Associations, societies, & government activities

Electrical Apparatus, Sep 2005

NAED's 'Inside Track' distributor sales course

The National Association of Electrical Distributors has introduced "The Inside Track," a $249 distributor inside sales training program, consisting of three CD-ROM modules with accompanying workbooks. NAED also announced its NAED Foundation has surpassed $6 million with committed funds totaling $6.4 million, from nearly 40 donors, including Square D/Schneider Electric, $1 million, and GE, Eaton and Hubbell, $500,000 each.

Small motor group's theory & design courses

SMMA-the Motor & Motion Association will offer four "Motor & Motion College" courses during the Electrical Insulation Conference/Electrical Manufacturing Expo Oct. 23-26 in Indianapolis: Fundamentals of Electric Motor Design; Basic Motor Theory, Operation and Application; Fundamentals of Polyphase Induction Motor Design; and Fundamental of Universal; Electric Motor Design.

SMMA will hold its 2005 Fall Technical Conference Oct. 5-7 in Arlington Heights, 111., at Sheraton Chicago Northwest hotel. Among the topics: lamination steel losses, non-silicon-iron soft magnetic alloys' applications, small electrical machine design, torque ripple in permanent-magnet synchronous machines, integrated linear motion systems, and two-phase switched reluctance drive systems.

Information is available from www.smma .org and by e-mail to Bill Chambers at billchatnbers @ smma. org.

Growing European power group meets this month

The European Power Transmission Distributors Association, founded in 1998, has grown to represent 114 distributor companies, 67 manufacturers, and seven association members. The association expects continued expansion as members from Eastern European countries have joined the European Union. EPTDA was established to address market changes in the EU, specifically the introduction of the Euro and the elimination of many restrictions on regional cross-border trade.

The EPTDA 2005 Convention will be held Sept. 28-30 in Prague, Czech Republic. Speakers include Dr. Daniel Thorniley, senior global economist of the Economic Group's Economist Corporate Network, who will discuss the impact of EU expansion; Joseph DiVanna, author and consultant, who will discuss project management; and Dr. Dirk Morschett, Saarland University Institute of Commerce and International Marketing, Saarland, Germany, who will describe alliance in the distribution sector.

Information about EPTDA and the 2005 convention will be found on Web site www .eptda.erg.

Edited by the EA staff