Research Triangle Park, NC (26 July 2006) - ISA recently announced the appointment of Timothy Feldman as Global Operations Manager.

Feldman comes to ISA from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, where he was Vice President of Industry Programs. In this position, he was responsible for relations with member companies, program management, sales and customer service functions. In addition, he enhanced NEMA’s operations in Mexico, Brazil and established NEMA’s presence in China.

Emerson Process Management’s Machinery Health Management technologies have enabled BASF Antwerp to maximize plant output and reduce costs through the introduction of a maintenance strategy based on predictive intelligence.

BASF Antwerp implemented a predictive maintenance strategy ten years ago based on the collection and analysis of vibration data using Emerson’s CSI Machinery Health Analyzers.  Moving from a time-based regime to a predictive approach has resulted in significant cost savings and fewer equipment breakdowns. In the future, BASF will continue to practice predictive maintenance while undertaking Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to enable a move towards proactive maintenance. 

PARSIPPANY, NJ, July 28, 2005 - The Hydraulic Institute (HI) today announced the launch of a new website, www.PumpSystemsMatter.org, devoted to a national educational initiative, Pump Systems Matter(tm) (PSM). Pump Systems Matter(tm) aims to lower energy needs in North America while improving the bottom-line profitability of businesses by providing pump users with strategic, broad-based energy management and performance optimization solutions.

Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. announces the launch of BuildScanIR Network Web Site to help the Home Inspection Industry.  BuildScanIR Network, the largest group of private thermographers in North America has changed the web format on its web site, www.buildscanir.com, to a user portal site.  BuildScanIR is one of seven divisions of Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc., (SITS), one of the USA’s leading providers of infrared thermographic services. 

By Rupinder Singh
The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia)

OPUS International Group plc is actively pursuing strategies to change the mindset of Malaysian companies to include asset management strategies from the initial point of conception of any asset development projects.

The group hopes to replicate here the performance of its New Zealand unit, the largest asset management company there.

WILSON, N.C. – July 25, 2006 – Management at the Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC facility located here, has recognized UNICCO® Service Company for an unprecedented 1,000,000 hours without a lost time incident. The UNICCO staff of 174 employees provides production and facilities equipment preventative and emergency maintenance services for the facility, which includes 57 acres of factory, warehouse and office buildings on the 485 acre site.

The 1,000,000-hour safety milestone was achieved by UNICCO’s maintenance and support services staffs on July 1, 2006; the last lost time incident occurred on August 5, 2004. “This is an unprecedented achievement,” commented Jim Pridgen, Bridgestone Wilson, plant manager. “Clearly, UNICCO has become a model for safety at the factory. Their approach to safety directly contributes to our productivity and to employee welfare.”

SOUTHBURY, CT: Management Resources Group, Inc. (MRG) announced today that it has acquired the Reliability Game from SimLearning and will act as the game’s exclusive provider.

The game is a proven simulation tool that accurately portrays the roles played by operations, finance, maintenance and purchasing in shaping and driving business results.  Because it faithfully depicts reality, the game is an effective educator for personnel on the floor as well as those at the executive level—everyone will experience the benefits of a proactive approach to asset management.

Customers can now obtain advanced analysis of the condition of rotating equipment in all areas of their plants using the safety-rated CSI 2130 Machinery Health™ Analyzer.

KNOXVILLE, TENN – Emerson Process Management now makes vibration monitoring of rotating equipment possible in hazardous areas of chemical and petrochemical process plants and refineries. Two new safety-rated versions of the CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer are available for evaluating the condition of a broad range of equipment types in hazardous work areas.  Both versions comply with the rigorous international safety standards established by Factory Mutual (FM), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), and the European (ATEX) standard, extending the use of industry’s best tool for fast, accurate assessment of the condition of rotating machinery to the most sensitive plant environments.

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Given that FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR - News) shares jumped nearly 25% on news that the company was awarded a contract to provide infrared systems to a new Army helicopter, you’d have thought the deal was something new and special. 

CHARLESTON, SC, July 13, 2006 - Life Cycle Engineering (LCE), the learning source for optimizing asset reliability and performance, is now accepting registrations for its new PM/PdM Best Practices course. This new four-part training series, which will benefit companies looking to improve their preventive and predictive maintenance programs, is designed for people with little or no formal training in predictive maintenance and condition monitoring technologies, including maintenance technicians, supervisors, planners and schedulers, reliability engineers and plant managers.