Compliance & Precision News Round-Up - Issue 13

Issue 13 of our Compliance & Precision News Round-Up - A bulletin that contains the latest test & measurement news has now been published.

LIA warnings over rough service lamps

The Lighting Industry Association has drawn attention to the fact that some retailers are offering special purpose lamps intended for rough service environments to consumers in an attempt to circumnavigate the EU phase out of inefficient lamps...
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Instituteof Measurementannual lecture

The Institute of Measurement and Control hosts its annual lecture and learned awards evening later this month (Thursday 18th October). The event at the Glaziers Hall (The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers)...
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Monitoring of electrical equipment in nuclear plants

The IEC and the IEEE have jointly published new international guidelines for the condition monitoring of electrical equipment that performs vital nuclear power plant safety functions. The series of international standards and guidelines...
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Record semiconductor R&D spending predicted

Worldwide spending on semiconductor R&D is expected to increase 10% in 2012 to a record high of $53.4billion. According to market research firm IC Insights, the rise will lift R&D spending by chip companies to 16.2% of total semiconductor sales in 2012...
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Analysis of the European EMS Market

A new analysis of the European electronics manufacturing services provider market has been published by reportlinker. The forecast period is 2012 to 2016 and among the findings is that the major verticals contributing to revenue generation are consumer electronics...
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Fake cable discovery

A significant quantity of sub-standard data cable purporting to be CCA Cat 5e cable has been removed from an educational establishment in the Isle of Man following an investigation by the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI)...
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