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(Microscan: Renton, WA) -- Microscan Systems Inc., developer of precision data acquisition/control systems including machine vision and barcode solutions, will offer a machine vision lighting course and product demonstrations at The Vision Show. Organized by AIA (formerly the Automated Imaging…
(Gartner: Stamford, CT) -- The Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit 2012 is the premier conference and meeting place for IT and business executives responsible for creating, implementing, and managing a proactive and comprehensive IT strategy for information security, risk management,…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- The relative strength of the U.S. economy compared to other regions of the world is reflected in the latest biennial SAE International Salary Study, released during the SAE International 2012 World Congress, while the overall strength of transportation and mobility…
(Laser Design: Minneapolis) -- Laser Design and GKS are proud to announce that one of their engineering services customers, Sbyke USA, has won awards from both Popular Science and Parenting magazines for its patented rear-steer kick scooter. Receiving top honors in Popular Science’s “Wheel Wars”…
(Predictive Solutions: Oakdale, PA) -- The SafetyCary blog aims to share best practices related to keeping people safe in their workplaces, particularly through the use of leading indicators, advanced analytics, and predictive modeling. The blog’s writer, Cary Usrey, Predictive Solutions’…
(AMETEK: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Test and Calibration Instruments has expanded the capabilities of its versatile JOFRA HPC600 handheld pressure calibrator. The instrument’s built-in electric pump now allows the calibrator to achieve pressure and vacuum generation up to 20 bar/300 psi with the single…
(Nordson: Carlsbad, CA) -- Nordson YESTECH, a subsidiary of Nordson Corp. and a developer and producer of automated optical and X-ray inspection systems for the electronics industry, has introduced its latest generation of automated optical inspection (AOI) systems, the FX, BX, and BX-UV conformal…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw, an engineering technologies company that develops products to advance operational performance, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2012 in the Innovations category for its highly innovative SP80 ultrahigh-accuracy analogue scanning probe. The…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, manufacturer of precise systems for ensuring data integrity in any laboratory process requiring liquid handling, is introducing two new applications that use the Artel Multichannel Verification System (MVS) to verify key steps in the assay workflow that are critical…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On April 15, 2012, U.S. Commerce Department Secretary John Bryson presented 11 U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
The ceremony—the 23rd in the history…
(JAI: San Jose, CA) -- JAI, developer and manufacturer of high-quality industrial and machine vision cameras, has introduced the AD-130GE, a new 2-CCD multispectral camera, offering significantly greater resolution and light sensitivity than the company’s first-generation models. Like the existing…
(Koslow: Englewood, NJ) -- Declaring a major advancement in verifying the passivity of stainless-steel equipment used in processing and transporting pharmaceuticals, food, and other products, Koslow Scientific Co. has introduced the world’s fastest portable instrument for passivation testing and…
(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global supplier of laser and photonic solutions that make, manage, and measure light, has expanded the scientific-grade (SG) series Vision IsoStation vibration isolation workstation. The Vision IsoStation provides advanced performance with more user-…
(XIMEA: Munster, Germany) -- XIMEA GmbH, developer, manufacturer, and supplier of integrated machine vision systems, inspection systems, and advanced cameras, will demonstrate two firsts for the machine vision industry at The Vision Show in Boston, held May 8–10, 2012. Demonstrated at booth 407…
(Aven: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Aven Inc., manufacturer and distributor of precision tools and optical inspection systems, has introduced a 5.0-megapixel upgrade of its Digital Mighty Scope handheld microscope, a sophisticated inspection instrument for engineers, scientists, doctors, quality inspectors,…
(Kauffman Foundation: Kansas City, MO) -- Cost trends in U.S. health care consistently increase at about 2.5 percentage points faster than the general rate of inflation—clearly an unsustainable rate. To address what it called "America’s most urgent public policy problem," the Ewing Marion Kauffman…
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix, AZ) -- CyberMetrics Corp. begins a series of no-cost, informative webinars and seminars to educate facilities maintenance and instrument calibration professionals about real-world industry solutions. Learning how to pass quality audits, strategizing for successful CMMS…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the Optiv Classic 321GL tp vision sensor measuring system, which will be assembled at its North Kingstown, Rhode Island, facility for the North American market. This benchtop vision measuring machine features 6.5X motorized computer…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- Bob Lutz, the “Ultimate Car Guy” and former vice chairman of General Motors Co., is the keynote speaker at the 2012 AIAG Supply Chain Summit held May 8–9, 2012, in Troy, Michigan. In keeping with the theme, “Managing Recovery: Volume Pressure on the Supply Chain,” the…
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- Twenty-one federal government representatives from 10 different agencies met at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the third “Interagency Best Practices—ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024” meeting on April 11, 2012. The biannual…
(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON) -- Teledyne DALSA, designer and manufacturer of digital imaging solutions, and provider of semiconductor products and services, will highlight its multispectral, aerospace, IR, and custom CCD and CMOS sensors and cameras at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Conference…
(Plex: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online FSMS, a leading enterprise food-safety management system, is offering a webinar called “Ensure Readiness for SQF Changes,” which will take place May 1, 2012, at 1 p.m. EDT. Click here to register for this informative webinar.…
(Setra: Boxborough, MA) -- Setra Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of pressure sensor instruments and products, has announced the availability for online purchase of more than 30 of its most popular pressure, humidity, current, barometric, and vacuum sensing product families at www.setra.…
(FLIR: Portland, OR) -- FLIR Systems has unveiled the FLIR T420 and T440 thermal imagers. These high-performance infrared cameras enable imaging capabilities that help professionals find and capture problems more easily and with dramatically more vivid thermal images.
MSX thermal image enhancement…
(Bruker: Wien, Austria) -- During the 2012 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Convention and Exposition held recently in Las Vegas, Bruker, a developer, manufacturer, and provider of scientific instruments and analytical services, introduced the S1 TITAN handheld XRF analyzer. The S1…