Shares of FLIR Systems jumped in afternoon trading Friday, after an analyst the recent government approval of $70 billion in additional funding for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should help the infrared camera maker grow.

The stock rose $2.03, or 6.6 percent, to close at $32.59. The stock has ranged from $14.81 to $36.42 over the past year.

Commtest is pleased to announce that Ascent 2007 vibration analysis software, which now includes support for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition has won the Plant Engineering Product of the Year 2007 Award.

CANTON, Ohio, Dec 20, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE)—The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) applied its advanced research to secure additional contracts with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for the supply of bearings to two new aluminum-rolling mills under construction in China. The two new contracts resulted in orders for Timken large-bore cylindrical roller bearings.

Timken secured the new business due to its previously conducted thermal analysis of a lubrication system at an aluminum mill that Siemens VAI built in Shanghai Shenhuo. Using the techniques developed by that research, Timken designed bearings for Siemens’ new Henan and South West Aluminum mills, enabling the customer to install a successful re-circulating oil system that enhanced thermal stability for the four-row cylindrical bearings.

BURLINGTON, ON (December 19, 2007) – Ivara Corporation, the industry leader and innovator in asset performance management solutions, today announced that AbitibiBowater Inc., a global leader in newsprint, commercial printing papers and wood products, has selected Ivara EXP Enterprise software to optimize the performance and reliability of its pulp and paper assets. Working with USCCG, a leading management consulting firm and certified Ivara
Implementation Partner, the solution will be deployed throughout AbitibiBowater’s 29 paper mills.

Hamilton, Bermuda and Piscataway, New Jersey, December 17, 2007 – Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (NYSE:IR) announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Trane Inc. (NYSE:TT), formerly American Standard Companies Inc., in a transaction valued at approximately $10.1 billion, including transaction fees and the assumption of approximately $150 million of Trane net debt. Trane is a global leader in indoor climate control systems, services and solutions with expected 2007 revenues of $7.4 billion.

HotShot HD combines state of the art image quality with unique features to create the world’s first affordable 640x480 resolution camera.

Fairfield, NJ (PRWEB) December 14, 2007—Electrophysics has introduced its new HotShot HD Portable Infrared Camera product line. The HotShot HD is the world’s first affordable 640x480 resolution thermographic camera. With 4 times the number of pixels of 320x240 cameras and over 20 times the pixels of entry level infrared cameras, HotShot HD produces infrared images that are substantially sharper, making diagnosis of equipment reliability issues much more accurate, intuitive and precise. HotShot HD is designed for maintenance professionals responsible for inspection of high voltage electrical systems, production machinery and building envelopes. The camera includes a patent-pending laser highlighting system which for the first time permits camera users to easily identify objects on the thermal image. The camera also includes expert system technology whereby camera software suggests to the user typical problem causes and recommendations for observed equipment symptoms.

Princeton Junction, NJ – November, 2007 – Physical Acoustics Corporation (PAC), a member of MISTRAS Group Inc., announces the supply of a PCI-8 Multi-channel Acoustic Emission System to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado and to Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, for remote wind blade monitoring.

The PCI-8 AE System uses multiple sensors or channels to detect acoustic emission (AE) waveforms and features, using the advanced AEwin Windows software. This system will be used for static fatigue testing of wind turbine blades.

New Datastick VSA(TM)-1225 Vibration Spectrum Analyzer enables more facilities to use vibration analysis in predictive maintenance to help reduce costly downtime by early diagnosis of potential machine failures

DECEMBER 5, 2007, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA—Datastick Systems, Inc., today introduced the VSA-1225 Vibration Spectrum Analyzer, its first product on the Windows Mobile / Pocket PC platform, announced Michael Scandling, Datastick® Vice President of Marketing. This PDA-based vibration analyzer / data collector, which includes new version 1.8 of the Datastick Spectrum software suite, is being demonstrated at the IMC 2007 International Maintenance Conference in Daytona Beach today through Friday.

CHARLESTON, SC—December 4, 2007—The Life Cycle Institute, the learning source for optimizing asset reliability and performance, is now accepting registrations for the newly developed Leading People course. 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2007) - Cantronic Systems Inc. ("Cantronic") (TSX VENTURE:CTS) is pleased to announce that Mr. James Zahn, President/CEO has recently exercised his warrants to buy an additional 2 million shares at $0.19 per share. Mr. Zahn views the present stock price for Cantronic as substantially undervalued. Mr. Zahn believes the current market price for Cantronic represents an excellent investment opportunity, given the recent announcements regarding contracts and the new Thermography Division headed by Mr. Jon Chynoweth (formerly Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mikron Infrared).