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Cargotec to establish global competence center in Singapore
HELSINKI, FINLAND — Cargotec announced on June 1 that it will establish a global competence center for container terminals development in Singapore. By establishing a competence center close to customers in Singapore, Cargotec noted it will further strengthen its ability to provide total solutions for its container terminal customers in the whole Asia-Paciﬁc region. “Customer perspective is at the core of Cargotec’s strategy. In order to better understand customer needs, Cargotec needs an extensive geographic presence and tight collaboration with local customers, partners and other stakeholders. Singapore is one of the world’s largest ports, and it offers a unique view to customer trends, requirements and future needs for research, development and engineering purposes. Our strong presence in Singapore will further enhance our possibilities to develop more customer-driven solutions for future needs,” said Mikael Mäkinen, president and chief executive ofﬁcer at Cargotec. Cargotec, which has been present in Singapore for more than 30 years, noted that it currently employs approximately 450 people in Singapore, representing the company’s brands Hiab, Kalmar, MacGregor and Bromma. The Asia-Paciﬁc region has been identiﬁed as one of the company’s growth areas, accounting for 40% of the total sales in 2010. Cargotec’s Asian production units are located in China, India, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

Intersystems, EMW form parts, service agreement
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, U.S. — Effective Feb. 28, EMW has been appointed the sole stocking distributor of Intersystems parts, service and technical support for sampling equipment in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Thunder Bay region of Ontario, Canada. EMW offers millwright and construction services including design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of equipment for agribusiness and industrial clients. A dedication to quality control and high safety standards has led the company into several industries and areas throughout Canada. Both EMW and Intersystems have a corporate environment that puts immense emphasis on safety, quality, environmental responsibility and long-term relationships — EMW with 35 years of experience and Intersystems with 50 — all making the partnership a clear ﬁt. Intersystems designs and manufactures industrial sampling equipment which includes a variety of automatic samplers and truck probes. Automatic sampler applications include belt end, gravity chute, sloped gravity chute, liquid, mid-belt, pit and pneumatic line. Probes are available in multiple truck and rail sizes. Intersystems sampling systems take representative and repeatable samples of a variety of materials for use in multiple industries.

Brabender employee receives doctorate
SOUTH HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, U.S. — C.W. Brabender Instruments, Inc. announced on May 10 that that Shuping Yan, laboratory manager for the Food Division, has successfully completed the requirements for her PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering this month at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. C.W. Brabender Instruments said Yan has brought many years of signiﬁcant experience and expertise in cereal chemistry, food testing and new food product development to the company. Yan is responsible for maintaining the C.W. Brabender Food Laboratory while conducting research on its extensive line of laboratory-scale food testing instruments. She is responsible for publishing papers on her new research ﬁndings as well as handling all customer technical inquiries in support of Brabender’s food instrument product line for the North American market.

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