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(Informatica Corp.: Redwood City, CA) -- Informatica Corp., an independent provider of enterprise data integration software, has released the industry’s first book about applying lean principles to the challenges of enterprise data and process integration, entitled Lean Integration: An…
(Carl Zeiss: Thornwood, NY) -- Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. introduces the Axio Lab.A1 microscope for examinations in reflected light in the materials sciences. Its intuitive operation makes this upright microscope suitable for routine lab applications in metallography, quality control, and for…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab Inc. has released Minitab 16 Statistical Software, the latest version of the leading software used for quality improvement and statistics education.
Minitab 16 offers new functionality and features. The most prominent is the Assistant, a menu-based tool…
(JETS: Alexandria, VA) -- Tackling one of the world’s most pressing problems—the global water shortage—from an engineering perspective, students from The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, took the top national honor for the 11-/12-grade level, while those from the Harker School in San Jose,…
(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- At the international 2010 Control trade fair for quality assurance, Nikon Metrology introduced the all-digital LC60Dx/LC50Cx scanners. The next-generation LC60Dx CMM laser scanner, evolved from the successful LC60D scanner, brings laser scanning into the…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), a contract manufacturer and packer of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and personal care products, is focused on exceeding customers’ expectations. To consistently achieve its high quality standards, the company relies on X-ray…
(Productivity Press: NY) -- One size does not fit all. While Jack Welch is very intelligent, he doesn’t know other businesses as well as those who work in them every day. Many companies have invested heavily in process improvement, because GE and other large companies did, only to be disappointed…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- Few people with knowledge of business—small companies and large international organizations alike—would disagree that an organization is only as good as its top management team: its board of directors. When a business succeeds, it’s largely because its board of…
(NACMA) -- The North American Coordinate Metrology Association (NACMA) invites you to participate in the NACMA 2010 Annual Workshop and Conference, one of the largest annual meetings for dimensional metrologists, to be held Aug. 4–6. The host and location for this event is:
Medtronic Inc.
7000…
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global leader in calibration technology, has introduced Fluke Manual MET/CAL software—an application for calibration professionals who need to collect, store, and report calibration data consistently and efficiently. Manual MET/CAL offers a database-driven…
(Ophir-Spiricon: Logan, UT) -- Ophir-Spiricon, a global provider of precision laser measurement, recently announced the PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors, designed to measure very low energy down to 30 pJ. Part of the PD10 family of high sensitivity silicon laser sensors, the new devices extend…
(Zontec: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc., the international developer of statistical process control (SPC) software solutions, announced that its Synergy 3000T v. 3.0 enterprise SPC software has achieved certified integration with SAP Business Suite software. SAP is the world’s largest business…
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the new Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit—a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling, and many other tasks. This kit combines the features of a transit, an…
(Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) — The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision tools and metrology equipment, has introduced the Galileo AV230+, a small, rugged video-based, multisensor measurement system. Built with a granite base and Z column, this system was developed specifically to…
(EtQ: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ has announced that it will be exhibiting and speaking at the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI), to be held May 24–26 in St. Louis.
EtQ’s CEO, Glenn McCarty, will present the topic, “Managing Your Risk Has Its…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Overall machine vision sales should increase by 2.6 percent to 4.6 percent in 2010, depending upon the extent of the current economic recovery and the rate of change in industrial production that occurs. This follows a 29.2-percent decline experienced in 2009.
The…
(TÜVRheinland: Newtown, CT) -- TÜVRheinland, a provider of global market access, will present seminars about CE marking and the CB Sheme at the World Trade Center of Central Pennsylvania’s 2010 International Trade Conference. The event, which is organized in partnership with the U.S. Department of…
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- Wenzel Group GmbH acquired German-based Steintek Optical Measuring Systems in the summer of 2009 and is now making available through Xspect Solutions Inc. the optical high-speed measuring sensors for the North American marketplace.
Marketed now under the…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is now offering professionals the ASQ Master Black Belt Certification, a new addition joining the Society’s 18 certification programs available around the globe.
This newest certification is aimed at individuals who seek a universally…
(PLMplus Inc.: Framingham, MA) -- PLMplus Inc. has announced the beta release of PLMplus for medical device manufacturers, an on-demand, subscription-based solution that combines quality management system (QMS) and product life-cycle management (PLM) features into a single, integrated, ready-to-…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION announces IMPACT 9.1 Software Suite, the latest edition in the company’s sophisticated machine vision software platform. IMPACT 9.1 enhances the previous pattern find tool with its powerful Pinpoint Pattern Find tool, which offers exceptional…
(Bosch Rexroth: Buchanan, MI) -- Bosch Rexroth is offering advice on how to incorporate lean principles into the design of a new factory, or expansion of an existing factory, in an episode of their lean manufacturing podcast series.
Developed with lean manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh,…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Millions of toys have been recalled around the world because of hazardous levels of lead or cadmium, choking hazards, dangerous magnets, and other safety hazards. Two new standards in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8124 toy safety series aim to reduce the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Cambridge University Press, 2010), the much-anticipated successors to the…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic will demo the latest versions of its Geomagic Studio reverse engineering and Geomagic Qualify quality inspection software for the first time in the United States in booth No. 212 at the RAPID 2010 conference and exposition, May 18–20 in Anaheim,…
