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"It's fun." "It's a very cool experience. I want to learn more." "I love working with fluid power." That's what eighth-graders were saying on November 5 and 6 at the NFPA Fluid Power Challenge workshop day.

Concrete Batch Plants are currently available at discounted prices as much as $25,000-$85,000 below standard list price on select stock and under construction concrete batch plant models.

Surface Mount Technology Corp. is ITAR registered (registration code M22833) to design and manufacture all qualified military products. NAICS code 334418.

FESCO Direct is providing concrete producers throughout Illinois with quality concrete batch plants, concrete mixers, controls and other accessories. Concrete batch plants available range from small skid mounted through large high production plants.

Enercon Industries makes a major industry splash at Pack Expo Las Vegas with the introduction of the new Super Seal™ Touch induction cap sealer.

BABBITT BEARING REPAIR AND MANUFACTURING: Fusion Babbitting Company, (Milwaukee) offers its customers the finest rebabbitting services in the world. Characteristics that define our bearings are 98 to 100 percent bond to the bearing shell.

FESCO Direct LLC has announced the Enertech E 13 Wind Turbine is an ideal match for Wisconsin dairy farmers interested in exploring the current financial incentives and grants available to them through the implementation of wind energy system.

FESCO Direct Renewable Energy Division has refurbished wind turbines available for immediate purchase. Available models include: Vestas V-17, Vestas V-25, Vestas V-27, Nordtank 130, NTK 300, NTK Miocon 600kw, and more.

Dorner adds two conveyors, AquaGard™ and AquaPruf®, to its sanitary line, which can now handle food-related applications from processing to final packaging.

NFPA is building on the great success of the December 2008 Fluid Power Challenge by expanding to four locations in December 2009. Contributions are needed to help support the December 2009 Challenge.

Dorner now provides around-the-clock maintenance and service-related expertise on its new hotline: 1.888.417.3515.

Harness yourself and your energy. Customers Drive SafetyInstruction.com to add safety equipment to their already extensive line of safety instructional materials,

An impressive attendance of 302 individuals received an expanded return on their investment. Attendee evaluations illustrated the importance of economics, market forecasts, research, education, and networking as being instrumental to their success.

FESCO Direct announces they will be offering Scale-Tron’s High Pressure Mixer Washout System. The recently announced system, suitable for most types of concrete mixers, shortens clean up time and requires very little manual cleaning.

Portable concrete batch plants immediately available include both portable and stationary plants for the Ready Mix and Products industries. A portable central mix plant also for sale but will not be available until late 2009.

FESCO Direct is representing a complete line of new and used concrete production equipment across the Midwest. The company services all areas of the concrete industry including: pre cast, hollow core, pre stressed, ready mix and product producers.

Concrete batch plants manufactured by Stephens Manufacturing are now available in Wisconsin and Illinois from FESCO Direct LLC. FESCO Direct agreed to distribute the plants along with other quality concrete production equipment already represented.

The Oxmix RG Twin Shaft Mixer is now available in the Midwest United States. FESCO Direct LLC of Waukesha, WI has agreed to distribute the Italian mixer in partnership with Scaletron Inc, and Ocmer Grandi Impianti srl.

Representatives from 19 NFPA member companies worked with NFPA and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) to complete the Technology Roadmap for the Fluid Power Industry. Research objectives and technology advances are identified.

The Oxmix SF Planetary Mixer is now available in the Midwest United States. FESCO Direct LLC of Waukesha, WI USA has agreed to distribute the Italian made mixer in partnership with Scaletron of Lachine, Canada and Ocmer of Campogalliano, Italy.

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation gratefully acknowledges Sun Hydraulics Corporation for becoming the first NFPA member company to reach the “Legacy Builder” giving level.

MEGTEC Systems Inc. has developed a simple, easy-to-use laboratory coating line designed for short production runs.

NFPA is hosting the 2009 Industry and Economic Outlook Conference on August 18 – 19, 2009. Join Dr. Bill Conerly, Principal with Conerly Consulting LLC, as he spends 2 minutes discussing what attendees can expect at this year’s IEOC.

ABC Computers, Inc. has been named to the 2009 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club, receiving recognition from Microsoft Corp. for its dedicated commitment to customers.

The interchangeable carbide insert system uses the popular TTS geometry for affordable quick change tooling.

iDrive opens new application possibilities for Dorner’s 2200 Series

AquaGard brings fastest speeds, best-in-class transfers and ease of automation to the food industry.

NFPA is hosting the 2009 Industry and Economic Outlook Conference on August 18 – 19, 2009. Join Alan Beaulieu, Economist with the Institute for Trend Research, as he spends 2 minutes discussing what attendees can expect at this year’s IEOC.

Dorner Manufacturing recently unveiled an updated logo and corporate tagline to better reflect the company’s commitment to offering its customers unmatched speed, intelligence and flexibility: “Move Fast. Move Smart.”

This CNC site is one of the fastest growing CNC communities. CNC Machine tool help covers nearly all topics related to CNC. With an unbiased opinion and topics include everything from CNC programming, repairing, troubleshooting and learning CNC.

The new locations will pass savings to both US and international customers.

A video showing the innovative approaches eighth graders took to solving an engineering problem at the December 2008 National Fluid Power Association (NFPA’s) Fluid Power Challenge is now available online.

This day-and a-half event offers hard data and expert analysis on tomorrow’s economic environment— augmented with an additional focus into the technology breakthroughs likely to impact the fluid power supply chain in the years ahead.

In the midst of the recession, Insight Marketing is offering two free articles to businesses and companies who are experiencing a strain on marketing budgets.

Rice Lake Weighing Systems is now offering the DIGI® DC-782, for fast and accurate parts counting at an affordable price.

Combustible Dust Presentation a long overdue industry need

The New Gammex 610 Neonatal Chest Phantom is designed for routine quality assurance monitoring of computed and digital radiography systems.

The NEW Gammex 464-ACTS Automated CT Software provides automated data analysis for the ACR accreditation CT Phantom 464 for Physicists who have a responsibility for obtaining or maintaining ACR accreditation for one or more CT scanners.

CNC FUNDAMENTALS will teach attendees how to get the most out of the PCNC 1100 mill

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) seeks feedback from fluid power industry stakeholders on several key components of the fluid power technology roadmap to achieve industry-elevating advancements for hydraulics and pneumatics.

Load meter helps monitor tool wear, troubleshoot programming and performance

Visicom, a Madison, WI based enterprise telecom expense management (TEM) company, announced today the appointment of Bridget Thomas to the position of marketing specialist.

Hispanic Workforce Being Addressed Sooner than Later

New offering makes the Tormach Tooling System (TTS) even more versatile.

New 19” LCD Offers Flexibility and Technology Options

SÉURA Adds New Original Lighted Mirror Designs to its 2009 Lumination Collection™.

Atlas Signs and Plaques, a division of Metal Facades brings the look of real cast metal to the Sign and Plaque industry. Bronze, copper, brass, and aluminum cold-spray-applied to virtually any surface.

NFPA’s Fluid Power Challenge was held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. 74 eighth-grade students competed to solve a fluid power challenge by designing and constructing a mechanism that used fluid power technology to perform a defined task.

NFPA embarks on IT roadmap for shaping technological advancement of fluid power by identifying industry-elevating technology advancements and determining action plan to achieve those advancements.

MSOE to host the NFPA Fluid Power Challenge from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, December 12th where twenty teams of four 8th-graders each will build fluid power mechanisms to pick an object from one platform, rotate and place it on another.