KIPiS News & Events

The Test & Measurement World awards program honors excellence and innovation in test, measurement, and inspection products. And finally the finalists for the Best in Test and Test of Time awards have been selected. Now, it's your turn to vote for the winners.

With the new ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery – General principles for design – Risk assessment and risk reduction, designers will be able to identify risks during the design stage of machine production and hence reduce the risk of future accidents.

From shampoo to lipstick to face cream, cosmetic products are used to help keep us stay fresh, clean, and even look and feel younger and more beautiful. ISO 29621:2010, Cosmetics – Microbiology – Guidelines for the risk assessment and identification of microbiologically low-risk products is contributing to a solution in the form of an International Standard that will help the cosmetic industry identify which levels and types of contamination represent a health hazard and which are safe.

International exhibitors increase by 25 percent with more than 1200 at 2011 CES which will run on January 6-9 at Las Vegas (Nevada, USA).

productronica, the leading trade fair for innovative electronics production, has extended its nomenclature in 2011 to include the areas of battery production and power electronics. productronica 2011 will take place on 15-18 November 2011 at Munich, Germany.

DreamBots Ltd, Intertek, Other World Computing, SPIbelt and Wilson Electronics Inc. are the winners of the second annual Visit Me at CES 2011 exhibitor video contest. The top five vote-getting companies earning a video spotlight on CESweb.org.

The “CEO Round Table” was held on November 9, at the first day of electronica 2010, as part of the electronica Forum and attracted an audience of more than 350 visitors, exhibitors and media representatives. Empirical values and growth prospects for the industry were discussed under the motto “What lessons have we learnt from the crisis?” at the Munich Trade Fair Center.

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE:KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, extends its congratulations to Drs. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, scientists at the University of Manchester in England who were recently awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on graphene, a single-atom-thick form of carbon with outstanding physical, electrical, and chemical properties.

The world’s leading companies in the area of embedded hardware and software will meet at electronica 2010, the number 1 international trade fair for components, systems and applications in the electrical and electronics industry, from November 9 to 12, 2010. electronica 2010 will feature the latest generation of microprocessors, boards, development platforms and test software.

HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) and electronicAsia open from 13-16 October 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. These two world-class events feature more than 3,500 quality exhibitors, offering huge sourcing opportunities in electronics, components, assemblies, production, display technologies and photovoltaic technologies.