"You're paying for reputation, " says Michael Garretson, compliance engineering manager at RadiSys, a telecom-equipment maker.

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After all, the mechanical engineering major had worked at the heavy- equipment and engine-maker since May 2010 through an extended internship.

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He says his company can compete because of speed of delivery, superior engineering skills making tailor-made products and high precision equipment.

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Inverness-based marine equipment and services company Gael Force has acquired Varis Engineering in Forres.

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Such technical difficulties shouldn't prevent Tepco from taking measures to make sure the equipment at Fukushima Daiichi is working, said Tadashi Narabayashi, a nuclear-engineering professor at Hokkaido University.

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Their six-month-long mission has been to train and advise Filipino troops, and help with surveillance, equipment, engineering and logistics.

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