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(Veeco: Tucson) -- Veeco Instruments Inc., a global provider of precision instrumentation and metrology solutions, announces a new ContourGT Optical Surface Profiler configuration optimized for characterizing high-brightness, light-emitting diode (HB-LED) patterned sapphire substrates (PSS). The…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Systematically implementing customer requests was the main challenge in developing the new ACCURA coordinate measuring machine. The result is a multisensor-capable measuring system that permits fast, economical, precise, and flexible measurements—primarily due…
(Toyota Motor Sales: Torrance, CA) -- Toyota Motor Sales recently announced that it is expanding its Product Quality Field Office program to four additional U.S. regional sales areas, following the success of a pilot program launched in the New York region in late 2009. Toyota Motor Sales will…
(Exact Metrology Inc.: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology Inc. has opened a new office in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, Wisconsin. The facility will support the company’s rapidly growing contract measurement services business, as well as provide technical support and training to Exact Metrology…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Electronic test-and-measurement technology provider Fluke Corp. has introduced the 1594A/1595A Super-Thermometers from Hart Scientific, designed to combine accuracy, value, and innovative features for calibrating SPRTs, PRTs, and thermistors.
The Fluke 1594A…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ECQM) software solutions, has announced the global availability of its expanded Regulatory Reporting platform. Rounding out the platform, the new MedDRA adapter integrates…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, has introduced its first Master Black Belt (MBB) Summer Webcast Series. This series of three, free one-hour lectures by process improvement experts…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently announced that its global Food Safety Response Center located in Dreieich, Germany, has developed two new analytical screening methods to detect petroleum contamination in oysters and fish—specifically, hydrocarbons…
(ISO: Geneva) -- As the third edition of the ISO technical specification ISO/TS 29001 for the international oil and gas industries is rolled out, feedback indicates its increasing acceptance as the baseline requirements document for quality management in these sectors.
ISO/TS 29001:2010…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A new standard on social responsibility (SR), ISO 26000—“Guidance on social responsibility” will be made available this November through the American Society for Quality (ASQ). ASQ serves as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) secretariat to ISO Working Group SR, developers…
(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 attributes. This kit combines the features of a transit…
(UNITRON: Commack, NY) -- UNITRON Ltd. is proud to announce the introduction of its new 15854 LED Ring Light. Manufactured to fit any stereo microscope, they are ideal for observing circuit board, electronic, and highly reflective specimens.
Designed for the cost-conscious consumer, these light…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS, a statistical process control (SPC) software company, and Branson, a provider of plastics joining and metal welding, have announced they are including XPort, the quality control integration application, with all Branson 2000X touch-screen welders. Pairing…
(Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ: London) -- Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ is proud to announce the Healthcare Process Improvement Network (H-PIN), the online and face-to-face information resource for lean Six Sigma (LSS) and process improvement professionals in the health care…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, announces immediate availability of the Teseq NSG 3060 6kV conducted immunity generator, which is designed to fulfill testing requirements for four ISO/…
(The National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA) -- To characterize subsurface oil plumes in the Gulf using novel technology and the latest in biogeochemical techniques, a team of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) embarked June 17 for a 12-day research effort in the…
(EtQ Inc.: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ announces the recent release of its failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) module, which enables organizations to better analyze product and process design, reduce the time taken to study effects, and mitigate the risk of potential failures.
The need for…
(Autodesk, FARO: San Rafael, CA; Lake Mary, FL) -- Autodesk Inc. a provider of 3-D design, engineering, and entertainment software, and FARO, the provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announce their collaboration to add direct integration of point cloud data to AutoCAD 2011…
Swedish measurement firm Hexagon AB entered into an agreement this week to acquire U.S.-based software provider Intergraph Corp. The $2.1 billion purchase is expected to strengthen Hexagon’s position as a global provider of measurement technologies by integrating Intergraph’s CAD and geospatial…
(Creaform: Levis, QC, Canada) -- Creaform, a world-class company in 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce that the U.S. Navy has chosen to use the company’s Handyscan 3-D technology to scan submarine hulls.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, will be the…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME ) -- Douglas Scientific, a provider of high-throughput laboratory automation, has incorporated the Artel MVS (multichannel verification system) into its engineering and development process for its innovative Array Tape liquid-handling platforms. The Minnesota-based company…
(Camstar: Charlotte, NC) -- Thought leaders representing more than 30 leading solar companies recently attended Camstar Systems Inc.’s “The Summit on Solar Quality” in Santa Clara, California. They all agreed that the industry must embrace the resources currently available (i.e., best-known…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If your organization is registered to ISO 9001 or any other management system standard, you’ve got an internal audit process. Are you making the most of it? Is it a value-adding exercise? William A. Stimson’s new book, Internal Quality Auditing, Second Edition (…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- While continuing to focus on methods of testing for two-sided equivalence, the second edition of Testing Statistical Hypotheses of Equivalence and Noninferiority (CRC Press, 2010) gives much more attention to noninferiority testing. Author Stefan Wellak covers a…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Have you ever wanted to suggest changes or improvements to the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence? Do you have ideas for improving the Baldrige Award process, examiner training, or other key Baldrige program activities? The Baldrige program is now accepting…