrades to its 7,500-station national streamgage network, and in direct response, has purchased $3.4 million dollars worth of hi-technology electro-acoustic instruments from San Diego-based SonTek/YSI.
In addition to the popular FlowTracker and Argonaut products, the order
also included 33 of the award winning, multi-frequency RiverSurveyor S5/M9 systems.
The acoustic Doppler instruments will be used for water velocity
Dates for the 10th International Conference and Exhibition on Emissions Monitoring have been set for 5th – 7th October 2011.
After successful conferences and exhibitions in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Italy, we are pleased to invite you to the Czech Republic. Air pollution has never been higher on the agenda of the international community. As legislation and action plans grow in number and stringency, the importance of monitoring and quantifying this pollution in an accurate and transparent manner becomes a priority.
CEM, the International Conference on Emissions Monitoring,
has grown in strength and popularity since its inaugural meeting in 1997. CEM 2011 will continue this position as the major international conference and exhibition specifically designed to cover the subject of source emissions monitoring in its entirety.
The conference will consider the latest developments in
measurement techniques, environmental legislation and standardisation relevant to all atmospheric pollutants (including particulates, SO2, NOx, VOC, trace elements, and greenhouse gases). The main topics are Legislation and standardization; Analytical
methods for particulates and gases; Emission trading schemes and implementation; Diffuse emissions: modeling and measurements; Instruments certification and equivalency; Personnel certification; Quality assurances and validation; and Industrial applications and case studies.
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Halma Announces Record Earnings and Strategy for Continued Expansion
Ocean Optics Expands 3-Year Warranty
Ocean Optics (The Netherlands) has expanded its exclusive 3-Year Warranty beyond its spectrometers to include additional products such as light sources and other accessories.
Beginning July 1, 2010, spectrometers, light sources and sampling accessories purchased from Ocean Optics and its authorised distributors are now covered for a full three years against manufacturing defects – regardless of application. Additionally, items such as optical fibres and probes are now covered for a full 12 months.
Ocean Optics’ warranty covers parts and labour needed
to repair manufacturing defects that occur during the coverage period, as well as the costs of shipping warranty- related repairs from U.S. customers to Ocean Optics and from Ocean Optics back to the customers.
Halma p.l.c. has announced record results with profits up 9% to £86m and revenue rising by 1% to £459m. The UK-based group - which includes companies such as Halma Water Management, Palintest, Radio-Tech and Tritech - has posted strong financials to raise shareholder dividends by 7%, the thirty-first consecutive year of increases greater than 5%. The company plans to augment its organic growth efforts through acquisition of complementary technology companies, as it has done for many years.
Halma’s subsidiaries operate in three main market sectors: Health and Analysis, Infrastructure Sensors, and Industrial Safety, creating shareholder value with consistent organic growth and sound acquisitions. Halma companies operate as independent entities under the day-to-day direction of their local management, while reaping the capital and network benefits of a larger multi-national parent.
The company is seeking successful and profitable companies that
are closely allied to any of its current market sectors, although photonics, water, fluid technology and health optics are a particular focus. It has £100m earmarked for acquisitions. “In recent months we have increased our acquisition search activity,” said Allan Stamper, Chief Executive of the Water & Asset Monitoring Division. “Our experience has been that vendors of good quality businesses are now keener to talk but that many remain cautious about whether to sell now or to wait, in the hope that markets will recover in the medium term. Our task is to convince them that they will achieve even greater success by being part of Halma and to structure deals accordingly. We continue to search for businesses in all of our existing market sectors and in all geographic regions.”
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Trolex (UK) has just formed a new Industrial Division within the company. It reflects the company’s response to the growing markets in oil and gas, powergen and power distribution, and the water utilities and metal industries.
The new Trolex Industrial Division is headed up by Gus Bol
who has been appointed Trolex Global Sales Director, having formerly been a director of Crowcon Instruments with over 20 years’ experience in gas detection. Commenting on the formation of the new Industrial Division, Trolex managing director Glyn Pierce- Jones said, “This is a new era for Trolex. We plan to mirror the success and reputation we have in the mining market with this new focus on industry.” He continued, “The company has recently invested some £3 million in product development putting Trolex at the forefront of systems and sensor design for safety with products like the new Sentro 8, an integrated multi-purpose sensing station. By 2013, we plan to see £10 million sales from this new Industrial Division.”
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New Industrial Division of Trolex Launched
measurement in streams, rivers and canals to help provide critical information used to estimate flood dangers, protect fragile ecosystems, construct safe bridges and roadways, and monitor the effects of climate change on water availability.
SonTek/YSI Director of Global Business development, Chris Ward, said
that this order demonstrates the need for both more accurate and more efficient collection of environmental data. “The need for rapid and accurate water flow data is not just a need in the U.S.” said Ward. “Over half of our products are exported overseas to water-stressed parts of the world such as China, India, and Australia.”
Ward also expressed the advantages of being located in San Diego. “Our products fill very unique needs and require top talent to develop,
manufacture, and support. Being located in the high technology region of San Diego affords us the ability to attract and retain high caliber technology professionals” he concluded.
The USGS collects streamflow information to determine how much water is available in different locations across the nation. Because the
effects of climate change on water availability could become a critical issue in certain regions of the nation, accurate long-term streamflow information is necessary to determine how water managers can respond and adapt to these changes.
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