Spar Point Group Announces Launch of SPAR EUROPE 2010

SPAR EUROPE conference on 3D imaging for engineering, construction, manufacturing and security will be held in conjunction with Plant-Tech 2010, the European Plant Engineering and Design Conference, December 7-8, 2010 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands

Portland, ME. (May 12, 2010) Spar Point Group announced the dates and venue for its first European based conference on 3D imaging for engineering, construction, manufacturing and security. SPAR EUROPE will be held in conjunction with Plant-Tech 2010, the European Plant Engineering and Design Conference, December 7-8, 2010 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands.

Engineering, construction, manufacturing and security planning organizations capture, process and serve up 3D every day. How efficiently they do it drives productivity and mitigates risk competence with 3D is a must. The pace of innovation in 3D technologies is relentless 3D laser scanning, mobile data capture, high dynamic range and high resolution photography, image processing and integration with CAD and GIS are all disrupting business as usual says Tom Greaves, managing director, Spar Point Group. SPAR EUROPE will help European engineering, construction, operations and security planning professionals understand which 3D tools and workflows really deliver business value and how.

The 2010 conference incorporates Plant-Techs specialty of technologies for plant design, plant engineering and plant information management along with SPARs workshops and technical seminars on the business and technology of capturing, managing and integrating 3D information.

This conference will bring together plant owner operators, EPC contractors, information management solution providers; as well as managers and engineers in the European oil and gas industry, manufacturing companies, civil and transportation infrastructure engineering firms, industrial metrologists, geotechnical and mining firms, and land surveyors.

Plant-Tech was recently acquired by Spar Point Groups parent company Diversified Business Communications. Diversified Business Communications, based in Portland, Maine, US provides information and market access through face-to-face events, magazine publishing, and eMedia on four continents. Diversified operates divisions in Australia, Hong Kong, India, the UK and Canada.

About Spar Point Group and Diversified Business Communications
Spar Point Group (www.sparllc.com) investigates and reports on 3D scanning, imaging and position capture technologies used to improve the productivity, quality, safety and risk profile of engineering, fabrication, construction and manufacturing operations. Wholly-owned by Diversified Business Communications, based in Portland, Maine, US, the company’s annual SPAR conferences in the United States and Japan attract project managers, engineering and technical leads, industrial metrologists and surveyors, security and law enforcement professionals and experts in historic preservation and documentation. The events showcase new data capture and processing technologies used for 3D surveying and dimensional control for work on offshore platforms, nuclear power plant modifications, refinery revamps, discrete and process manufacturing, transportation, building and civil infrastructure projects, historic preservation as well as forensic investigations and security planning. Diversified Business Communications provides information and market access through face-to-face events, magazine publishing, and online resources on four continents. Diversified serves a number of industries including: food, technology, commercial marine, oil & gas, and business management. Diversified operates divisions in Australia, Hong Kong, India, the UK and Canada. For more information, visit: www.divbusiness.com