Handling original equipment manufacturing (OEM) contracts in China can be a bit of a minefield, especially for the new-to-China business. Stories of molds and design IP being ripped off and then sold by your own supplier are legendary. Here ...
Tags: Focus Vision, China, Common Issues, OEM
The Merino Company (TMC) has acquired renowned spinning facility NUYARN, strengthening its fabric and garment offerings to the outdoor, fashion, performance socks and seamless markets. Since its beginnings some 14 years ago in ...
Tags: TMC, spinning facility, NUYARN
Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has introduced several new, highly ...
Tags: upconverters, downconverters, converters
The Lift Manufacturers Product Section (LMPS) Industry Group of the MHI has released an update of ANSI 29.1 titled ANSI MH29.1:2012-Industrial Scissor Lifts Safety Requirements. This standard was developed to provide a comprehensive safety ...
Tags: Lift Manufacturers, industrial scissors lifts, industrial lift
Israel Berger, CEO of Vidaris Inc., has been elected to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member, an ...
Tags: Architects, AIA, architecture
The California Lighting Technology Center at the University of California, Davis, helped prompt the California Energy Commission to include quality criteria for LED replacement lamps in its first-in-the-nation energy efficiency directive on ...
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released AAMA 903-12, "Voluntary Standard for Performance Testing of Handle Sets used with Multipoint Hardware on Side-Hinged Doors." Developed by AAMA's Door Handle Set Task ...
Tags: Handle, Performance Testing, AAMA
The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power, has successfully completed all the ...
Tags: FPSO, Wartsila, full load tests, Groundbreaking
UK-based KM Packaging has announced the launch of two new lidding films that can provide shelf-life of up to one year for products including uncooked meat,vegetables and sauces. Available under the company's Superguard X range,the films ...
Tags: lidding films, KM Packaging, store, ovenable
Seth Hulst, Engineering Manager, and Loren Kamstra, Design Engineer, Groschopp Inc. I. Introduction For electrical and mechanical design engineers in the process of developing applications, choosing a gearmotor can be a tricky and ...
Richard Burgess Les Miller and David VanLangevelde, Kaydon Bearings Division Corrosion is the natural enemy of a rolling element bearing, and a sneaky enemy at that. When chemical reactions from moisture, vapors, and acids attack bearing ...
Tags: Bearing, Corrosion, rolling element bearing
Alex Margolin, Engineering Manager, Nook Industries, Inc. Important Factors for Using Ball Screws in Medical/Laboratory Applications Controlling linear motion is a common requirement in the development of medical devices and laboratory ...
Tags: Ball Screw, Ground Ball Screws, Controlling linear motion
The U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)has published the evaluation report from a GATEWAY demonstration in New York City's Central Park,conducted in collaboration with The Climate Group and the New York City Department of Transportation.LED ...
The U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)has published the evaluation report from a GATEWAY demonstration in New York City's Central Park,conducted in collaboration with The Climate Group and the New York City Department of Transportation.LED ...
Tags: DOE, evaluation, LED, US
At some point every designer comes under pressure to trim costs or compromise. Ruth Slavid looks at how three practitioners resist moves that, however well intentioned, can turn a great design into a mediocre one All lighting designers ...
Tags: lighting design, execution, contractor, Melanie Shaw, Chris Boyce