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(Hexagon: London) -- Hexagon Metrology announced a litigation victory in its dispute over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets from its PC-DMIS inspection and measurement software, which is developed and published by Hexagon Metrology division Wilcox Associates Inc. The suit, filed against…
(Agilent Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Agilent Technologies Inc., a leading test and measurement equipment manufacturer, has entered into a long-term agreement with Davis Calibration, a third-party calibration services provider, to provide high-quality calibration services for a wide…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- United States manufacturing technology consumption (USMTC) totaled $97.04 million for April, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in…
(Bytewise: Columbus, GA) -- With more than 20 years of profile measurement experience, Bytewise now extends its product offerings to include a line of sensor products to solve everyday measurement applications for scientific and factory applications. The CrossCheck product line offers customers…
(LRQA: Coventry, UK) -- This free, live two-hour webinar will be held on July 1, 2009, and will take place twice—at 09:30 and 17:30, UK time—to account for global time zones. The content is the same for both times.
Following up on from the initial LRQA Food Safety Webinar in April, 2009, this…
(Littelfuse: Chicago) -- A continous improvement team from the Littelfuse Inc. manufacturing facility in the Philippines leveraged its lean Six Sigma process to garner silver winner award honors at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) 2009 International Team Excellence Award competition at the…
(InnovMetric: Québec, QC) -- On July 20-24, 2009, InnovMetric will be exhibiting at booth 310 at the 25th CMSC conference, the most focused annual event for close-tolerance metrology industry professionals.
As part of CMSC 2009, InnovMetric will hold a special event called "PolyWorks - Probing…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) --Geomagic, the world leader in digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) software, has launched a new online support center to more efficiently serve, support, and engage with customers and partners on a 24/7 basis.
“Geomagic’s support has always been…
(Boothroyd Dewhurst: Wakefield, RI) -- Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. has added new design-for-environment tools to DFMA 2009, the latest version of its internationally recognized design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) software. Both modules in the integrated DFMA suite—DFA Version 9.4 and DFM…
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally accepted, voluntary certification program created by the United State Green Building Council. The program measures a building’s energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions, environmental indoor quality, stewardship of…
This paperback book will be easy to find on library shelves; just look for the one with the most dog-eared pages. Lean Six Sigma Using SigmaXL and Minitab, by Issa Bass and Barbara Lawton, Ph.D. (McGraw Hill, 2009) may become your most greatly used reference book. It’s a practical introduction to…
(Labtronics: Guelph, ON) -- Labtronics Inc. announces the release of LimsLink 4.1 SP1, a service pack for LimsLink 4.1 users that delivers the latest updates and enhancements for LimsLink, Labtronics’ configurable solution for integrating laboratory instruments.
“At Labtronics we believe in…
(Aveta Business Institute: Cleveland) -- It's no secret that in today's economy no job is secure. For the first time in more than 25 years, the United States unemployment rate has risen to 9.4 percent, as of May 2009. Along with this grim statistic come salary cuts, demotions, layoffs, and job…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- A leading aerospace manufacturer recently took delivery of one of the widest bridge style coordinate measuring machine (CMM) ever manufactured. Building on the 40-year heritage of the LK brand, Metris developed the gantry CMM, with a measurement volume of 6 m x 6 m x 3…
(QuEST Forum: Dallas) -- QuEST Forum recently published the TL 9000 Quality Management System Requirements Handbook 5.0, the latest edition of the global quality standard used by the telecommunications industry. The new release of the handbook has an effective date of Nov. 15, to ensure adequate…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc. recently announced the availability of TrackWise Clinical Quality Management Solution, providing an end-to-end system that streamlines the oversight of business-critical clinical trial processes and helps ensure compliance with global regulatory…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Initial quality in the automotive industry has improved significantly in 2008, with substantial gains demonstrated by nearly three-fourths of the 36 ranked nameplates, according to a recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Initial…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Initial quality in the automotive industry has improved significantly in 2008, with substantial gains demonstrated by nearly three-fourths of the 36 ranked nameplates, according to a recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Initial…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL ) -- Renishaw rolls out its new certified coordinate measuring machine (CMM) retrofit program at the 2009 Quality Show, offering several options to upgrade existing machines to state-of-the-art capabilities—including REVO five-axis, ultra-high-speed scanning. The…
MAG Industrial Automation Systems has been granted the Caterpillar Inc. Supplier Quality Excellence Process Certification (SQEP). MAG's Six Sigma program helped the company achieve the award.
Caterpillar's SQEP is presented to suppliers that demonstrate strong values, ethical principles, and a…
(NSF/Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Why are so many organizations receiving nonconformities in their ISO 9001:2008 audits? To understand the ISO 9001:2008 changes better, let's see if you know the answers to these three questions:
There are no changes made to ISO 9001:2008. True or False?
TRUE - ISO…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Learn how to maximize your investment in InfinityQS by attending its third annual user conference. Infusion 2009 features a new three-track format to empower you with the tools and skills you need to help your business save time and money.
Hear from InfinityQS…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Three C’s of efficient manufacturing are common, common, and common,” says James E. Harbour, in his new autobiography, “Factory Man,” published this year by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Harbour says implementing “common” will be a much greater challenge…
As the global market becomes increasingly integrated, customers demand that businesses have a superior level of quality and performance. In that respect, geographical location is becoming irrelevant, says Robert Chalker, American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) global managing director.
“The…
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. announces the new Leica T-Scan TS50, a hand-held laser scanner that interfaces with the Leica Absolute Tracker. The new Leica T-Scan delivers improvements that result in double the data acquisition rate, improve scanned point…
