JACKSON, MI – An appeals court has tossed a $1.7 million judgment in favor of EMS provider Sparton Corp.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a prior ruling in favor of Sparton in its lawsuit against Util-LINK LLC and National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative.

The Sixth Circuit also affirmed the lower court's decision denying NRTC relief on its $20 million counterclaim against Sparton.

Sparton said it would review the decision and that its claim still has merit.

 

 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK – Aegis Software (Europe) Ltd. has moved its European headquarters here and named Daniel Walls European managing director.

The manufacturing information management systems provider’s new site includes a larger training center, among other features. 

Walls joined Aegis in 1997 as controller and chief financial officer, and was also a regional sales manager.

“Aegis sees Europe as a very important manufacturing market,” said CEO Jason Spera in a statement. “Our new European headquarters, along with appointing Walls as managing director confirms our commitment and ensures manufacturers in Europe the high level of customer service and quality products.”

 

 

NEW YORK -- The World Trade Organization this week opened a formal investigation on allegations that China is providing a safe haven for product piracy and counterfeiting.

The WTO panel's scope will be limited to whether Beijing has taken sufficient action to protect IP rights, but it could ultimately authorize U.S. trade sanctions against China valued at billions of dollars annually -- the amount the U.S. claims its companies lose because of China's alleged lax enforcement. A final decision could take years.

China publicy complained about the measure, which the country blames on the U.S. It said it is going after companies and invidivuals who infringe U.S. copyrights and trademarks, and the U.S.'s actions could hurt trade relations between the two nations.

China last month blocked a U.S.-led attempt to form a panel. WTO rules prevented the country from delaying the investigation a second time.

NASHVILLE — Kyzen Corp. today announced the inauguration of its Know the Score! database, a single point of reference for the extensive test data the supplier of cleaning materials has built over the years.

Over the course of years, Kyzen's labs have conducted extensive test protocols, collecting tens of thousands of data points from legacy IT systems that are spread throughout the company's global operations. The new tool permits real-time access to these vast data, permitting an accurate, statistically validated product and process recommendation.

“We now have real-time access to every data point Kyzen collects worldwide — in one place,” said Ram Wissel, engineering manager, in a prepared statement. “This will speed both product development and technical support on a global basis, adding value to our customer development programs and routine daily operations.”

Kyzen is the winner of the 2007 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award for Cleaning Materials, based on direct feedback from users.