Misumi Announces Contest Winners

March 25, 2010 - PRLog -- MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, part of Misumi Group, Inc. (Tokyo: 9962), announced today the winners of it’s “Go Configure” contest held at the Automation and Technology Exposition in Anaheim, CA on February 9-11, 2010.  The contest was co-sponsored by Design World Magazine.

Winners of the daily 3PM drawing for a $50.00 American Express Gift Card were:

2/09/10 – Aaron Meneses, Sr. Packaging Engineer, BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, Los Angeles, CA

2/10/10 – Edward Milovic, Mechanical Engineer, FORMFACTOR, INC., Livermore, CA

2/11/10 – Felipe Marquez, Electrical Engineer, AUTOMATION CONTROL, INC., Colton, CA

Winners of the First, Second and Grand Prize drawing on February 11th were:

Second Prize - $200.00 American Express Gift Card
John Woodhouse, Engineer, AUTOMATION & MACHINE DESIGN, Santa Ana, CA

First Prize – iPod Nano  
Cyrus Pang, Mechanical Engineer, BECKMAN COULTER, INC., Brea, CA

Grand Prize – HP Mini Netbook
Matei Lichtl, Mechanical Engineer, FANUC ROBOTICS, Lake Forest, CA

MISUMI is the leader in supplying fixed and configurable components for all types of motion control, assembly and related factory automation devices. Highlighted at this year’s show were the company’s 3000 new products and 1,500 products with increased configurability and materials. New products that were showcased at the booth included single-axis actuators, linear guides, RS Robot Series single-axis actuators, shaft supports, self lubricating bushings, left handed ball screw, compact square supports and more.  Most MISUMI components are configurable with downloadable CAD files and full specs are available at the company website.

For more information and full pricing on these unique products, please visit our website at http://www.misumi-ec.com/eusaen/mech/

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With no minimum order requirements or set up charges on a product portfolio of more than 500,000 metric and inch mechanical components, Misumi has built its reputation as the premier global supplier of high quality factory automation components.