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ETTER Helps Make-A-Wish

In the spirit of giving, ETTER Engineering is once again donating towards Boston-based R.W. Sullivan Engineering’s St. Patricks Day charity auction. The proceeds go to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation – certainly a worthy cause! This year’s donation is a Jon Lester signed baseball from the 2013 World Series. Contact Us

Congrats to our latest Published Author, Brett Bernier!

Here at ETTER Engineering, we always like to highlight the successes of our employees, both inside and outside work. It’s due to that we are proud to say congratulations are in order to Brett Bernier on the completion of his first book! Source SDK Development Essentials outlines the essential knowledge one needs to create maps (levels, environments) and scripts (A.I. events, storytelling, etc…) for games using the Source Engine. Valve, the videogame company behind Source, releases a Software Development Kit (SDK) with each game they produce. Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 might be household names for some gamers; the maps in those games were created with the Source SDK. Valve also released the Source SDK base for free in 2012, so anyone can…

Winter in Connecticut is Cold!

Yes, even the recognized experts in Process Heating get cold from time to time. With a current outside air temperature of 4° and windchill hovering near -10°, our Electrical Controls Technician Laldeo decided to take no chances with his attire this morning! Fear not for the safety of our employees, however…it’s a relatively balmy 68° in the office! Contact Us

Can You Smell What ETTER’s Cooking?

Here at ETTER, one of our big goals for 2014 is to continually improve everything around us, both personally and professionally. To this end, we’ve placed positive sayings throughout our offices that remind everyone to “Make it bETTER!” Today I am proud to announce that we now have Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on board with our newest initiative, too! Contact Us

ETTER Gives Back with Gingerbread Houses!

In the spirit of the Christmas season, ETTER Engineering’s employees sat down today to build Gingerbread Houses to benefit local radio station 96.5 WTIC-FM’s “We Are the Children” program.  As we moved through the “construction” process, we quickly discovered the range of abilities in the room – from complete newbie to seasoned veteran (some might have called one of our employees a ringer!). A great time was had by all, and we truly hope these Gingerbread Houses help to brighten a child’s day as we approach the Christmas holiday.   We Are The Children is an organization founded in 1985 by Gary Craig, morning radio personality of 96.5 WTIC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut. Gary Craig, along with a tremendous support committee including various corporations is committed to…

IntelliWorx Keeps a Watchful Eye on Your Process

Industrial processes often involve interactions between many complex devices, each of which can fail at any given moment.Troubleshooting can take hours, if not days – time which is not spent producing product, but trying to track down the problem. ETTER Engineering can do away with your issues using our IntelliWorx Process Monitor Panel. IntelliWorx consists of a color touchscreen tied to a programmable logic controller (PLC) that integrates with industrial process equipment. When a fault is detected, a fault alarm is displayed in plain English on the screen (Ex: “High Temp fault, 10/24/13, 10:34 a.m.”), allowing you to instantly pinpoint the issue. No more searching around or scratching your head in vain! ETTER recently installed an IntelliWorx Process Monitor Panel at a major aerospace manufacturer that had…

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