Start with the news release Stage solutions incorporate Heidenhain encoders from Heidenhain, which we summarised at the time by saying "Heidenhain absolute encoder technology is playing a key role in Stage Technologies' stage engineering automation solutions, which move sets, scenery, people and objects around accurately and safely.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Larox valve has rotary disc for corrosive slurries from Larox Flowsys: "Larox Flowsys has introduced a valve to supplement its pinch-valve and knife-gate valve ranges.".
 
In January 2010, we covered the news from Power Jacks - take a look at Power Jacks' worm gears elevate college's stage which says: "A section of floor at Hope Valley College, Derbyshire, can now rise up to 600mm to create an elevated platform that can be raised and lowered for special events. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Michael Smith Engineers, Positive-displacement gear-pump range expanded, as well as Indexer servo drives offer 32 motion profiles from Ormec Systems Corp, and Rotary stage uses PILine piezomotor technology from PI (Physik Instrumente).