MasTec Ltd
The Ingenious Devices and Smart Works Company

March 2008              Circulation 14,850+ World-wide                Edition # 80

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Spot Buying
ODM/OEM Buying

Best Product of the 2008 Year
Company of the Year

Drop in Network Applications



Monthly Discussion

Automation

PAC Products - OPTO 22
Ethernet to Modbus Converter - ICS
2008 Micronor Product Catalog - Micronor
Universal Monitors for Speed, Standstill, Direction of Rotation - MKS

Comms

New Line of Serial to Ethernet Device Servers - Aaxeon

Quatech's PCI Express Article - Quatech
Article on PCI Express Technology - Read
Some info on RS-232 and 485 Comms - B&B

Computers

PC-104 I/O Boards - ICOP
Ask Larry - Rabbit Questions
Look at all the Rabbit Micro Kits - Rabbit

DAQ

New DAQ Company - DATAQ
USB 32 Digital I/O - Sealevel



Encoders and Motion

MSHA Certified Optical Encoder - BEI

GPIB

New Mandatory GPIB Driver - ICS

Imaging and Motion

New High Resolution iDS GigE camera range - IDS

Low Cost - Small Handheld - Digital Microscope for Inspection UWin
Another microscope that is even smaller that is USB connected -- SWS

Instruments

6.5 Digit DMM - Array
New Low Cost Instruments - Atten
New Low Cost Instruments - Educational

Logger

Low cost USB IP68 Datalogger - Fourier

Power

Lead Prices - Discussion


Soltec UPSs for $45 - Sale

Range of SLA Batteries - CGB
Vista UPS Software - TrippLite

Variable Speed Drive Booster Booster
Din Rail PSUs with CDC UPS function - Array
Low Cost Mains Power Meter and more-- Power Meter
Single Phase to Three Phase AC Motor Controller up to 2.2KW -- Booster

PAC - Programmable Automation Controllers

Release of a complete new PAC Family - OPTO 22

Semiconductor

USB 2 very fast Universal Gang Programmers - RK

Signal Conditioning

Universal 5B Module - Dataforth

Software

DAQ Factory - Azeotech
Multi-Core LabVIEW 8.5 - NI
Measurement Studio upgrade - MCC

Transducers

Colour Detection Eltrotech

Wireless

Mesh Radio - Rabbit
M2M- GSM Controllers - Astel
Three New Cellular Options - Digi
Drop in Network Applications - Digi
DiN --
XBee™ Wall Router Extends Drop-in Networks - Digi



Some Important Announcements

Any contracts for this awesome skill set???

Smart Works System is for Sale



Hello to all our Readers,

This is the promised catchup eNewsletter for Feb 2008.

With over 250 vendors you can imagine how many announcements we could make.

Here is a few, well actually quite a few.

2008 Year Some Thoughts

MasTec has already received many forward OEM orders for 2008. In fact this is the best OEM position we have been in since we were founded in 1989.

This brings up some thoughts for 2008.

We are noticing that the maturing OEM businesses in NZ are showing good growth, as they settle original old overseas markets and move into new ones.

Some of these companies started purchasing OEM parts products back in 2000 and are now starting to show long term growth.

So if you are starting to export a product, be prepared for the long haul to reach maturity and strong growth, it seems there is much to do, learn and move through to get to securing your place in the world.

From talking to many of these companies, it seems communication and documentation skills, besides good product are key points, so start early and learn the art of talking well, state the dream over and over again with key accounts, honing the words and documents to make it all come true.

We are wishing all our clients a wonderful experience for 2008. We will work along with you all as you make your dreams come true. We have our dream also and that is to be Oceania's largest OEM/ODM Technical Supplier. It is true.

If you need supply of product for your dream, let us know early this year, so we can start communication and develop the right words for successful business together.


Next Issue

We are planning an extra edition for February also, that will catch us up on the latest technology from so many of our manufacturers.

We have hdozens of press releases and will publish a selected edition of these in late February.

Focus will be on Digi "Drop in Networks" of course as this is the year of "Drop in Networks Worldwide".

However significant new technology is coming from all our areas, instruments, gauges, encoders, infrastructure, vision, micros, ICP, instrumentation, automation and power to make a big edition needed.

However, with promises of Wimax and LTE on the horizon for 2010, wireless is the main carrier from here forward it seems.


Contract Engineer
Awesome Skill Set

We have a UK Trained Electrical Engineer and we are looking for contracts for him.

He comes with 20 years experience as an Electrical Engineering Manager for a UK company, with experience in USA and other countries.

He has been responsible for designing many systems:

DC an AC variable speed drives, system build and retro fitting new drives into existing machinery. The company used most of the dominant drive manufactures controllers. Designed Control Systems for: - Complete Textile Lines including Inspection Machines, Drying Cans, Gas and Electrical Ovens, Laminators, Embossers, Wall Paper Machines, Calendars for the Rubber Industry, Extruders general and wire coating, Wash Ranges, Conveyor Systems, Web and Rope stretching with heat setting for slings, Cross lappers, Needle Tackers, Steel wire Un-coilers and straightener, Welding Rotators and Coating Applications - etc etc etc

Now living in Auckland NZ. He has gained New Zealand electrian registration also. He is very fast at industrial electrical wiring also.

If you are not sure ask if he can do your job, -- this note above is short, -- the full CV is bound and huge. Vast experience in design, buying, sourcing and managing large million pound projects.

Please email all enquiries to Awesome


SWS is for Sale

Yes, we have decided to sell Smart Works Systems after all these years.

We started SWS back in 1991 to develop microprocessor based DAQ systems and then used that to make a variety of battery testing equipment.

The reason for the sale-- it is part of our onward going redesign of MasTec Ltd to becoming a sales company and trade house only, with no development teams or programmers.

SWS presently works inside the MasTec framework. That is sales are booked through MasTec and then passed to SWS. MasTec staff help build the products also.

Last year year you will have noticed that we removed the Integration Division out of MasTec and now have several external engineers doing this work for us, with no in house development staff. It has been very succesful.

However with SWS we are going to sell the whole thing and remove all responsibilities from the MasTec staff.

SWS is primarily making Geotechnical Test Equipment and Windows Testing systems but also fabricates special items.

We have two external engineers who do most of the work in the Geotechnical products but the Windows Testing Systems are all made by SWS in house.

Who it would fit best.

  • An engineer who wants to start a small company doing product development and support.
  • A company that wants to expand into this type of work.

Skills Required:

The skills include fabrication in metal and plastic, electronics, electrical assembly also programming skills in LabVIEW would be best and some Basic and C language also.

Location:

  • It is best this sale goes to an Auckland based person or company, as 70-80% of the work is in the Auckland area at present.

Current work on the books:

  • A complete new Windows Test System for a NZ site. Work on this will start in a month or two.

    These systems have been built since 1993-4 and we have a site in Malaysia, two in Australia and several in New Zealand. Every year these sites get upgraded and also there is on going maintainace.
  • One or Two Road Elasticity Testing System. Work on this will start in a month or two also.

    This is the culmination of several years development with a local company and now they are wanting 1 or 2 more systems.

Look forward to hearing from an interested parties. SWS Sale

  • Also do look at the website pages on SWS



MasTec Staff Contacts :-

 All Sales -- Administration

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Saera Moala

 All Sales -- Management

 rob.maskell@mastecnz.co.nz

Rob Maskell

 Instrumentation and Wireless Sales

 loyal.noronha@mastecnz.co.nz

Loyal Noronha

 AC & DC Power Sales

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

 Dhara Pandya

 General Sales

 manasi.gaonkar@mastecnz.co.nz

Mancy Gaonkar

 Dealers Sales

 marketing@mastecnz.co.nz    

Jeannie Murdoch

 Liason Officer for Product Development

 rob.maskell@mastecnz.co.nz

Rob Maskell

Please send Jeannie Murdoch in Marketing any updates on company details, any new staff members etc

Please contact our staff for any products, Loyal, Saera, Dhara, Manasi, Jeannie and myself are always pleased to help