ATLANTA, GA. - November 28, 2007 : – GE Energy and the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) today announced the successful implementation of a new reliability-based asset management program for MSDGC’s wastewater treatment network. The new system “went live” earlier this month and is the culmination of a year-long project that required GE to design and implement a comprehensive program to improve MSDGC’s maintenance and operating practices.

Establishing proper maintenance procedures and operations processes is as important as providing power plants, hospitals and other infrastructure in Iraq, a senior U.S. military engineer said today.

The United States has contributed almost $14 billion toward Iraq’s rebuilding effort, including nearly 4,000 projects designed to help improve the country’s infrastructure and central services, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Dorko, commanding general for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Gulf Region Division, told reporters at a Baghdad news conference.

Infrared Cameras, Inc. of Beaumont Texas introduces the ICI Toughcam. The new Toughcam portable thermal imager offers outstanding image quality and radiometric temperature measurement performance in an affordable, rugged and easy to use infrared camera.

The ICI Toughcam camera is equipped with 4 movable measurement points and 3 area boxes with tracking cursers. Camera resolution is 160 x 120 with a temperature measurement range of -20 to 250 C (-4 to 482 F). Voice annota-tion is possible for a full 40 seconds per image. Its lithium ion battery has a 3 hour bat-tery life per charge. Unlike many cameras in this range, the ICI Toughcam offers optional lenses to further customize the Toughcam to your application needs. ICI Reporter software provides quick accessibility to a full range of tools for analyzing Toughcam images.

Princeton Junction, NJ, October 30, 2007 – MISTRAS Group Inc. has acquired Controlled Vibrations Incorporated (CVI) located in Doylestown, PA.

CVI has been a leader in the Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Industry since 1991 integrating PdM Technologies with Maintenance Program Management. Their clients have benefited by using CVI’s established benchmarking methods to Industry Best Practices, ensuring maximum return on their investment. As a result, leading corporations from the Power Generation, Steel, Petro-Chemical, Nuclear, Paper, HVAC, Co-Generation, Manufacturing, Hospital, Government Agencies and Pharmaceutical industries use CVI proprietary methods.

Roanoke, Virginia, USA - November 6, 2007 - Meridium Inc., the leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, today announced an agreement with Bruce Power, the first private nuclear generator in Canada and one of Ontario’s largest independent power generators. Bruce Power employs more than 3,600 highly skilled professionals and produces approximately 40% of the world’s cobalt-60 and generates 20% of Ontario’s electricity.

Community Awareness Fueling 10% Annual Growth for Plant Maintenance and Reliability Products, Service and Technology

Fort Myers FL (PRWEB) November 6, 2007—Reliabilityweb.com, a community of maintenance and reliability professionals and the producer of IMC-2007 the 22nd International Maintenance Conference, announced today that early registrations for the December conference are exceeding the pace of all previous years and that another sold-out event is expected.

According to publisher and reliability expert Terrence O’Hanlon, CMRP, “Smart companies are realizing the bottom line value that can be delivered through proactive maintenance and reliability programs, while the laggards are still focused on “cost cutting” their way to profitability. IMC-2007 includes workshops and case studies that provide a roadmap for participants to use to put their company in the top 20% performance category. Earnings per share are directly affected by maintenance and reliability practices for each asset intensive company.”

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A real-time, visual predictive and preventive maintenance (PPM) system that could save semiconductor fabs thousands of dollars annually per tool has been developed by Quality Wise Knowledge Solutions (QWiKS) in cooperation with ATDF, the Austin-based R&D foundry.

The PPM system, called QWiKS CBM/PHM, combines condition-based maintenance (CBM) with prognostic health monitoring (PHM) to monitor and maintain semiconductor process equipment more effectively. In January, ATDF engineers integrated the system with four vertical furnaces, then used it to check equipment “health” and recipes, which are critical parameters for quality control and quartz lifetime. Over a nine-month period, ATDF observed no quality reduction in any of the four tools and saved more than $50,000 in maintenance costs.