Archive for the 'Press Releases' Category
Mar
30
Four Industry Volunteers receive IPC Rising Star Award.
March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on Four Industry Volunteers receive IPC Rising Star Award.
Recognizing leadership and support of IPC standards, education, advocacy and solutions to industry challenges, 4 IPC Rising Star Awards were presented at IPC APEX EXPO 2016. Recipients included Steven Bowles of L-3 Fuzing and Ordn…
Mar
30
February New Business Volume up 2% month-to-month.
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According to ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, overall new business volume for February was $6.1 billion, up 2% from new business volume in January. Volume was down 2% from $6.2 billion in February 2015, and year to date, cumulative new business volume decreased 7% compared to 2015. Receivables over 30 days were 1.4%, up from 1.3% the previous month and up from 1.15% in the same period in 2015. Charge-offs were 0.37%, up from 0.26% the previous month.
Mar
30
ANSI Accredited Committee reaffirms C78.1430 standard.
March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on ANSI Accredited Committee reaffirms C78.1430 standard.
NEMA announced that ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C78 reaffirmed C78.1430 Slide Projector Lamps, Condensing, Dichroic, 1.65-in. (42 mm), Integral Reflector, Rim Reference Tungsten-Halogen Lamps with GX5.3 Bases. Standard defines dimensional lim…
Mar
30
PTDA generates interest in industrial distribution careers.
March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on PTDA generates interest in industrial distribution careers.
Industrial Careers Pathway® initiative is taking major steps to ensure next generation of employees considers a career in industrial distribution. In 2015, ICP connected with close to 12,500 students through career fairs and local events and reac…
Mar
30
Metal Powder Organizations launch new/redesigned websites.
March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on Metal Powder Organizations launch new/redesigned websites.
Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) launched its new website, mpif.org, designed for facilitated navigation as well as mobile compatibility. Features include, but not limited to, Directory of Powder Metallurgy (PM) Fabricators and Sup…
Mar
30
NIST Optomechanical Transducer links sound, light, radio waves.
March 30, 2016 | Comments Off on NIST Optomechanical Transducer links sound, light, radio waves.
Published in Nature Photonics, researchers at NIST developed “piezo-optomechanical circuit” that converts signals among optical, acoustic, and radio waves. According to one of said paper’s co-authors, Kartik Srinivasan, this device might enable detailed studies of interactions and foster development of phononic circuitry that can be modified with photons. “This work,” said Srinivasan, “presents one platform for transducing information between different carriers.”