NEW COMPANY TO START "SMALL TIMES" MAGAZINE IN SEPTEMBER.A new company, Small Times Media (STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ; Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , MI), will begin the publication of Small Times magazine with an issue in Septmeber. The company will publish two issues this year and six issues a year beginning in 2002. Taglined "big news in small tech," the new title will have a controlled circulation of 22,000 senior executives, engineers, and procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. professionals "developing strategies that use the latest technologies to improve product reliability and company profits," STM said. The launch is described as the only business-oriented magazine to focus on microsystems and nanotechnologies and how they are being applied in the automotive, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , computer, military, medical and optical fields. Editorial will include information on the latest small tech applications, advantages, technical breakthroughs and new technologies, profiles on industry executives, and resources shared between academia, investors, government and industry. The magazine will also follow major issues related to the industry's development and market intelligence STM said that it is the first media company created to cover small technology, including MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. , microsystems and nanotechnologies. The company's Web site, smalltimes.com, will include analysis of the latest business developments, information on how developments affect specific industries, and a small tech stock index. The company's Events Management unit will develop industry trade shows, symposiums, exhibits and related networking opportunities. Its first show, "Small Tech 2001: The Microsystems Advantage," will be held Sept. 18-21 in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C. |
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