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Trace Laboratories Expands Vibration Testing
Wed, 02/08/2006 - 22:00
Trace Laboratories recently acquired a new vibration testing system to expand its services in vibration and mechanical-shock testing. Its new Unholtz-Dickie T2000 Series vibration-testing system meets the high-G vibration- and shock-testing… Metris Announces Triple Acquisition
Wed, 02/08/2006 - 22:00
Metris, a Belgian automotive and aerospace metrology-products producer, recently announced the simultaneous acquisition of LK Ltd., 3D Scanners Ltd. and Arc Second Inc.Metris reports that the acquisitions will allow it to offer fully… New Standard for IT Service Management Launched
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The IT service-management profession has taken the leap into the world of standardization. ISO/IEC 20000:2005, Information technology service management, aligns and replaces BS 15000, the British standard that has applied to the IT profession… ISO Publishes Standard for the Assessment of Financial Planners
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization has published a standard that will help people assess the ethics and competence of financial planners. ISO 22222:2005, Personal financial planning is aimed at increasing client confidence… U.S. Standards Groups Adopt Personnel Certification Scheme
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute and ASTM International recently adopted a new standard for personnel certification. ISO/IEC 17024, General requirements for bodies operating certification schemes of persons addresses the need for… ISO Tightens Restrictions on Misleading Endorsements
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has ruled that several Web addresses violate the trademark rules of the International Organization for Standardization. Announcing that they could… ANSI Adds Chinese Standards to Its Online Inventory
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute recently added upward of 13,000 Chinese national standards to its online offerings. The addition increases the number of international standards available at the site to more than 83,000. The… California Manufacturing Technology Consulting to Offer Green Belt Training
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting will launch its first-ever Six Sigma Green Belt Consortium on March 14 at the Pacific Palms Resort in Industry Hills, California. The program is open to any company willing to commit its people… Health Trade Group Formalizes Standards for Sector’s Quality Improvement Organizations
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
The American Health Quality Association recently released new standards for its member quality-improvement organizations. The AHQA’s board of directors approved the policy in December, and already more than a third of all QIO boards—in… ASI DataMyte Strengthens Chinese Operations
Mon, 02/06/2006 - 22:00
ASI DataMyte Trading Co., ASI DataMyte Inc.’s China-based branch, has announced its merger with Ameshen Instruments Ltd. Ameshen is ASI DataMyte Trading Co.’s longtime distributor. ASI DataMyte has moved its new Shanghai office to larger…