Xhead = Apprion, Motorola sign OEM agreement

Apprion has signed an OEM agreement with Motorola which extends the relationship established last year when Motorola announced it had invested in Apprion through its strategic venture capital arm, Motorola Ventures, writes Earth Times.

The OEM agreement enables the two companies to jointly develop and market integrated wireless application networks for industrial enterprises.

The companies say integrating Apprion's industrial-focused wireless appliances and applications with Motorola's line of indoor and outdoor wireless networking solutions will allow industrial enterprises to leverage best-of-class wireless networks.

ESI Group, a supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, has released Virtual Performance Solution version 2009, a scalable simulation solution based on explicit and implicit solver technologies for all types of virtual product testing, says Cad Cam News.

According to the company, Virtual Performance Solution 2009 responds to its customers' needs for the functional assessment and design optimisation of the virtual prototype prior to physical prototyping or tool assembly.

ESI adds that the simulation solution addresses challenges such as increasing product diversification, shortening development times, reducing costs, and managing complex simulation scenarios and functional requirements.

During these difficult economic times, the manufacturing and warehousing industry is facing increasing business risks, especially in terms of costs, equipment and personnel, writes PR Newswire.

In addition to maintaining employee safety and security, employers are now concerned with protecting expensive inventory as well as equipment from misuse and theft.

Frost & Sullivan recently partnered with Protection One, a provider of monitored security services, to look at the physical security needs in the manufacturing and warehousing industry. The study focused on ways the industry can look to basic physical solutions to help ensure employee safety and security, protect expensive inventory and equipment from misuse, prevent theft and environmental dangers, as well as serve as another layer of quality control.