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Announcing …
e-DRIVE
The Magazine of Electric Motor and Drive Technology

e-DRIVE magazine will undergo a major expansion enabling it to serve a much broader audience of design engineers who utilize electric motors, drives and related components in their product development and system design efforts, announces Webcom Communications Corp.

The market for electric motors and drives is undergoing a technology resurgence today, according to David Webster, president of Webcom. "Engineers in many industries are turning increasingly to the benefits of recent advancements in modern electric motor and drive systems because of the sophisticated new capabilities in precision motion and power, energy savings and versatility that they can provide."

The magazine will expand its editorial coverage and format, and double its circulation, in order to serve OEM and system design engineers throughout North America who integrate electric motors and drives, power electronics and related components. Readers will be engineers designing products and systems in transportation markets, industrial equipment, consumer electronics, office and medical equipment, appliances, automation systems and other electrically powered equipment.

"Today, engineers can select from a tremendous array of pre-designed subsystems, off-the-shelf components and sophisticated electronics to develop customized products and solutions for a wide variety of applications," said Webster. "Our new tabloid format and expanded coverage will provide them the comprehensive selection they need to design and adapt their products and systems both quickly and effectively in today's staff and budget-challenged environment."

At the same time, the publication will provide a cost-effective way for vendors providing these goods and services to reach key buyers across multiple, diverse industries. The best trade publications help marketers reach their specialized prospects with a genuine value proposition and this magazine is designed to accomplish that mission, said Webster. "Vendors will find e-DRIVE a valuable tool for reaching a large universe of these specialized buyers, and exposing their products and services to new markets that they can't reach effectively now."

Begun three years ago as a resource for developers of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, the magazine has become popular with engineers involved in advanced electrodynamic and electromotive systems in numerous other industries. "While the automotive industry has been a leader in developing new electric motor and drive technologies, similar advancements are being applied today in a wide range of markets," said Webster.

The new tabloid format will allow the most comprehensive reporting of new products and technologies available, making e-DRIVE the publication to which design engineers in these fields rely upon to learn what's available to help them, said Webster. Products covered will include drives, all types and classes of electric motors, and related components including power sources, actuators, sensors, ICs, capacitors, converters, transformers, controllers, instruments, temperature control devices, packaging and other parts for optimizing the utilization of electric motion and power. The expansion will take effect with the fall issue, which will be published this October, and distributed to 20,000 design engineers throughout North America.

About Webcom
Webcom is a publication and information services company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado that serves advanced technology fields worldwide through its magazines, web portals, newsletters, directories, database products and industry events. Other magazines include Antenna Systems & Technology; Battery Power Products & Technology; Software Business; Magnetics Business & Technology; Fuel Cell; Remote Site & Equipment Management; Industrial-Utility Vehicle & Mobile Equipment; and Wireless Network News.

For more information, contact Jessica Denissen, Marketing Coordinator, at 800-803-9488 or 720-528-3770 x115.

Webcom Communications Corp.; 7355 E. Orchard Rd., #100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA. Phone 720-528-3770. Fax 720-528-3771. www.infowebcom.com.