Safety Vision has hired Russell Austen as director of engineering to manage the company's in-house engineering department at its Houston headquarters campus, featuring on-site research & development, testing, and quality control labs. In league with Chief Technology Officer Christopher Fritz, he will steer concept development and system engineering for the company's line of mobile digital video recorder (MDVR) systems and wireless data capture and management solutions with the aim of turning customer requirements into functional specifications and following through with implementation and accurate testing. Austen also will work closely with clientele and industry vendors, tracking current trends and anticipating future issues associated with MDVR components and technologies. Austen holds a patent for “Digital Nonuniformity Correction for Image Sensors.”

Rhino Linings Corp. of San Diego announces its official corporate name change from Rhino Linings USA, Inc. According to company officials, the Rhino Linings Corporation identity more accurately communicates a business expansion model focusing on global joint ventures, distributors and product solutions. Last year, they add, the company expanded its worldwide interests by significantly broadening its retail, industrial and military product offerings, opening new markets around the globe, and building on its strategic business partnerships with worldwide OEMs, suppliers and distributors.