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(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology’s SHUTTLEPIX Digital Microscope has been awarded the Good Design Award 2011, which is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design organized by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
This award system was originally…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Forty quality professionals worldwide have been named to Quality Progress magazine’s “40 New Voices of Quality” list, which recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who are making a difference in their organizations.
The list featured in the November issue of Quality…
(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- Steinbichler, a global provider of optical measuring and sensor technology, is presenting the COMET 5 Eco as a reduced-price complete solution for high-precision 3-D digitizing.
“The particularly innovative sensor concept of COMET 5 Eco offers the greatest…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Explaining how to implement and sustain a top-down strategy for manufacturing excellence, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, by Larry E. Fast (CRC Press, 2011), provides a comprehensive, proven…
(Manufacturing Institute: Washington, DC) -- The Manufacturing Institute, a Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to improving and expanding manufacturing in the United States, will officially launch Right Skills Now, a new, fast-track education and training program, built on the National…
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Even a minimal investment in risk assessment and risk management can improve efficiency and reduce losses in any organization. Enterprise Risk Management Best Practices:From Assessment to Ongoing Compliance, by Anne M. Marchetti (Wiley, 2011) provides guidance on how to…
During the past decade, laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace-gas detection, and related physics research.
Although typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies,…
(Micro-Epsilon: Raleigh, NC) -- Micro-Epsilon, designer and manufacturer of high-precision sensors, instruments, and
systems for displacement, position, dimension, and temperature
measurement, offers the new colorCONTROL MFA-5 for the inspection of LEDs, starting at a basic version that offers…
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a contract to BSI Group’s Supply Chain Solutions business unit to create a protocol to aid the screening of cargo at U.S. ports. BSI will work with DHS S&T-sponsored…
(Booze and Co.: New York) -- Total research and development (R&D) investment among the world’s top spenders on innovation surged upward in 2010 from its recession-induced decline in 2009, according to the 2011 Global Innovation 1000, the seventh annual study of corporate innovation spending…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- AIAG’s Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), now in its fourth edition, has been the benchmark source for FMEA in the industry for many years. However, automakers and supplier leaders continue to point to concerns with the effectiveness of FMEA…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In celebration of the second annual World Quality Month in November, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) will showcase how advancements and valuable quality contributions have improved incomes for businesses, communities, and institutions worldwide.
During World Quality…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly every metric used to determine the 100 Top…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, will host “Projects: From Idea to ‘Done’ and Back Again,” a free, one-hour Master Black Belt (MBB) webcast at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17,…
(Newport Corp: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, announces the 1830-R Optical Power Meter. A newly designed optical meter, the 1830-R provides a drop-in replacement for Newport’s legacy 1830-C Power Meter, which…
(ANSI: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Economic Prosperity Initiative (EPI) supports the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the country of Georgia’s Georgian Accreditation Center (GAC). The…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Although complex and lengthy, the process of certification to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, ISO 13485—“Medical devices—Quality management systems—Requirements for regulatory purposes,” can be easily mastered using the simple…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has recently unveiled a major upgrade to the software platform for its surface metrology systems. MarWin 4.5 offers increased functionality and ease of use, a range of new features, and a series of special option packages for specific applications…
(Solartron Metrology: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK) -- Solartron Metrology, part of the Electronic Instruments Group of AMETEK Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has been selected to custom-design dimensional gauging probes for the 25 antennas…
(Jossey-Bass/Wiley: San Francisco) -- The Health Care Data Guide, by Lloyd P. Provost and Sandra K. Murray (Jossey-Bass, 2011), is designed to help students and professionals build a skill set specific to using data for improvement of health care processes and systems. Even experienced data…
(Analog Devices: Norwood, MA) -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic fields in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) superconducting…
(PCS Press: Vancouver, WA) -- Norman Bodek joins IndustryWeek’s online editor, Adrienne Selko, for a webinar on the Harada Method titled “Respect for People,” on Tues., Nov. 1, 2011, at 2 p.m. (EDT). They will be discussing how to use the Harada Method to make a company more dynamic and able to…
In Streamlined Process Improvement (McGraw-Hill, 2011), H. James Harrington has optimized his well-known Business Process Improvement methodology so that it generates faster, major improvement in key processes of your operations. This book is about process redesign and focuses on doing the right…
(Uson: Houston) -- Global quality engineers seeking the highest standards of lean manufacturing for leak-proof products by using RFID tags for parts identification and information tracking can now use a unique electronic label system built by Uson with both standard and custom components…
(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- A camshaft gauge with upgraded submicron accuracy for end-of-line inspection that provides high-speed production monitoring of up to 200 parts-per-hour has been introduced by ADCOLE Corp. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of high-accuracy optical…
