JWC Environmental of Costa Mesa, California, Franklin-Miller, Inc. of Livingston, New Jersey, and JBI of El Dorado Hills, California jointly announce the settlement of a lawsuit for patent infringement brought by JWCE. The lawsuit accused certain versions of Franklin Miller’s SPIRALIFT® SC, SPIRALIFT® SC 1600, SPIRALIFT® SC 8500 screenings washer products (collectively SPIRALIFT SC) of infringing JWCE U.S. Patent 7,080,650.

As part of the settlement, Franklin Miller and JBI have agreed to modify the accused SPIRALIFT SC screening washer products. In return, JWCE has dropped its lawsuit. All other terms of the settlement remain confidential.

Maintaining and operating the industry-leading Muffin Monster® sewage grinder from JWC Environmental will get easier and more efficient thanks to the new MonsterCare service program. MonsterCare offers an affordable arrangement for municipal customers that want to ensure Muffin Monsters operate at the highest level of efficiency for the longest period of time at a fixed cost.

PerkinElmer, Inc. has introduced its latest analytical solutions at PITTCON(R) 2007, February 26-March 2. The offerings are designed to help scientists advance the pace and precision of research and testing in a wide range of market segments including environmental, hydrocarbon processing and biofuels, forensics, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and chemical quality control.