WAC Lighting new Quick Connect Pendants

Tuesday, March 6th 2007

W.A.C. Lighting introduces ‘Crystal Solitaires’, a new group of diminutive Quick Connect Crystal Pendants. Crystal Solitaires are crafted with Multifaceted Optical Crystal Shades that as been hand cut and hand polished for enduring beauty and longlasting quality. Pictured from left to right are: G392-CL Cylindrical style, which has a 2¾ inch diameter and a 4½ inch height; G931-CL Pencilpoint Style, which is 4″ in diameter and 3¾... 

ToolKing.com Extends Jet Tool Product Line as Part of Growth Strategy

Thursday, February 8th 2007

ToolKing.com, a premier website and distributor of consumer, professional, and industrial tools, announced today that they have expanded their Jet Tool product line as part of their strategy to become the internet’s most comprehensive supplier and distributor of tools. Managing Partner, Don Cohen, commented “Our 2007 growth plans include becoming the strongest internet retailer in the tool business. To do this we must continue to expand... 

Austro Group comes on at 80% premium

Thursday, February 1st 2007

Austro Group made its debut on the main board of the JSE at R1,62 today and quickly forged above R1,80 – an 80% premium to the R1 at which shares were placed ahead of the listing. That price gave the company a market capitalisation of R590,9m a distinct premium on the R400m estimated by the promoters before the listing. The company imports and distributes woodworking machinery and aims at headline earnings of R33,4m in the year to August 2007 –... 

ETO ERP Encompix Selected by Machine Tool Company

Thursday, February 1st 2007

David Simonian, CFO, explained some of the problems Simmons experienced running an old, non-integrated Dbase system. “Each department had its own mini-system. The same data was entered multiple times—engineering, purchasing, job costing, and accounting. It was very difficult to extract any meaningful information to run the business,” he said. Simmons had known about Encompix for several years. “We looked at Encompix many years ago, but were... 

Steel City … here we come

Thursday, February 1st 2007

Scott Box wouldn’t mind if Murfreesboro acquired the nickname Steel City. That would mean the power tool and machinery manufacturing company he helped form and headquartered in Murfreesboro less than two years ago had made its mark in the competitive tool market. Steel City Tool Works, founded in 2005, is a privately held company with an investment group led by Box and Mark Strahler, both long-time executives in the machinery industry, who grew... 

ETO ERP Encompix Selected by Machine Tool Company

Wednesday, January 24th 2007

David Simonian, CFO, explained some of the problems Simmons experienced running an old, non-integrated Dbase system. “Each department had its own mini-system. The same data was entered multiple times—engineering, purchasing, job costing, and accounting. It was very difficult to extract any meaningful information to run the business,” he said. Simmons had known about Encompix for several years. “We looked at Encompix many years ago, but were... 

New version of emergency management system

Wednesday, January 17th 2007

Ness Technologies launched a new enhanced version of its AwareNess emergency management system. AwareNess addresses the needs of emergency services during all kinds of incidents, including mass casualty events, and provides support to medical, law enforcement and fire-fighting services with full command and control capabilities. It facilitates coordination and synchronization between emergency services from different regions and agencies, enabling... 

Timken Supplies Bearing Assembly for the High-Speed Talgo 350 Train

Thursday, January 11th 2007

The Timken Company is supplying 480 high-tech axle bearing assemblies to Bombardier Transportation for use in the locomotives of the next 30 trains that RENFE – the Spanish state railway – has ordered from Talgo in Spain. Bombardier is supplying 60 high-speed locomotives – two for each Talgo 350 train – equipped with Timken-developed advanced sensor technology to monitor bearing temperature. Bombardier used Timken bearings... 

Constitutional machinery breakdown in Bengal: Sushma

Thursday, January 11th 2007

Claiming total breakdown of the constitutional machinery in West Bengal, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday demanded dismissal of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government and said that her party would seek the President`s intervention to stop the setting up of a special economic zone at Nandigram. “There has been a total breakdown of constitutional machinery in West Bengal and the state government should be immediately dismissed,” Swaraj...