Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service. Moore Industries was founded in 1968 by Leonard W. Moore, who is still the president. The company started out as a three-person operation in a garage in California, and now has offices worldwide in Australia, Belgium, China, UK, and The Netherlands. Moore Industries is one of the last independent, privately owned instrument companies left in North America. Recently, several of Moore Industries’ products-including the NET Concentrator System smart I/O system-logged an astounding three years in an environmental chamber, running at temperatures approaching the boiling point of water. The Highly Accelerated Life Test shows that, as of February 2008, the instrumentation had logged the equivalent of 171,000hrs without failure-almost 20 years-and the test continues. The goal is to reach 300,000hrs, or 34 years of continuous service. It stands to reason that many older products are probably still in service-maybe even going back to the 1968 Model SCT signal conditioner, one of the first products-and Moore Industries wants to find them. Accordingly, Moore Industries is offering USD 500 in merchandise to the top three companies who can prove they are still using the oldest Moore Industries products. To submit an entry for the Oldest Moore Industries Product, send an email to oldestmiiproduct@miinet.com by 1 August 2008.