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(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has launched its redesigned website, featuring a new home page. It’s one of the first steps in ASQ’s full-scale website rebuild, which aligns with the organizations’ recent brand transformation as The Global Voice of Quality. ASQ.org was…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has released its Radian Laser Tracker with the INNOVO Technology Platform. This new and advanced laser tracker changes the way that people use laser trackers. Radian brings with it advanced features that include I-Vision, ADM-Maxx, and a…
(GLTAAC: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Small and midsize manufacturing companies in Ohio are modernizing to compete with overseas competition—and some are finding new niche markets they can dominate.
RBB Systems develops, manufactures, and delivers small batches of custom electronic assemblies and control…
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software, introduces the lower cost, high-definition, high-speed Fastcam SA6 camera. Ideal for automotive, military, broadcast, particle velocimetry (PIV), and digital image correlation (…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Sharing his 45 years of project management experience, best-selling author and industry guru, Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D., presents a straightforward, enlightening, and pragmatic guide to help senior managers make the transition to an organization that profits and thrives…
(Stratasys: Eden Prairie, MN) -- Struggling with long lead times for manufacturing tools? We’ll show you how to use proven additive manufacturing technology to produce lightweight, durable thermoplastic jigs and fixtures. Join Noah Zehringer, applications engineer at Stratasys Inc. on Thurs.,…
(APQO: Rizal, Philippines) -- Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) has announced the World Class Winners of the Global Performance Excellence Awards.
“We are pleased to announce that six organizations from six Asian and Pacific Rim Countries are being recognized as exemplary companies of…
(Palmer Wahl: Asheville, NC) -- New from the Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group is the ergonomically designed Wahl C150 On-Site Multifunction Calibrator. It features built-in “easy connect” terminals, portable and bench-top flexibility, and easy-to-use intuitive embedded software. Fully…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has launched “Fusion 9: Where No One Has Gone Before—Compliance and Quality in the Future,” a dynamic website for its 2012 user conference. The…
(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- Nanovea has introduced its patent-pending breakthrough method of reliably acquiring yield strength through indentation, which should replace the traditional tensile testing machine for yield strength measurement.
Traditionally, yield strength has been tested by using a…
(LUDECA: Doral, FL) -- LEVALIGN EXPERT provides an accurate and easy-to-use method for the measurement of split machine casings, the flatness and straightness of machine bases and foundations, and the flatness and parallelism of circular, rectangular, and odd-shaped flanges. The system consists…
(Texas A&M News: College Station, TX) -- It’s complicated, an employee’s decision to leave a job—even more complicated than previously believed, Texas A&M University researchers concluded after conducting research on when job searches result in turnover.
As expected, turnover was higher…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality, by Chang W. Kang and Paul H. Kvam, is an introductory book on improving the quality of a process or a system, primarily through SPC. There are numerous technical manuals available for SPC, but this book differs in two ways:…
(Invistics: Norcross, GA) -- Invistics, a leader in lean manufacturing analytics software solutions for high-mix manufacturers, has added the Lot Sizer module to its on-demand MachSix software suite. The module leverages Invistics’ patented algorithms to automatically calculate optimal production…
(ASTM: West Conshocken, PA) -- A new ASTM International standard will answer industry’s need for determining fatigue properties of open-hole composite laminates.
ASTMD7615/D7615M—“Practice for open-hole fatigue response of polymer matrix composite laminates,” was developed by Subcommittee D30.…
(Verify: Irvine, CA) -- Verify Inc., a global provider of supplier quality, supply-chain management, and technical support services, has expanded its capability to provide American Welding Society-Certified Welding Inspector (AWS-CWI) support on critical supplier audit initiatives. Utilizing on…
(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Determining the size of particles is becoming increasingly important. If the particle distribution changes during the manufacturing process, then the quality of the finished product will also change. A simple and quick means of determining the size…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- At this year’s American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo scheduled for July 24–28 in Atlanta, Georgia, Artel, a global leader in liquid-handling quality assurance, will unveil the Artel Learning Center, featuring webinars…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Typically, tasks in management and consulting include project management, running workshops, and strategic work—all complex activities that require a multitude of skills and competencies. This standard work, which is also well accepted amongst consultants, gives you access…
(UC Berkeley: Berkeley, CA) -- On Sunday, July 17, the moon acquired two new companions in less than a month. That’s when the second and third of two probes built by the University of California, Berkeley, and part of NASA’s five-satellite Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during…
(Honeywell: Morristown, NJ) -- Honeywell has launched the Voyager 1250g, a single-line laser scanner, for handheld, scan-intensive environments. It has a multi-interface design that provides a “plug and play” experience, and an easy-to-assemble stand for hands-free scanning.
The Voyager 1250g…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Now in its fourth edition, Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, by Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino, and Mark A. Latino (CRC Press, 2011), this bestselling resource continues to explore why things don’t work out as…
(ANSI: New York) -- The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) Planning Committee would like to remind interested stakeholders to enter the 2011 WSD Paper Competition. Entries for the competition, sponsored by the Standards Engineering Society (SES), are due on Aug. 12, 2011.
The theme…
(TeleTracking Technologies: Pittsburgh) -- Renowned quality expert A. Blanton Godfrey, Ph.D., board chairman of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and one of the creators of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, will be the featured speaker when TeleTracking Technologies…
(ISO: Geneva) -- In “10 Good Things for SMEs,” a new ISO brochure, managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 10 countries from around the world explain how ISO standards contribute to their success.
The managers, eight of whom are senior executives or owners, are from a…
