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IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS to be Held Annually in Future
IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS, the biggest trade fair for environmental technologies in China, is changing from a biennial to an annual cycle. The next IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS will take place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) at the beginning of May 2011. With effect from 2011, IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS will be held annually in spring. By staging the trade fair on an annual basis in future, Messe München is taking account of the successful cooperation with Shanghai ZM International Exhibition Co., Ltd, and of the high acceptance of IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS. “The cooperation with ZM has been very
well-received on the national and international market. The shortening to an annual cycle is an important step towards adapting the event even more intensively to the increasing dynamism of the Chinese environmental market in the interest of exhibitors and their customers” said Eugen Egetenmeir, Managing Director Messe München GmbH.
According to Mr. Jiang Gang, General
Manager of Shanghai ZM International Exhibition Co., Ltd., “the switch to an annual cycle, which the industry is already accustomed to through EPTEE + CWS, sends an important signal to decisionmakers from politics and industry that the joint event IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS is the most important trade fair for the environmental technology industry in China”. The first joint IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS
of the two cooperation partners - Messe München International and ZM - will open its doors in four weeks’ time from May 5 to 7, 2010 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). The next IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS will then take place at SNIEC at the beginning of May 2011.
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Bruker and Agilent Technologies Announce Agreement for Bruker to Acquire Certain Varian Inc. Product Lines
Bruker and Agilent Technologies announce that they have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, Bruker will acquire certain product lines of Varian Inc., which Agilent has committed to divest in connection with obtaining regulatory approval for Agilent’s previously announced acquisition of Varian. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, and is expected
to close shortly after Agilent completes its acquisition of Varian (which Agilent anticipates to occur by April 30, 2010, following the completion of regulatory reviews and clearances). There is no financing condition to closing the transaction. Transaction pricing was not disclosed; the transaction is not material to Agilent.
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ITT Completes Acquisition of Nova Analytics, a Global Leader in Analytical Instrumentation
ITT Corporation (USA) announce it has completed the acquisition of Nova Analytics. Nova is a privately held, leading manufacturer of premium quality laboratory, field, portable, and on-line analytical instruments used in water and wastewater, environmental, medical, and food and beverage applications, with recognised brands such as WTW® Analytics®
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The acquisition expands ITT’s presence in categories
adjacent to its core businesses and builds on its global leadership positions in key markets. “We’re excited to offer Nova’s portfolio of recognised testing and instrumentation brands alongside
our own in the fluid technology and food and beverage spaces, enabling us to build a strong platform in the $6 billion global analytical instrumentation market," said Gretchen McClain, president of ITT Fluid and Motion Control. "Combining Nova’s branded instrument and sensor portfolio with our current offerings will allow us to better address all of ITT’s and Nova’s customers’ operating and monitoring needs, and assist them in optimising and controlling their operating and construction expenses." Nova employs approximately 725 people in Germany, Norway, France, the United Kingdom, the
United States, and China, and generated pro forma full year global revenues of approximately US$135 million in 2009.
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New Process Instruments Company Opens in India
Applied Analytics (USA) and Vortex proudly announce the formation of Applied Analytics (India) Private Limited. With Vortex’s prominent engineering and distribution capabilities and Applied Analytics, Inc. advanced technologies and manufacturing know-how, Applied Analytics (India) Private Limited will provide top notch sales, service and support for its ever-growing international clientele base. "We are delighted to expand our team into India and the surrounding regions", states Dr. Yoav Barshad, President of Applied Analytics, Inc. "Such an expansion will allow us to provide exceptional products and services for those petro and chemical industries requiring technologi- cally advanced process instrumentation in a more quick and efficient manner". "Applied Analytics (India) Private
Limited offers a team of individuals that have been serving the Indian Industry for over two decades in such fields as Gas and Water Analysis, Moisture and Flow Measurements, and Vacuum Instrumen- tation for field testing", says Kashyap Mehta, Managing Director of Vortex- India. "Using our unique capabilities to build tailor made quality sampling systems to suit most demanding needs for advance automation and analysis, while maintaining our core values of high ethical standards and ultimate customer satisfaction, will certainly create a recipe for success".
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Endress+Hauser Honors Inventors - 200 Patents Filed in 2009
The inventors of Endress+Hauser have gathered to celebrate the tenth annual ‘Innovators’ Meeting’. The ‘Patent Rights Incentive Awards’ for particularly outstanding business patents went this year to inventions in environmental technology, flow and level measurement engineering.
Meeting in festive surroundings at the ‘Burghof’ arts center in Lörrach, over 200 inventors from the Endress+Hauser Group celebrated the tenth anniversary of the
‘Innovators’ Meeting’ on 26 March. ‘Last year we filed patents for 200 inventions - the same number as in the record year 2008. This shows us that our sponsoring program has lost none of its impact,’ says Michael Ziesemer, COO of the Endress+Hauser Group. Highlight of the festivities was the award ceremony of the three 10,000 euro ‘Patent Rights Incentive Awards’ for particularly important patents. The prizes in the jubilee
year went to inventors of the Product Center Flowtec (Reinach/Switzerland), Maulburg (Germany) and Wetzer (Nesselwang/Germany). CEO Klaus Endress and Michael Ziesemer jointly presented the certificates and the trophies. The invention of Johann Beller and Robert Zeller of Endress+Hauser Wetzer is used in environmental protection. Samplers in wastewater cleaning plants collect water samples at regular intervals and examine these in the laboratory. Even if ambient conditions change, the volume of these samples must always precisely match the preset
quantity. The two inventors have managed to make automatic sampling easier and more reliable. “The conveying capacity of the peristaltic pump depends heavily on the delivery head,” explains Johann Beller. ‘Determining the delivery head automatically allows the pump to be controlled such that the exact specified volume is conveyed. What’s more, malfunctions such as blockages or leaks in the line can be identified.’ The award in flow measurement engineering went to Dr Rainer Höcker of Endress+Hauser Flowtec. His invention makes vortex velocity flowmeters more accurate and less prone to malfunctions. ‘A specific change
to the geometry of the measuring tube can generate a vortex in the medium flowing through, which makes sure that flow has less impact on the measurement,’ explains Rainer Höcker. For their invention, Roland Grozinger and Klaus Ruf of Endress+Hauser Maulburg modified the sensor system of ultrasonic level measurement devices. ‘If you want to have reliable ultrasonic measurements, you
have to take the temperature into account. Until now, the measured temperature value had to be transmitted via a separate lead,’ says Roland Grozinger. ‘What we have managed to do is to transmit the measured temperature value and the runtime information through the same lead. This not only saves material, it also reduces the susceptibility to faults.’
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