Look for our ad in Mass High Tech. Really, NPSS is a non-profit
professional society for product safety engineers and other parties
interested in networking and exchanging information on designing for
product safety compliance. All this hard work is done by volunteers who
were nominated from within the membership and elected to an
administrative committee of seven (7) people who are not paid or
reimbursed in any way. We have donated significant manhours and
committed all the NPSS financial resources to make this unique forum
possible as a benefit to all those individuals dedicated to
designing for product safety compliance. The field is finished,
we hope you'll join us at the Radisson Inn-Marlboro, MA starting
with registration and free munchies /cash bar starting at 5:00pm.
The Radisson Inn-Marlboro is centrally located at the crossroads
of New England at the junction of I-495 and Route 20 West.
Contact: John Freudenberg (v) 617-422-2669 (e)jo...@ces.teradyne.com
for the latest vendor exhibit information.
The list of vendor exhibits includes:
Associated Research, Bell Controls, C & C Labs, Canadian Standards
Association, Chomerics, Compliance Plus, Conti Younger, Corcom,
Curtis-Straus, Detecon, Educated Design & Development, Factory Mutual,
Intersell, Keytech, Laboratory Testing Systems, Olsen Technical Sales,
Pacific Power, Panel Components, Pat Associates, Prosser Associates,
Global Labs, Quadtech, Quest Engineering, Retlif Labs, Scientific
Devices, TA DIN, Teeco, TUV America, TUV Rhineland of NA, TUV Product
Service, Underwriters' Laboratories, Voltech, Zippertubing
NPSS has reserved the facilities at the Radisson Inn-Marlboro MA on
Wed, Nov 20 including the Massachusetts Ballroom (2000 square feet) for
the reception starting at 5:00pm and up to thirty (30) vendor night
exhibits. NPSS also reserved the Commonwealth Ballroom (1400 square
feet) for up to 100-200 visitors to comfortably enjoy the buffet from
7:00pm to 8:00pm. The dessert table is served from 8:00pm to 8:30pm
back in the Massachusetts Ballroom.
NPSS members are offered a $25 value buffet for free. Non-members can
either join NPSS and pay $28 for their 1997 NPSS membership or they can
pay $13 for a Pasta Festival buffet ticket. And of course they can skip the
buffet altogether and visit the exhibits. Free dessert and coffee served from
8:00pm to 8:30pm for all. Reservations for Pasta Festival buffet required for
all, members and non-members. Contact: Leo Simon (v) 508-435-2075
x7518 (e) simon_...@emc.com
The NPSS has a mailing list of 250 product safety professionals mostly
located in the Northeast USA. The president of NPSS is Art Michael.
Other 1996 officers include Bruce Langmuir, Robert Chaplis, Leo Simon,
Noel Plouffe, Bill Wilson and John Freudenberg. At each meeting there
are usually between 27 to 72 product safety professionals in a wide
cross-section of industries. Some of the NPSS members also have EMC and
telecom compliance responsibilities.
NPSS has over 100 active paid members and has been enjoying a 40%-50%
attendance rate throughout 1996:
23-Oct-96 => 34 attendees for Joint NPSS/ASSE-Worcester Chapter
25-Sep-96 => 72 attendees for Joint NPSS/IEEE-New England EMC
26-Jun-96 => 32 attendees for Raychem & Weinstein Associates
22-May-96 => 62 attendees for TUV Essen, TUV PS & TUV Rheinland
24-Apr-96 => 44 attendees for CPSC and IEC TC74 at annual dinner
27-Mar-96 => 48 attendees for Detecon & Eng Associates
28-Feb-96 => 27 attendees for Process Mapping/Expert Witness
24-Jan-96 => 29 attendees for Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Int'l
Generally, most members are electrical engineers who who are employed
at major companies to handle UL, FM, CSA, TUV, NEMKO, BSI, VDE safety
certifications for their companies which design and manufacture end
products and/or critical components such as power supplies,
transformers,etc. Some members have other degrees. Some members are
independent contractors providing engineering/certification services to
various companies and/or publishing product safety newsletters.
Members represent manufacturers from various product categories:
Information Technology Industry 40%, Medical Industry 15%,
Telecomunication Industry 10%, Electrical Industry 10%, Radio & TV
10%, Semiconductor Equipment 5% and other Industries 10%.
