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Megan Wallin-Kerth, Kevin Atkins
Quality Digest interviewed Kevin Atkins, product manager for Geomagic Freeform at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division. Atkins has more than 25 years of experience in 3D modeling and sculpting. His understanding of organic design not only helps in development and management of Geomagic’s…
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(Pudu Robotics: Shenzhen, China ) -- On April 23, 2026, Pudu Robotics, a global leader in commercial service robotics, officially opened a new U.S. headquarters just north of Dallas in Richardson, Texas, as part of its global strategic expansion. The new facility is set to enhance Pudu’s regional…
Adam Zewe
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that’s faster and higher-resolution than existing technology.
They discovered that, under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously…
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(NetSentries: San Jose, CA) -- NetSentries has announced the general availability of AI-augmented security-testing capabilities throughout its expert-led targeted security assessments and within the adversarial exposure validation (AEV) workflow of its NST Assure CTEM platform.
These capabilities…
Douglas Longenecker
For a long time, manufacturers could afford to treat growth as a series of separate functions.
Marketing drove awareness. Sales handled relationships. Technical teams answered product questions. Operations focused on delivery. Quality ensured standards were met.
That separation is getting harder…
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(Sandvik Coromant: Sandviken, Sweden) -- Metal cutting specialist and manufacturing solutions provider Sandvik Coromant has upgraded its tool reconditioning service for solid round cutting tools to give manufacturers complete control over their reconditioning process. The upgraded service replaces…
Hossein Lotfi
We use mission statements, leadership principles, and quality policies to define our culture and to shape how we work. But while these documents are impressive on paper, they often remain too vague for action and fail under real-world pressure.
Why is there such a gap between what we aspire to and…
Maria DiBari
The FY 2027 White House budget proposal is not only a fiscal plan but a change in national quality architecture. It lifts total defense funding to about $1.5 trillion while proposing a 10% cut to base nondefense discretionary spending. In quality terms, it shifts the system away from upstream…
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(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division releases QUINDOS 2026.1, the latest version of its leading metrology software for special geometries. This introduces advanced capabilities for coordinate measuring machine (CMM) monitoring, faster and more intuitive scanning,…
Akhilesh Gulati
On a recent gemba walk, everything looked right. Large digital dashboards lined the production floor, displaying real-time updates on throughput, quality, downtime, and schedule adherence. Metrics were green, trends were stable, and performance was highly visible. By most standards, it was a well-…
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(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in photonics and nanopositioning technologies, highlights its P-733 piezo scanning stage as a high-performance solution for applications requiring ultrafast, nanometer-precise motion, including image stabilization,…
Viola Kirk
With unique device identification (UDI) required under U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and the EU Medical Device Regulation, direct part marking has become mandatory for many medical devices, including surgical instruments and implants.
In practice, these requirements are challenged…
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(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for the life sciences industry, announced the launch of Event Summarizer, a new AI-powered capability within its Quality Excellence solution as part of advanced quality event…
Jake Walton
Nobody would get into a self-driving car simply because the door locks worked and the alarm system was functioning properly. Those security features protect the car from being stolen or tampered with, but they say nothing about whether the car’s AI will stop in time when a child runs into the road…
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(Configit: Copenhagen) -- Configit, a global leader in configuration life cycle management (CLM), has announced that the company will hold its eleventh annual Configuration Life Cycle Management Summit 2026 May 6–7, 2026. Registration and the full schedule for the virtual event are available here…
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When the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) gathers for the 42nd annual conference this July in Dallas, one of the most anticipated talks won’t be about machining tolerances or inspection gauges but the cosmos itself. Sandrine J. Thomas, associate director for Summit Operations at the Vera C. Rubin…
Matt McFarlane
It can be surprisingly difficult for businesses to get accurate answers to questions about their own data. Often, the data live in different systems or aren’t easily accessible to employees without specific technical skills. Some data may be in Salesforce but not in the company’s content management…
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(InnovMetric: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric, a leading provider of 3D metrology solutions for the manufacturing industry, has announced it has acquired the intellectual property of French company Digisens. In doing so, the multinational brings on a team of software developers with expertise in…
Jeff Dewar
There are always good reasons to attend the American Society for Quality’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI). The sessions are substantive, the networking is genuine, and the exhibit hall gives you a concentrated look at where the tools and technologies of our profession are…
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(Metrologic DCS: Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France) -- Metrologic DCS announces the launch of Inspection Flow, a metrology intelligence platform designed to connect and contextualize inspection data throughout manufacturing life cycle processes.
Built as a high-performance analytics and decision…
Abdullah Al Masum Jabir
In high-volume manufacturing, inspection often struggles to keep pace with production. That challenge becomes even greater when the material itself is naturally variable and the defects aren’t always easy to define consistently. In one high-volume manufacturing environment producing about 20,000…
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(RB Industrial Manufacturing: Racine, WI) -- RB Industrial Manufacturing announced the acquisition of a new Keyence XM-1540 image dimension measurement system, reinforcing the company’s commitment to precision engineering, quality assurance, and continuous improvement throughout its manufacturing…
ISO
Markets run on trust. Trust runs on standards. And standards only work when the people shaping them reflect the people they are meant to protect.
That’s why International Women’s Day and World Consumer Rights Day aren’t just two dates on the calendar—they are part of the same story. When women…
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(Ursa Major: Berthoud, CO) -- Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights, including multiple missions at sustained hypersonic speeds, with Stratolaunch. The milestone underscores Ursa Major’s ability to deliver flight-proven, high-performing, reusable…
MIT News
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Often hailed as the most successful international environmental agreement of all time, the 1987 Montreal Protocol continues to successfully phase out the global production of chemicals that were creating a growing hole in the ozone layer, causing skin cancer and other…