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Alliance Sensors Announces Distributor Partnership pass. Afterward, while they all agreed that taking the test was no walk in the park, most of them passed the test. The one thing that impressed me the most was that one of the fellows who didn’t pass the test went ahead and re-took the test almost immediately. And he passed it. I don’t know who was more proud. At the end of the day, it’s really up to us—on an individual level—to take the next step. If you haven’t gotten your certification, look into it. Get started by preparing to take the test. Don’t assume that just because you’ve been in fluid power for years you’re going to breeze through the test. It takes hard work and substantial preparation. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and the rewards of getting certified are real. You probably won’t become the next CEO of your company, but the CEO will surely look at you differently. So, too, will your customers and colleagues see you in a different professional light.
Ë Alliance Sensors Group announced a partnership with Marposs Corp. as a North American distributor for dimensional gauging probes and pencil probes. Marposs is a family-owned and operated business founded in Italy, and over the past 12 years, it has developed a complete line of analog and digital output dimensional gauging probes and accessories. The partnership allows Alliance Sensors to offer, in conjunction with its other linear and rotary sensing technologies, the Marposs product line of digital and analog probes. www.alliancesensors.com News continued on page 14
Certification adds a third dimension to your portfolio; education and experience are the other two. For those of you who have been certified, I urge you to promote the certification process as a positive experience for both the employer and the employee—not as a competitive challenge. This will simply drive people away. As the industry continues to move forward in areas like energy recovery, energy-efficient systems, alternative energy, smart components, etc., the certification process will become increasingly beneficial and integral to our professional growth. With all of these fast-paced developments, I ask: Can you really afford not to be certified? About the Author Bert Martinez, CFPE, CMfgE, has 44 years of experience in hydraulic cartridge valves, integrated circuits, and electrohydraulics. He currently works in marketing/engineering for Sun Hydraulics. Circle 155
september/october 2013
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