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What is the Harsh Environments Community's purpose?
Why Harsh Environments Community?
Why should I be listed in Harsh Environments Community?
What else I get for my membership in Harsh Environments Community?
How do I know if it's working?
What are the costs of being on Harsh Environments Community?
Who are the members of Harsh Environments Community?
What is a non-standard environment condition?
Where can I find Harsh Environmental Codes and Standards?
Where can I find Notified bodies and Authorised Institutions for hardware testing?
   
What is the Harsh Environments Community's purpose?
The purpose of the Harsh Environments Community is intended to serve the population which day after day faces the inconvenience of operating hardware and software in non-standard environmental conditions.

The Community will concentrate manufacturers, suppliers, developers, designers, engineers, advisors, etc., sorted by categories and countries, which will offer their products and services.
Why Harsh Environments Community?
The web is expanding every minute. Thousands of new sites are being registered daily. Finding the right information is becoming a tedious task for non-professional searchers.
Harsh Environments Community
, as a community, concentrates information related to a particular targeted public, facilitating the searching task.

We are not only a rich directory of companies. We provide Forums, Newsletters and FAQs, to serve the community and help to find the best answers and sites relevant to their work.
Why should I be listed in Harsh Environments Community?

Having developed a professional web site for your company is the first smart step for the Promotion and Marketing of your company and products in the web. However, the web site existence in the web is not good enough to translate promotion and marketing efforts in cash.

There are hundreds and thousands of competitors looking for the same customer attention searching the web. Now the key words are "search engines positioning". If your web site is not positioned in the top ten results after a search (usually first page), your site may be not visited, regardless the beauty of the site.

To be in the top 10 positions to generate targeted traffic to your web site is a daily and time consuming task.
Here is where Harsh Environments Community enters in the picture. Our site will be very well positioned in the majority of the most well known search engines, giving our site exposure to thousands of exclusive targeted potential customers.

What else I get for my membership in Harsh Environments Community?

> Listing your company in Harsh Environments Community is only one of the advantages of being with us.

> A Newsletter will periodically be delivered including articles related to harsh environments issues. These articles will be written by members of the community.

> You will also have the opportunity to advertise your company in the Newsletter.

> A Dead Stock / Bargain section will allow you to offer your useless stock or machines to other members

> Participation in our Forums of interest.

How do I know if it's working?

Good question! Your site information in Harsh Environments Community includes your web site address and e-mail address as well. An e-mail contact will have the following text in the subject: "Contact from Harsh Environments Community".

You should also be able to obtain the statistical information from your website host showing how many visitors you have got from our site.

What are the costs of being on Harsh Environments Community?

For the running period, your inclusion in Harsh Environments Community is free!!!
You can be listed in as many sections and sub-sections as you want.

Later on, we will update you with the monthly cost per section and sub-section, as well as banners and sponsoring advertising.

Who are the members of Harsh Environments Community?
Leaders in industry, laboratories, institutions, advisors and engineers with a common denominator of dealing with harsh environments conditions.
What is a non-standard environment condition?
Nonstandard environment condition cover high/low temperatures, dust, extreme humidity, underwater operations, vibrations, shock resistance, etc.
Nonstandard conditions are defined and covered by Codes and Standards.
Notified bodies and Authorised Institutions around the world offer their laboratories, knowledge and services to test devices oriented to operate in harsh environments conditions.
Where can I find Harsh Environmental Codes and Standards?
For Codes and Standards visit our "LINKS" section.
Where can I find Notified bodies and Authorised Institutions for hardware testing?
For Notified bodies and Authorised Institutions visit our "LINKS" section.