(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Laboratory equipment represents an elevated risk of product safety dangers. CertifiGroup has a special new program to help manufacturers, designers and equipment owners for this high-tech category. In many cases, non-certified laboratory equipment is never identified as a high risk category in the workplace. Scientists and facility owners assume the manufacturers have considered electrical and product safety merely because the equipment is often expensive. The CertifiGroup laboratory equipment evaluation team has been collecting data on the hazards for operators and facilities, and the results are startling. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Industry leaders will speak at RTI International’s fourth international conference “3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging” in San Francisco Dec. 9-11. (more…)

(Apex, N.C.) NCTechNews, North Carolina’s technology news source, is accepting submissions from business and organizations to be listed in the publication’s North Carolina Technology Resources Guide. (more…)

(Apex, N.C.) Strategic messaging and online publishing firm Menzies Consulting, Inc. is providing free advice to early stage drug developers looking to grow their market share. The June 2009 issue of the company’s News You Can Use newsletter features an article with details on low-cost, high-return methods of getting in front of the biotechnology marketplace in a down economy. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) RTI International developed an economic growth strategy to help transform the conflict-prone West Bank into a more investor-friendly region by building on the assets of the first Palestinian planned community, called Rawabi. (more…)