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Elma-Mektron is a member of a number of international trade associations and user groups. This enables the company to participate in the relevant standards process and ensures that the company stays at the forefront of emerging technology and new and evolving standards.
In particular Elma-Mektron is a member of PICMG and VITA. Brief details of these organisations are outlined below. |
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The Federation of Small Businesses is the largest direct member business organisation in the UK, with over 185,000 members representing 1.25 million people.
The FSB is the largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has over 185,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches.
On the member benefits side, it offers assistance and support 24 hours a day, while its lobbying arm - led by the Westminster Press and Parliamentary office - applies pressure on MPs, Government and Whitehall, lobbies politicians in their constituencies and puts the FSB viewpoint over to the media.
Federation of Small Businesses
Sir Frank Whittle Way
Blackpool Business Park
Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 2FE
Tel: 01253 336000 Fax: 01253 348046
Email: membership@fsb.org.uk |
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| PICMG |
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The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group is a consortium of over 450 companies who collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications. PICMG specifications include CompactPCIŽ for Eurocard, rackmount applications and PCI/ISA for passive backplane, standard format cards.
Founded in 1994, PICMG's original mission was to extend the PCI standard, as approved by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG), for computer systems such as PCI/ISA, PCI/EISA and the PCI/3U or 6U Eurocard form factor known as CompactPCI. PICMG continues to develop important extensions and improvements to CompactPCI.
Recently, PICMG announced it was beginning development of a new series of specifications, called AdvancedTCAŽ, for next-generation telecommunications equipment, with a new form factor and based on switched fabric architectures.
PICMG c/o Virtual, Inc.
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600
Wakefield, MA 01880 USA
Email: info@picmg.org
Tel: +1 781-246-9318
Fax: +1 781-224-1239 |
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The VMEbus International Trade Association, is an incorporated, non-profit organization of vendors and users having a common market interest. Founded in 1984, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures. VITA's activities are international in scope. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional and user related and are aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors additional market exposure and providing users with timely technical information.
Today, VITA's mission includes not only promoting VMEbus, but promoting the very concept of open technology as embodied in the many standards currently under development within the VITA Standards Organization. Virtually all players in all markets from the smallest to the largest now use the word "open" in their company and product promotions. The VITA name is now synonymous with open systems.
VITA's continuing goal is to unite manufacturers and users through the acceptance and implementation of open technology standards.
VITA
P O Box 19658
Fountain Hills AZ 85269-1658 USA
Email: info@vita.com
Tel: +1 480-837-7486 |
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