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(Oriel STAT A MATRIX: Edison, NJ) -- The Oriel STAT A MATRIX Advanced Lead Auditor Training course has been designed to give you the skills and knowledge needed to exponentially raise your ability to determine if your organization’s business management system is properly contributing to the company…
(InspectionXpert: Raleigh, NC) -- InspectionXpert Corp. has released InspectionXpert for PDF 2012 and InspectionXpert OnDemand 2012. InspectionXpert for PDF and InspectionXpert OnDemand work with PDF/TIFF files created from any source, including scanned drawings, to quickly and accurately turn…
(APQC: Houston, TX) -- During the course of three months, the Advanced Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) ran a voice-of-the-customer survey to find out what process management topics interest you the most and what you needed to help show increased stakeholder value, decreased cycle time,…
(ANSI: Washington, DC) -- Clean, potable water is a basic life necessity many of us take for granted. Yet around the world, 783 million people have no regular access to safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation.
To examine the ways in which international…
(Georgia Tech: Atlanta) -- Learn about the evolution of lean from the factory floor to human development at Georgia Tech’s annual Lean Consortium. This year’s event, “Respect for the People,” will be held May 10, 2012, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. EDT at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway. This seminar focuses…
(Laser Design: Minneapolis, MN) -- Laser Design Inc., the leading supplier of 3D laser scanners for more than 25 years, has released its inspection-grade 3-D scanning system, the SURVEYOR Auto Gage 3D.
“The SURVEYOR Auto Gage 3D scanning system was developed to provide a totally automated,…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $444.06 million, according to AMT, The Association for Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) program, was up 9.3 percent…
(Toyota USA: Torrance, CA) -- Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing, North America (TEMA), has announced that the company will hire approximately 150 engineers, technicians, advanced researchers, and scientists by the end of 2012. The hiring…
(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, IL) -- The Joint Commission enterprise has launched a health care-associated infections (HAI) electronic portal that provides a wealth of HAI resources. The “HAI Portal” is a joint effort of The Joint Commission enterprise, which includes the Joint…
(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- Steinbichler, a global supplier of optical measuring and sensor technology, will present two new products at the CONTROL 2012 trade fair (hall 5 stand 5304) held May 8–11, 2012. The STEINBICHLER ABIS optimizer, is the world’s first portable surface-testing system…
(Instron: Norwood, MA) -- Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has launched BioBox, a controlled air environment ideally designed for testing of large or long medical devices at body temperature. The…
(IRCA: London) -- IRCA and RABQSA today announced a change to the Bilateral Agreement on the mutual acceptance of training courses and examinations for auditor certification.
The IRCA-RABQSA agreement has been in place since 2006 based on the equivalence of outcome of each organization’s training…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies, the world’s most trusted source for 3-D measurement technology, has announced that CEO Jay Freeland will appear on CNBC’s Street Signs on Friday, April 13, at 2 p.m. EDT to provide insight into manufacturing and manufacturing technology. Freeland has…
(Robert Half: Menlo Park, CA) -- The biggest roadblocks to organizational breakthroughs are a shortage of fresh thinking and too much red tape, according to executives interviewed for a recent Robert Half survey. More than one-third (35 percent) of chief financial officers (CFOs) said a lack of new…
(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a developer of product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, has released Parasolid software, its 3-D geometric modeling component for computer-aided design, manufacturing, and…
(Goodrich ISR Systems: Princeton, NJ) -- Goodrich ISR Systems’ suite of high-resolution, near-infrared (NIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) line-scan and area cameras have been designed to meet the needs of a many different markets and offer superior image quality.
For military and defense…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 2012 Quest for Excellence Conference is the definitive showcase of best practices from the recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for performance excellence and innovation. This year’s conference will be held April 16–18…
(Rice Lake Weighing Systems: Rice Lake, WI) -- Rice Lake Weighing Systems, manufacturer and distributor of weight-related products and process-control equipment, has announced the purchase of Measurement Systems International (MSI), a scale equipment manufacturer based in Seattle.
Measurement…
(Taylor Hobson) -- Because bearings are used across myriad applications within virtually every industrial sector, we can easily take these meticulously engineered components for granted. The critical functions performed by bearings, together with the intense demands placed upon them, necessitates…
(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- Finishing Brands has become a global leader in electrostatic finishing equipment design, manufacturing, and marketing since Harold Ransburg invented the electrostatic process during the late 1940s. Electrostatic spray painting applies up to 100,000 VDC per…
(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- QualiSurf, the portable surface roughness tester from Qualitest USA, developer and manufacturer of high-technology testing products and solutions, is a pocket-sized economical instrument for measuring surface texture conforming to traceable standards. It can be…
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global leader and manufacturer of high-speed cameras and image analysis software, has released a high-speed camera, the Fastcam SA-X. Delivering up to 12,500 frames per second at full 1,024 × 1,024 pixel resolution, the camera meets the requirements of the…
(The Productivity Pro: Highlands Ranch, CO) -- In lean times managers look for ways to eliminate waste without always knowing what they’re looking for. In her blog post, “Lean Processes and Downtime,” time management and productivity expert Laura Stack offers advice for applying traditional…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Written by former Toyota associates, Toyota by Toyota: Reflections From the Inside Leaders on the Techniques that Revolutionized the Industry, edited by Samuel Obara and Darril Wilburn (Productivity Press, 2012), focuses on the purpose of lean methodologies,…
(Photonfocus: Lachen, Switzerland) -- Photonfocus AG, designer and engineer of CMOS sensors and digital cameras, has released the new G2 series GigE Vision cameras based on the MV1 camera platform and Photonfocus A1312 and A1312IE (NIR-enhanced) CMOS sensors. The MV1-D1312-xx-G2 camera is available…