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25 August 2011
DOCUFY Machine Safety nominated for the final round of the GIT SAFETY & SECURITY AWARD 2012
The jury for the publisher GIT, with representatives from the BHE, TÜV, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) and users, has selected DOCUFY Machine Safety for this year’s GIT SAFETY & SECURITY AWARD.
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22 December 2010
Exports to the US only with an authorized representative in the country
Proposed legislation in the US would require exporters to appoint a representative in the country for damage claims. more
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10 December 2010
A fascinating look at market surveillance
Together with presenters Dr. Elvira Hector and Dr. Johannes Jaroch from the official German commercial regulatory authority in Osnabrück, Germany, Kothes! held a seminar on November 18, 2010 on practices of the market regulatory authorities with regard to the machinery directive more
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07 December 2010
Corel presents Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X5
The new version, which is intended for both technical illustrators and users of technical graphics, offers significantly optimized precision tools and expanded 3-D visualization functions. more
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22 November 2010
Control standard ISO 13849-1 also valid as GB/T 16855 in China
EN ISO 13849-1 has now become a Chinese standard. more
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18 November 2010
Recommendation for hot surfaces
In August, the European market surveillance authorities issued a recommendation for consideration of “achievable non-functional hot surfaces. more | |
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17 November 2010
Two Dokupreis awards for Kothes! at the 2010 tekom annual meeting
As part of its annual meeting in Wiesbaden this year, the professional association tekom honored a total of 13 manuals, among them once again two produced by Kothes!. more | |
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16 November 2010
SISTEMA cookbooks online
To facilitate the use of the software SISTEMA, the Institute for Occupational Safety of the German statutory accident insurance (IFA) has made SISTEMA “cookbooks” available as downloadable PDF files. more | |
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15 November 2010
New EN ISO 13855 standard
The important B-standard for safety and control systems engineering EN 999:1998+A1:2008 (Safety of machinery - Positioning of safeguards with respect to the approach speeds of parts of the human body) loses its presumption of conformity on November 30, 2010! more | |
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12 November 2010
Presentation of DOCUFY Machine Safety at SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg
At the SPS/IPC/DRIVES exhibition booth for OMRON Electronics GmbH, Kothes! will present DOCUFY Machine Safety – the new software solution which considerably simplifies the production of a legally compliant risk assessment in accordance with the EU machinery directive 2006/42/EC. more | |
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12 November 2010
Sharing of experience: “Producing Legally Compliant Technical Documentation Cost Effectively”
The North Rhine-Westphalia chapter of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) invites you to join a sharing of experience in Dortmund on December 8th. The event is intended for managing directors as well as heads of technology and documentation departments. more | |
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11 November 2010
Chamber of Trade and Industry (IHK) certificate course
Next year, Lars Kothes and Alexia Hölscher from Kothes! Technische Kommunikation will again be running the IHK certificate course "Grundlagen der technischen Dokumentation" (the basics of technical documentation) at the chamber of trade and industry for the central lower Rhine region in Krefeld.
The course starts 07 May, 2011. more | |
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09 November 2010
EU Parliament demands more transparency for consumers with the “Made in” label
The EU Parliament voted at the end of October to introduce new laws for indicating the origin of imported products. It is still unclear whether capital goods for industrial customers are affected by this. more | |
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19 October 2010
FAQ on applying the machinery directive
The machinery directive 2006/42/EC often leads to questions in the daily work routine. The machinery working group of the European Commission has issued advice on the most frequently asked questions in its sessions. more | |
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08 October 2010
DIN EN 82079-1: new standard for instructions
In October 2010, the first draft of the new standard was released for public review. It is intended to replace the current standard DIN EN 62079 published in 2001. more | |
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21 September 2010
Even outside the EU, the machinery directive should be followed
Many countries outside the European Union are enacting more and stricter technical safety regulations. Even though the requirements of these regulations are often not comparable in detail with the EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) recommends following the safety regulations of the directive as a minimum standard. more | |
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16 September 2010
New Internet presence for DOCUFY
Our partner DOCUFY has a new web site with the theme of a “green light for your documentation”. more | |
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16 September 2010
Productivity2 for your technical documentation:
Meet Kothes! and DOCUFY at the tekom annual meeting!
We look forward to greeting you together with our partner DOCUFY once again from November 3rd to 5th in Wiesbaden, Germany at the largest event in the sector. more | |
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16 September 2010
Guest lecture together with EPLAN at Vienna-Tec
The successfully cooperation between EPLAN, a leading software provider for global engineering solutions, and Kothes! will continue at this year’s Vienna-Tec – Austria’s largest industrial trade show. more | |
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06 September 2010
Alliance between Corel and Kothes!
A partnership agreement has bee concluded between the Canadian software firm Corel and Kothes!, a provider of technical documentation services. The basis of cooperation is the integration of the Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4 with COSIMA go!, the editorial system from Kothes!. This enables technical illustrations to be managed the same way as text modules in the editorial system and edited directly from the system. more | |
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30 August 2010
Seminar: “The practices of market regulatory authorities with respect to the machinery directive”
On November 18, 2010 Kothes! will offer a seminar on the work of market regulatory authorities with regard to the new machinery directive. Co-presenters at the seminar include leading figures from the official German commercial regulatory authority in Osnabrück. more | |
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09 August 2010
Seminar: “Product liability and operating manuals when doing business in the US”
On October 4th, Lars Kothes will present a talk at a seminar by the export academy of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). more | |
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09 August 2010
Study conclusion: missing warnings and safety instructions a significant deficiency with technical documentation
The DIN Consumer Council commissioned a study on the consequences of deficient instructions, which was carried out by tekom. Manufacturers, testing institutes and market regulatory authorities were surveyed. more | |
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20 July 2010
Exporting machines to Switzerland
SUVA, the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund, has published an information brochure for companies in Switzerland operating and buying machines to inform them of issues to be considered in purchasing. more | |
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20 July 2010
New VDMA guideline: choosing and introducing an editorial system
The number of editorial systems available on the market continues to grow. Those who have recognized the value of an editorial system and would like to implement one are faced with the difficult task of choosing a suitable system.
The German Engineering Federation (VDMA) has published a new guideline to help with this challenge, which Kothes! helped to produce. more | |
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23 June 2010
New version of the guide to application of the machinery directive
The European Commission has published the second edition of the guide to application of the machinery directive 2006/42/EC. more | |
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14 June 2010
Requirements of the Russian GOST for operating manualsThose intending to import industrial systems and machines to the Russian Federation must prove that the products comply with the GOST standards there (ГОСТ - государственный стандарт). Certificates according to these standards are mandatory for the export papers.more | |
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11 June 2010
New features in COSIMA go! version 3.4The current version provides some new functions to support editors in creating and managing content.
These include, among others, a terminology management and an authoring memory.more | |
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04 June 2010
Kothes! exhibits at Maschinenbautage, the engineering conference in CologneCome see us at the conference exhibition on December 1-2, 2010. Kothes! and Docufy will exhibit together at Stand No. 8. more | |
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02 June 2010
Presentation at the market rollout of the “Omron Safety Service”On June 10, 2010 Omron Electronics GmbH launched its new “Omron Safety Service” program. During the market introduction, Lars Kothes spoke on legal and formal requirements for technical documentation.more | |
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11 May 2010
Wishes come true at DOCUFY’s COSIMA user meeting
In the company’s invitation to the user meeting for COSIMA, an XML editorial system for professional technical editing, DOCUFY make it clear that “more than three wishes” were permitted.
But the 35 customers who accepted the invitation to Bamberg, Germany on April 22, 2010 expressed fewer than that. This is an indication of how satisfied COSIMA users are with the software. more | |
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04 May 2010
Templates for declarations of conformity and incorporation available from the German Engineering Federation (VDMA)
In April 2010, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) published templates for the declaration of incorporation and declaration of conformity to correspond to the new machinery directive 2006/42/EC. These are available free to members of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). more | |
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27 April 2010
Customer satisfaction survey for consumer electronics: operating instructions could often be improved
In the field of electronics, many customers lack good advice and understandable instructions according to a representative consumer survey carried out on behalf of the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media ( BITKOM) in Germany. | |
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01.04.2010
Expanded scope for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive?
The EU Parliament is discussing the expansion of Directive 2002/96/EC (aka the WEEE Directive) for waste electrical and electronic equipment to include industrial machine construction. more
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05 March 2010
Lecture on legally compliant documentation at the EPLAN theme day
This year’s EPLAN theme day “Standardized Engineering 2.0” takes a look at legally compliant documentation. Thomas Schubert, Key Account manager at Kothes!, will present a one-hour talk on the basics for operating manuals, risk assessments and CE marking. more
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05 March 2010
Russian ATEX regulations take effect in 2011
Technical regulations have now also bee enacted in Russia for the safety of machines and systems in potentially explosive areas (ATEX). The new law will enter into force on February 24, 2011. more
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27 January 2010
“Russian machinery directive” passed
On September 15, 2009 Russia adopted new technical rules for the safety of machines and systems, which will take effect on October 1, 2010. These regulations define basic safety and health requirements for machines and equipment in all life cycle phases, from design to disposal. more
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14 January 2010
Microsoft Word cannot be sold in the US as of January 11, 2010
The latest decision in the dispute between the firm i4i and Microsoft is that as of January 11, 2010 Microsoft Office may no longer be sold in the US, because the Microsoft Word application it contains violates XML patents from i4i. more
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