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SUPPLIER NEWS AcelorMittal Steelton has received ISO 9001 certification, which the company says is a demonstration of its commitment to quality and superior customer service. Solutions team and the assignments the team has successfully delivered for clients. JLG Industries, Inc., along with its parent company, Oshkosh Corp., broke ground for a new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China. Also, Gradall® branded telehandlers will become part of an expanded JLG branded telehandler family at the end of the year. The company has also developed an extended warranty program for all boom, scissor and telehandler products sold in the U.S. and Canada. Bentley Systems, Inc., is now offering V8i , which the company says is the most comprehensive software portfolio for infrastructure ever assembled in a single release. Encompassing products for all of the solution communities served by Bentley, the portfolio leverages and extends the core capabilities of its new interoperability platform. Deere & Co. has acquired full ownership of ReGen Technologies, Inc., a remanufacturing company located in Springfield, Mo. Deere had already owned 50 percent of the business Matech Corp. Faiveley Transport Australia signed a contract to deliver enhanced PIS, CCTV and Door Upgrade solutions to trains maintained by Bombardier Australia at its Adelaide maintenance facility. Also, Faiveley opened a new office, repair and warehousing facility in Port Melbourne, Australia. Interfleet Technology has become one of a very few rail consultants in the world to have been awarded the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner accreditation. The internationally-recognized qualification was awarded to acknowledge Interfleet’s competencies across varied pieces of Microsoft software, the range of qualifications obtained by Interfleet’s Software completed an inspection on one Union Pacific bridge in Nebraska using its Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor System. The technology provides information about growing cracks in structural members in a single inspection and can be used to verify retrofit effectiveness at the time of retrofit without using the “wait and see” method that other technologies require, according to Matech. propriations Act for FY 2009 provides $5 million to the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., in its capacity as a new member of the department’s National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. The funding will go to TTCI’s Emergency Response Training Center, enabling the facility to significantly increase the number of students training there. Separately, Congress passed and the president signed rail safety legislation that authorizes funding to begin the design and construction of the above-ground railroad tunnel and station facility that will be used primarily for rail safety and security training. Visionaire, Inc., which designs and manufactures air conditioning, heat and pressurization systems for off-highway equipment cabs, consolidated its operations, warehouse and assembly units into one larger facility located in the Great Southwest Industrial District in Grand Prairie, Texas. The new facility has three times the available floor space. Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad is incorporating RailComm’s Track Warrant Control functionality into its existing Domain Operations Controller System (DOC®). With the addition of the Track Warrant Control module, LS&I can now seamlessly dispatch both its CTC and its dark territory from the same control desk. Also, RailComm has been selected to provide a wireless remote control yard system at CSX Transportation’s Erwin Terminal in Tennessee. The Department of Homeland Security Ap- WIH Resource Group launched its Environmental & Logistics News Website at www.wihresourcegroup.wordpress.com/. Zachry Holdings Inc., a family-owned and privately-held engineering, construction and services organization based in San Antonio, Texas, has completed its acquisition of Southerland Associates Inc., a family-owned and operated engineering, construction and fabrication services company based in Charlotte, N.C. www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures December 2008 7 http://www.arcelormittal.com http://www.aar.com http://www.aar.com http://www.jlg.com http://www.oshkoshcorporation.com http://www.bentley.com/v8i http://www.matechcorp.com http://www.johndeere.com http://www.visionaire-inc.com http://www.faiveleytransport.com http://www.railcomm.com http://www.wihresourcegroup.com http://www.wihresourcegroup.wordpress.com/ http://www.interfleet-technology.com http://www.zhi.com http://www.rtands.com

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