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News Release from: Manufacturing Technologies Association
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 April 2007
Engineering associations unite on
seminars
Jointly organised UK seminars will cover such topics as Risk Assessment, EMC, the WEEE and RoHS Directives as well as covering Function Safety of Control Systems and the New Machinery Directive.
In conjunction with two other engineering trade associations, PPMA and PICON, the MTA is organising a series of six training courses for its members These courses bring together the collective expertise of all three organisations on such topics as Risk Assessment, EMC, the WEEE and RoHS Directives as well as covering Function Safety of Control Systems and the New Machinery Directive
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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