Metrotech News

Volume 2

events

A partial listing of Metrotech's Events is listed below. To view all other events or register to a seminar , please go to: http://www.metrotech.com

tradeshows

Mar 19-20, 2008 WV Equipment, Technology & Design Expo Metrotech Guest Speaker Casey Pelton Charleston Civic Center Charleston, WV	Mar 25-28, 2008 CGA Excavation Safety, Conf & Expo Booth #414 Rio Hotel Las Vegas, NV
Jun 8-12, 2008 AWWA - Annual Conference Booth #1216 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, GA	October 22-23, 2008 OSP Booth #31 Kentucky Exposition Center, Baltimore, MD

seminars

theory of locating seminar When you attend our seminar, you will learn your equipment’s capabilities, limitations, and best of all, how to work around them. You’ll gain mastery over the tool and the situation with your own problem solving ability, and we’ll guarantee that by the end of the seminar, you’ll be an expert locator.
March 19 West Mobile, AL	March 20 Richmond, VA
April 1 *Liberal, KS	April 2 *Oklahoma City, OK
April 3 *Topeka, KS	April 24 Pittsburgh, PA
*includes lunch
To register for any of the seminars above click here or call us at 408-734-1400 or 800-446-3392.
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announcements

Metrotech Collaborates With Bytronics Inc. To Streamline Locate
Management Process

Providing Efficient Locate Dispatch Order Workflow and Tracking Systems

Metrotech Corporation announced the collaboration with Bytronics Inc. to help streamline ticket management processes utilizing Bytronic’s web based ticket management application DigTrack.com and Metrotech’s i5000™ utility locating system. Designed to administer and track underground location requests from a One-Call Center, Bytronic’s DigTrack application communicates directly with the Metrotech i5000 receiver to exchange one call ticket information as well as key data pertaining to the locates performed in the field. The end result is a comprehensive and seamless solution that makes the entire locating process more effective and efficient.

Product Availability
Metrotech’s i5000™ Utility System and MyLocator™ is immediately available for purchase, contact our sales team at 800-446-3392 or visit our web site at www.metrotech.com and channel partners. Bytronic’s Digtrack.com is available through their direct sales force and website.

For a product demonstration of the i5000 Locating System integrated withDigTrack.com, visit Metrotech at the CGA Excavation Safety, Conference & Expo, booth #414, Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV on March 25-28, 2008.
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Metrotech Announce 2007 Distributor Award Winners

Metrotech Corporation, awarded the 2007 Metrotech Distributor Award Winner to:

Western Region
Intermountain Sales
Butler Survey Supplies

Great Lakes Region
Davies Water

Central Region
REMCO
Northern Waterworks

Southeast Region
Equity Utility Service
Statewide Utility Products

Northeast Region
Utilitronics; MT Electronics
M.J. Friedl & Asso.; WKW Asso.

The following distributors and representatives were selected as winners for meeting their sales objectives and extend valuable contribution with exemplary service and training to Metrotech customers. In addition, the award recipient must provide on time payment and meet stocking objectives.

Larry Morris, President of Remco Supply(R) received an award plaque from Jeff Smith, Metrotech's COO (L)

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customer profiles

	Town of Shrewsbury, MA Water Department	The Gainesville Public Utilities Department, GA
	Challenge: Track water leak that resulted in a water flood during an infamous Massachussets winter freezing storm.	Challenge: Gainesville Public Utilities Department (PUD) needed to enhance the productivity of its locate staff.
	Solution: Metrotech’s HL6000 High Performance Water Leak Correlator with a highly sensitive piezo microphone and radio transmitter for fast and accurate analysis. The HL 6000 compares both signals (correlation) and calculates the distance to the leak from the signal delay.	Solution: Metrotech’s i5000™ Utility Locating System provides many premium features, including multi-frequency line location that supports all common active frequencies between 491 Hz and 166kHz.
	Results: Town of Shrewsbury’s water department saved time locating a major water leak in the midst of an ice storm and prevented shutting down the town’s busiest road by using Metrotech’s “real time” highly sensitive piezo microphones and radio transmitters. Click here for the full story	Results: Gainesville Public Utilities Department (PUD) significantly reduced the time required to locate utility lines, particularly in long-line situations. Click here for the full story
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