Research Triangle Park, NC (28 February 2006) - The 6th Annual Fugitive Emissions - LDAR Symposium will be held 13-15 June 2006 in Houston, Texas. The symposium covers leak detection and repair (LDAR) methods and fugitive emissions management systems. The event is designed to create a forum in which paper presentations, tutorials, and speaker panels transfer information from the world’s leading experts on fugitive emissions and LDAR to industry professionals.

CHINA BUSINESS SOURCES’ CEO COLIN WU TO KEYNOTE AT

2006 NATIONAL MANUFACTURING WEEK®

Focus on China’s Competitiveness in the International Market

NORWALK, CT (February 24, 2006)—If the business and political relationship between China and the United States is to continue its amazing growth, it is imperative to cultivate shared interests, while continuing to search for a more-expansive common ground, insists National Manufacturing Week keynote speaker Colin Wu.  Chairman and chief executive officer of China Business Sources, Wu will deliver remarks on “What’s Behind Chinese Competitiveness” at the 2006 National Manufacturing Week Conference, March 20-23, in Rosemont, IL.

From the Pumpline Newsletter by Ross Mackay

Having conducted training programs for thousands of maintenance and operations people over the years, it has became apparent that many of the craftsmen that look after pumps have very little knowledge (if any) of the hydraulic workings of the pump. In fact, it has been suggested that such considerations are outside their functions and are usually left to some mystical person sitting “up in the office” somewhere.

LOGAN, Utah, February 20, 2006 – World-Class excellence in manufacturing is the hallmark of the 10 Recipients and the 4 Finalists of the 2006 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Business Recipients.  American manufacturing continues to experience turbulent times in maintaining and growing manufacturing jobs.  The only business approach that has demonstrated superior achievement is Lean Enterprise Management (the Toyota Production System), the foundation of the Shingo Prize.  All 14 companies to be recognized in 2006 have clearly achieved exemplary lean manufacturing excellence.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced that it has demonstrated a working integration with GE Energy’s System 1 software.

Highlights
- Major petroleum company standardizes on full ProcessDoctor(TM) suite:
- ProcessDoctor PID for regulatory control performance assessment and
monitoring, which helps plant personnel focus on priority issues
based on economic impact
- ProcessDoctor MPC (Model Predictive Control) for advanced control
performance assessment and monitoring, which helps to ensure that
investments in advanced control technology continue to perform over
the long term
- ProcessDoctor Tai Ji for automated step testing and model
identification, which reduces test time by up to 70%

Datastick Systems, Inc., today announced its first customer shipment of the VSA-1212 Vibration Spectrum Analyzer, the first PDA-based vibration analyzer to provide open, non-proprietary desktop PC software built on a foundation of Microsoft Excel. Michael Scandling, Datastick Vice President of Marketing, announced shipments to the USA, Europe, and South America from the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley.

Dr. Howard Penrose, Ph.D, President of SUCCESS by DESIGN, located in Old Saybrook, CT, described as “one of the top motor and reliability guys in the country,” was in Humboldt last week, conducting electrical motor diagnostics training with the employees of Geoff Mickelson’s Evaluation Services, Inc., of Humboldt.

Today Stork announces a number of strategic actions for the next period. The strategy will build on the strong and solid foundation that has been laid in the past three years. Stork will be focusing on the three pillars: Aerospace, Food Systems and Technical Services. Prints and WorkSphere will be divested in 2006, as new ownership will be better positioned to unlock their potential. Part of today’s announcements involves the adjustment of the capital structure through a programme to return 300-350 mln to shareholders over a three year period, starting with up to 200 mln this year. In the past three years Stork has achieved significant operational and financial progress. As evidenced by today’s released 2005 full year results, net profits have reached a record 93 mln, vs a loss of 42 mln when the recovery plan started. The balance sheet has improved from a net debt of 53 mln in 2002 to a net cash position of 182 mln at the end of 2005. 

TROY, Mich., Feb. 14 —A suite of Delphi’s products is preparing to enhance the way military vehicles and their electronic systems communicate. Teams of Delphi engineers are installing customized electronic sensing and monitoring systems onto a test fleet of Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) used by the United States Marine Corps.