Credit Union Central of British Columbia, Canada - trade association and central bank

Credit Union Central of British Columbia (CUCBC) is the trade association and central banker for 48 independent credit unions in British Columbia, representing a full-service retail financial system that serves 1.6 million members and holds over $42 billion in assets. CUCBC operates on multiple levels to advance its goals - from functioning as the system's wholesale financial arm and technology supplier to providing the full range of trade association and development services.

An important trade association service provided to the credit unions of British Columbia is the CUCBC Operations Manual.  The Operations Manual is the policies, procedures, and account documents that subscribing credit unions use to assist them in their operations, including identifying and complying with legal and regulatory requirements.

To improve the quality of the Operations Manual, Tedopres assisted the Operations Manual department with the creation of a standardized dictionary using the department’s style guide and approved terminology.  In addition, Tedopres trained the Operations Manual department’s technical writers and provided HyperSTE software to ensure the quality of technical documentation against these requirements.

Digimarc - identity and media management solutions

Digimarc Corporation, based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading supplier of secure identity and media management solutions. Digimarc provides products and services that enable the annual production of more than 60 million personal identification documents, including two-thirds of U.S. driver licenses and IDs for more than 25 countries. Digimarc’s digital watermarking technology provides a persistent digital identity for various media content and is used to enhance the security of financial documents, identity documents and digital images, and support other media rights management applications.

To standardize and ensure the quality of its technical documentation, Digimarc has selected Tedopres’ HyperSTE software, training and dictionary building services.

Elekta, IMPAC - medical technology

Elekta is an international medical-technology group, providing meaningful clinical solutions, comprehensive information systems and services for improved cancer care and management of brain disorders. Elekta’s systems and solutions are used at over 4,500 hospitals around the world to treat cancer with radiation therapy, to diagnose and treat brain disorders as well as to run efficient and effective clinical practices.

To facilitate safety and the quality of its technical documentation, and to save translation costs, Elekta has selected Tedopres' HyperSTE quality assurance software. As part of the implementation process, Tedopres assisted Elekta with the development of EASE (Elekta Assured Standardized English), the Elekta standard for unambiguous documentation, which will be deployed by Elekta Worldwide Product Support Centers in the UK, Sweden, Germany and the USA, including IMPAC Medical Systems, an Elekta company.

Eurocopter / EADS – military and civil helicopters

Eurocopter, an EADS company, uses HyperSTE to comply with ASD Simplified Technical English, a requirement for the NH-90 tactical transport helicopter project.

FAA, US Federal Aviation Administration - aviation

The FAA is responsible for the safety of civil aviation in the United States of America. Its mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aviation system in the world. The FAA's vision is to improve the safety and efficiency of aviation, while being responsive to its users and accountable to the public.

To facilitate this, the FAA has selected Tedopres' Simplified Technical English services to improve the readability of its technical documentation and ensure consistent use of unambiguous terminology and style. Tedopres' products and services include:

• Standardization of FAA terminology 
• Training of FAA technical writers on the rules of STE 
• HyperSTE software, to ensure compliance with the STE rules and consistent use of approved terminology

Fluke Corporation - electronic test tools and software

Fluke Corporation is the world leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of electronic test tools and software.

From industrial electronic installation, maintenance and service, to precision measurement and quality control, Fluke tools help keep business and industry around the globe up and running. Typical customers and users include technicians, engineers, metrologists, medical-device manufacturers, and computer network professionals — people who stake their reputations on their tools, and use tools to help extend their personal power and abilities.

The Fluke brand has a reputation for portability, ruggedness, safety, ease of use and rigid standards of quality.

To standardize and ensure the quality of its technical documentation, Fluke has selected Tedopres’ HyperSTE software. In addition, Tedopres trained Fluke technical writers in how to increase the clarity and consistency of technical documents, resulting in faster, clearer and more accurate translations.

Flight Refuelling / Cobham Air Refuelling & Auxiliary Mission Equipment Division - aerospace and defense

With operations in the USA and UK, the Cobham Air Refuelling & Auxiliary Mission Equipment Division is the market leader for air refuelling, providing innovative fourth generation nose to tail solutions to defence customers around the world. From tactical tanking for helicopters and buddy stores for fast jets, to strategic tanking for deployment and sustainment of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, the Division has an enviable track record for solutions that people can trust. Specialising in wingtip to wingtip solutions, the Division offers weapon systems integration including safety critical interface electronics, pneumatic technologies and advanced lightweight designs for air to air and air to ground carriage.

In order to facilitate compliance of its technical documentation with ASD-STE100, the Simplified Technical English specification, Flight Refuelling, part of the Cobham Air Refuelling & Auxiliary Mission Equipment Division, has selected Tedopres’ HyperSTE software. In addition, Tedopres services included the development of a dictionary including standardized Flight Refuelling terminology, and training of technical writers on the writing rules of STE.

GMF AeroAsia - aerospace

Indonesia's facility for aircraft component and maintenance services base maintenance, GMF AeroAsia started using ASD Simplified Technical English and HyperSTE in order to standardize maintenance instructions used by its engineers and technical reports submitted to its customers. Tedopres assisted GMF AeroAsia with the implementation of STE by building a dictionary, providing on-site training for engineers involved in the creation of technical documentation and integrating its checker software HyperSTE into the authoring environment.

GMF AeroAsia works for major airlines worldwide and is certified to perform services on many types of Boeing, Airbus, MD and Fokker aircraft.

GSM Association – global wireless communications

The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association that exists to promote, protect and enhance the interests of GSM mobile operators throughout the world. The Association's members provide mobile services to approaching 1.65 billion customers across more than 210 countries and territories around the world. The GSMA aims to accelerate the implementation of collectively identified, commercially prioritized operator requirements and to take leadership in representing the global GSM mobile operator community with one voice on a wide variety of issues nationally, regionally and globally. To better serve its global customers, GSMA uses Simplified Technical English and HyperSTE for its technical documentation.

HACH COMPANY - analytical instruments and reagents

HACH COMPANY manufactures and distributes analytical instruments and reagents used to test the quality of water and other aqueous solutions. HACH COMPANY systems are designed to simplify analysis, and offer:

• complete, easy-to-follow methods
• high-quality prepared reagents
• accurate portable, laboratory, and on-line instrumentation
• life-time technical support

HACH COMPANY has selected Tedopres' HyperSTE software in order to improve, assure and measure the quality of its technical documentation.

 

Insitu, - tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Insitu, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has been a pioneer and leading provider in the small tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry since 1994. To standardize and ensure the quality of its technical documentation in compliance with Simplified Technical English ASD-STE100, Insitu has selected Tedopres HyperSTE software. As part of the Simplified Technical English implementation, Tedopres trained Insitu technical writers in the rules of ASD-STE100 authoring and how to increase the clarity and consistency of technical documents.

 

L-3 Communications Wescam - visual information systems

L-3 Communications Wescam is a world leader in the provision of visual information systems, delivering exceptional value in precision optics, gyrostabilization, digital and analog transmission and reception, and custom-fitted system integration. Wescam’s visual information systems are used by the most discriminating customers around the world including armed forces; federal and local law enforcement agencies; broadcasters of news, entertainment and sports; and NASA. To standardize and assure the quality of its technical documentation, L3-Communications Wescam uses our HyperSTE software.

Nautilus - health and fitness equipment

Nautilus, Inc. is a pure fitness company that provides tools and education necessary to help people achieve a fit and healthy lifestyle. Nautilus manufactures and markets a complete line of innovative health and fitness products through direct, commercial, retail, specialty and international channels. To improve the quality of its technical documentation, and achieve cost savings for translations, Nautilus has selected our HyperSTE software.

RadiSys - communications networking and commercial systems

RadiSys is a leading provider of advanced solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems markets.  RadiSys technology supports products from Avaya, Nokia, Nortel, Philips Medical, Siemens and many more of the world's leading technology companies. To standardize and assure the quality of its technical documentation, RadiSys has selected Tedopres’ HyperSTE software.

Rolls-Royce - aircraft, industrial and marine engines

Rolls-Royce, a trusted leader for land, sea and air power solutions worldwide, has selected HyperSTE to ensure compliance of its technical publications with ASD Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100).

Saab - defense, aviation, space and civil security

Saab has selected HyperSTE to ensure compliance of its technical publications with the ASD Simplified Technical English Specification (ASD-STE100). Saab, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations in defence, aviation, space and civil security.

Shikoku Kakoki - food and beverage packaging machines

Shikoku Kakoki, a renowned manufacturer of food and beverage packaging machines based in Tokushima, Japan, implemented HyperSTE and used Tedopres' services in the field of Simplified Technical English and language technology. In Japan, English remains a second language. However, English is used as the source for translations into many other languages. Simplified Technical English is the ideal solution for Japanese companies exporting their products to the US, Europe and Asia, as it saves costs and improves the quality of translations.

TELDIX / Rockwell Collins – aerospace

A German Rockwell Collins division that amongst other activities contributes to the Joint Strike Fighter, uses the HyperSTE checker tool for compliance with ASD Simplified Technical English. The technical writers in particular praised the HyperSTE feature that allows them to summarize all Technical Names that they define. Within the framework of ASD-STE100, the rules for defining and using Technical Names can often cause practical problems. HyperSTE offers an overview of all Technical Names used and their definitions at the click of a mouse button.

Tellabs – telecommunications

Tellabs is a global supplier to the dynamic telecommunications industry that designs, manufactures, markets and services voice, data and video transport and network access systems. These products and services are used worldwide by public telephone companies, long-distance carriers, alternate service providers, cellular and other wireless service providers, cable operators, government agencies, utilities and business end-users. Tedopres implemented Simplified Technical English and HyperSTE to make Tellabs documentation easy to understand and create cost savings.

Vibro-Meter / Meggitt Aerospace Systems Divisions – precision instruments for aerospace and industrial applications

Vibro-Meter manufactures sensors, systems, and indicating devices used by the aerospace, industrial, petrochemical, and nuclear industries. Vibro-Meter's divisions in Switzerland and the United Kingdom use HyperSTE and Simplified Technical English to improve the quality of their technical documentation and save costs.

WatchGuard Technologies – computer network security

WatchGuard manufactures computer network security products and became the first company in its industry to implement Simplified Technical English. The implementation included training, dictionary building and HyperSTE checker software. As a result of adapting Simplified Technical English to its own products and industry, WatchGuard has renamed Simplified Technical English to WSE: WatchGuard Standardized English.