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Norcross, GA, October 17, 2006 - On 8 September 2006, Leica Geosystems and Hexagon announced the acquisition of Mikrofyn A/S in Denmark. The company is one of Europes leading suppliers of machine automation and laser leveling and alignment equipment for the building construction and civil engineering industries. Mikrofyns product range consists of a portfolio of automatic and manual machine control systems for excavators, graders, dozers and paving machines, as well as a broad line of laser rotators, laser receivers and pipe lasers. The acquisition of Mikrofyn is part of Hexagons growth strategy and commitment to global expansion within machine automation technology. Mikrofyn is the largest European manufacturer of one and two dimensional solutions for construction machine automation and ideally complements Leica Geosystems product range of GPS, TPS and laser-based machine automation systems that maneuver infrastructure machines with increased efficiency and precision.
INDIANAPOLIS - The state accused a job-training contractor Thursday of bilking it out of as much as $180,000 through fraudulent billing. The Marion County prosecutor's office filed a theft charge against Eric P. Ahlbrand, the former Indianapolis office manager for Jobworks Inc., and an obstruction of justice charge against a current employee, Ernest B. Walker, Inspector General David Thomas said. An internal audit by the Family and Social Services Administration found the JobWorks office in Indianapolis billed the state for job-training hours and training that welfare recipients did not attend between Oct. 1, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2003. After the company learned it was being audited, it tried to alter client files, Thomas said. The state could demand that JobWorks repay the state about $180,000, Thomas said.
Taiwan yesterday ordered a crackdown on local bird hunters after at least 5,000 migratory birds were reportedly slaughtered in a national park in recent weeks. Lee Wu-hsiung, head of the Construction and Planning Administration which oversees six national parks, said Taiwan's image had been tarnished by the reports which he also described as exaggerated. "We've demanded more police be deployed in the Kenting National Park" in southern Taiwan and "anyone found guilty would be punished severely in accordance with the law," Lee told AFP. People caught violating the wildlife protection law may face a jail term of two years or a fine of up to 500,000 Taiwan dollars (15,150 US dollars). Local newspapers, citing conservationists, said illegal bird hunters had turned the Kenting national park into a "killing field," where at least 5,000 gray-faced buzzards had been slaughtered this year.
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