Bangkok--12 Mar--Reed Tradex According to Mr. Yunood Salamad, Executive Director of DigiGate Technology (Thailand) Co. Ltd. importer of metrology systems for quality inspection of automotive parts, applying innovative technology for quality inspection of automotive parts will enable manufacturers to be competitive in their manufacturing costs as well as having high technology boosting greater competitiveness. Auto parts manufacturers must be ever vigilant about product standard and quality control, to have potential for competition in the world market. Mr. Yunood said that his company has imported a metrology devise which can measure product quality and match with required standards by using satellite based signals. iGPS is an innovation ofMetris of U.K. and is the first such device in Thailand imported to support the growth automobile and motorcycle assembly industries in Thailand. This state of the art technology can offer tracking of product measurement over a wide area, over entire assembly operations, and is suitable for large factories and for large scale automotive assembly and aircraft assembly. The iGPS modular tracking system is already present in leading assembly plants of Ford and General Motors in other countries. iGPS operates similar to the Global Position System where sensors can transmit metrology measurement signals over a wide floor space, the entire factory or entire production line which allows greater mobility and accuracy in measuring workpieces than in the previous system which can only measure over 15 meters radius. The accuracy of the measurement is also 6 times more accurate. In its marketing campaign, Digigate will iGPS for the first time in Thailand at the “Automotive Manufacturing 2008” from 19 — 22 June 2008 at BITEC” said Mr. Yunood. “Automotive Manufacturing 2008” is an exhibition of Asean’s only expo for automotive parts manufacturing, co-located with 3 other super shows to demonstrate the full range of machinery for automotive parts manufacturing, plastic production , molds and dies, and automation technology to improve manufacturing capability. This is a cluster of shows which is comprehensive and is the only one in the region which includes more than 400 exhibitors, on more than 20,000 sq. meters space. More than 45,000 visitors are expected and 3 billion baht in business transactions are expected.(end) For more information contact PR at Reed Tradex Company Khun Nawaporn (Mook) Tel: 0 2686 7252/ 085 907 9490 Email [email protected]