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INDUSTRY NEWS Innovative Product of the Year Winner DeFelsko Corporation DeFelsko’s PosiTector® Interchangeable Probes for inspection instruments has been named a Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year. The American designed and manufactured PosiTector body accepts all interchangeable probes including coating thickness (6000/ 200/PC), environmental (DPM), surface profile (RTR/SPG), and ultrasonic wall thickness (UTG) probes. Winners were announced at the recent Corrosion 2014, NACE International’s leading corrosion conference and expo. This innovation allows quick and easy conversion from a coating thickness gauge to a surface profile gauge, dew point meter or ultrasonic wall thickness gauge with a simple probe change. Each probe retains its own unique calibration information allowing for full probe interchangeability, an industry first. David Beamish, DeFelsko President, was on hand to proudly accept the award on behalf of the entire DeFelsko staff located in Ogdensburg, New York. “We are very honored that a panel of leading experts in the field of corrosion chose our interchangeable PosiTector probes as the most innovative product,” said Beamish, “A sincere thank you to all who voted for us as we continue to pioneer new instrumentation for inspectors.” The MP Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards showcase progressive technological developments in all aspects of corrosion prevention and mitigation and recognize the innovators who have created revolutionary solutions to combat corrosion and protect vital assets from its damaging effects. For more information: Email: [email protected] www.defelsko.com Wallwork Make Energy and Environment Core Issues with New Director Appointment Surface engineering specialists the Wallwork Group has appointed Mike Jarvis director of engineering, responsible for energy management and environmental systems along with selection, installation and maintenance of plant on four sites. "In 2008 we were among the first companies in the heat treatment and surface engineering business to successfully implement the ISO14001 environmental standard. Embracing environmental awareness has served the company well, as energy costs have increased. Wallwork is achieving higher efficiency in energy use and is implementing a progressive policy for more reduction. This is a strong driver for competitiveness in all our processes,” ZZ