AMR Facility in Rocky Gap, VA

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AMR Announces Promotions

AMR is proud to announce two recent promotions within our company. Chase Miller has accepted the position of Service Manager. His responsibilities will include the management of 3 Service Engineers along with coordinating all service calls, installation of new systems and assisting engineering in any new technological advances on all our products.

Brett Hill has accepted the position of Sales Representative for NWV, Ohio, PA, and OK. His new duties will include generating new sales and maintaining existing accounts. He will work closely with our distributor Longwall Services to advance our product line in that territory. Brett will also provide any necessary service support in that area as well. He will be locating to that area soon.

We are very pleased to have the talent of these individuals within our company which provides us the opportunity to promote from within. Congratulations, gentlemen.

AMR featured on Mining Connection's Product News

AMR announces the successful launch of its wirelesss based section monitoring unit (PAD) which interfaces with the MineNet Tracking and Communication System. To see the complete article visit http://www.miningconnection.com/longwall/news/article/american_mine_rese...

AMR Featured in Coal People Magazine's Advertisers in Action

AMR was featured in the August 2010 issue of Coal People Magazine's Advertisers in Action. The article discusses AMR's Enhanced MineNet Text Messenger Two-Way Communication and much more! To view the article, follow the link: http://www.coalpeople.com/action_articles/amr/

Delegate Morgan Griffith visits AMR/ERM

From left: David Graf, Bobby Harris, Delegate Morgan Griffith
Delegate Morgan Griffith answers questions from AMR employee

House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1994. He currently represents the 8th District.

Delegate Morgan Griffith visited AMR on July 13th and spoke with AMR/ERM employees regarding his goals and platform for the 2010 election. Delegate Griffith is running for Congressman of the 9th District of Virginia.

AMR Welcomes New Employees

AMR welcomes Tyler Price, who joined the AMR team in August 2009 as an Engineering Support Technician. Tyler lives in Carroll County, where he attended high school. He graduated from New River Community College with a degree in Instrumentation and Control Automation.

AMR gained an addition to the Sales Department in October 2009. Ronnie Holbrook is from Bluefield, VA and graduated from Graham High School. Ronnie was a member of the U.S. Air Force in Aerospace Electronics. He graduated from Ashford University with a degree in Public Relations/Marketing.

Jody Fisher is from Bluefield, VA and attended Graham High School. He joined the AMR team in October 2009. He went on to Southwest Virginia Community College and then on to Radford University for the studies of computer networking and electronics. After living in Radford for 6 years, Jody decided to move home to Bluefield to pursue a career with AMR as an Engineering Support Technician.

Another new addition to the AMR team is Dean Tricarico. Dean joined the AMR team in March 2010 as an Engineer. Dean attended the University of South Florida and received a Bachelor’s of Science and Electrical Engineering degree. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force where he performed signal intercept and analysis as directed by NSA. Previous employers include Central Intelligence Agency, where he was a Technical Operations Officer, as well as Qualcomm, where his work areas included: field engineering optimizing and troubleshooting early CDMA deployments in the U.S.

Laura Hall joined the AMR team in May 2010 as the new member of the Marketing/Administration Team. Laura lives in Bland, Virginia where she attended high school. She graduated from New River Community College with an Associates Degree in Administrative Support Technology.

Danny Brewster also joined the AMR team in May 2010 working in the Repair Department. Danny graduated from high school in England where he lived for three and a half years. Danny moved back home to Bluefield, VA in 2007.

Tom Horne is the newest member of the AMR Team. He joined the Service Department in June 2010. Tom is a graduate of Garden High School. He attended Southwest Virginia Community College where he received an Associate’s Degree in Electronics and an Associate’s Degree in Education. He is a member of the Army National Guard and served as a Combat Veteran from Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007-2008.

Longwall Services, Inc. Joins the AMR Distributor Listing

American Mine Research, Inc. is pleased to announce that Longwall Services, Inc. and AMR have established a sales representation and distribution relationship. Longwall Service Inc. located in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania will represent AMR’s entire product line in the mining regions of northern West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Constantly growing and innovating, LSI provides a wide variety of goods and services to the mining industry.  Their years of experience, helpful staff and on-site machine and technology shops allow them to move from design to production quickly. LSI is committed to absolute customer satisfaction with well over 80 years of combined experience in the mining industry.  AMR is proud to work with the LSI team.

www.longwallservices.com
63 South Country Club Road
Meadow Lands, PA 15347
Phone: (724) 228-9898

WV Public Broadcasting story of interest

"Mine safety manufacturer wants federal deadline for communication systems"
By Jessica Y. Lilly

March 31, 2010 · Tagging and tracking manufacturers hope federal MSHA regulators follow West Virginia's lead by giving a deadline to comply.

Read the complete article here:
http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=14181

Dual Channel Wireless Transceiver

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AMR’s Dual Channel Wireless Transceiver functions as an addressable wireless repeater for the Mine Messenger and/or the RF Smart Tag. This device has a main processor which controls all of the needed functions such as; receiving wireless data (Smart Tag or Mine Messenger broadcast), retransmitting the received data, driving LED’s, and reading configuration switches. The device has the ability to use two disposable, alkaline C cell batteries or to function off of vehicle lighting power in a man trip or other vehicle not allowed in permissible areas. The Dual Channel Transceiver device has two address selector switches and multiple dip switches. The address selector switches serves as a means for technicians to set a device address such as with our IS Reader boards. The dip switches allow for extending the address range, setting squelch ranges, and configuring devices for different intended uses such as GoPad, LilyPad, or MeshPad.

MSHA approval #23-A100001-0

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Mine Net System Approved!

AMR received Intrinsic Safety approval on the Mine Net System.
MSHA Approval Number 23-A090013-0

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