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On April 1 Nikon announced that it had formed Nikon Metrology Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc. (Nikon’s microscopy and digital imaging arm business) with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009. In January 2010, Metris changed its name to Nikon Metrology…
(R&R Sales and Engineering: Grand Haven, MI) -- The R&R Fixture, a modular fixturing system that is designed for use with coordinate measuring machines, from R&R Sales and Engineering is the only modular fixture that can secure and hold your smallest parts with minimum contact and…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) — ASQ (American Society for Quality) is inviting submissions for its Education Team Excellence Award, which provides educators with the opportunity to capture national and international recognition for the winning schools’ team-based quality improvement efforts. The deadline…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the global professional society serving the manufacturing industry, is issuing its annual call for nominations for the 2011 International Honor Awards, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, and the Award of Merit…
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The sixth annual Shingo Prize Northeast Conference is coming Oct. 19–20 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Ritsuo Shingo (son of Shigeo Shingo and president of Toyota Motor Works China) and Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri will be the…
(Sensors Unlimited: Princeton, NJ) -- Sensors Unlimited announces a new mil-hardened, uncooled, InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) SWIR (shortwave infrared) video camera for military applications. Small and ultracompact, the high sensitivity SU320HX video camera is designed for use in military…
(A&D: San Jose, CA) -- A&D has announced the re-launch of the SV-10 and SV-100, its revolutionary advanced viscometers. By incorporating A&D’s tuning fork vibration method, the SV-10/100 outperforms other viscometers in precision and in the taking of difficult measurements, such as…
Individual boron and nitrogen atoms are clearly distinguished by their intensity in this Z-contrast scanning electron transmission microscope image from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Each single hexagonal ring of the boron-nitrogen structure, for instance the one marked by the…
(Lattice Technology Inc.: San Francisco) -- Lattice Technology Inc., the standard for digital mock up and technical documentation software in the manufacturing enterprise, is delivering key solutions to Thatcham, also known as the British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre, to enable 3-D…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- The International Six Sigma Institute and Secret Society for Imperious Professionals of Process Improvement (ISSISSIPPI) has announced a breakthrough in the controversy surrounding lean Six Sigma certification standards.
The ISSISSIPPI now will guarantee…
(Shingo Prize: Logan, UT) -- Learn from the best as Shingo Prize Award-winning companies from all over the world come together in Salt Lake City, to share best practices, lessons learned, and how the Shingo Model and guiding principles are helping them meet each challenge with continuous…
(Cincom: Cincinnati) -- Worldwide software and services provider Cincom Systems, IBM, and Shaun Smith, expert in customer experience management (CEM) and brand loyalty, will host a web cast on how retailers can invest in more immersive customer experiences by re-engineering processes to deliver…
(FDANews: Falls Church, VA) -- FDAnews has announced details for its 7th Annual Medical Device Quality Congress to be held June 2–4 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Changes affecting medical device firms in 2010
The year 2010 has begun with a bang. A new director at the Center for Devices and…
(CMSC: Reno, Nevada) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, recently announced it will present the 26th Annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) July 12–16 at the world-class Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.…
Toyota Motor Corp. will approach its worldwide quality assurance efforts from the standpoint of customers, and by keeping in mind the need for strengthened global communication and for ensuring transparency, the newly formed Special Committee for Global Quality has decided on various improvement…
(MetricStream Inc.: Palo Alto, CA) – AIB International, one of North America’s largest providers of third-party food safety audits, recently selected MetricStream, a provider of enterprisewide governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, for implementing an audit management system to automate…
(ECHA: Brussels, Belgium) -- Vice president Tajani and commissioner Potočnik are taking action to make progress toward the registration of chemicals and the management of substances of very high concern. Of particular importance, is the smooth implementation of the registration of high-volume…
(Vision Engineering: England) -- The new Falcon 300, a powerful three-axis noncontact video measuring system, incorporates more than 50 years of proven optical experience.
Vision Engineering has packed massive technical capabilities into a compact, small footprint system, suitable for shop…
(USPS: Washington) -- When it comes to customer service, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) doesn’t rest on its laurels, so it recently launched a new measurement system designed to better understand customers’ total experience doing business with USPS at every level of the organization.
The…
(Rapid News Communications Group: Chicago) -- Micro Manufacturing (MM) Live USA is a global showcase for everything to do with the mass manufacture of small to micro precision parts for all sectors of manufacturing, whether a company can make them to order or supply the machinery to mill, cut, or…
(Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta) -- By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of…
(Olympus: Central Valley, PA) -- Olympus, a precision technology designer and provider of innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, life science imaging systems, industrial testing instruments, and cameras and audio products, recently announced the 2010 winners in the Olympus…
(PerkinElmer Inc.: Waltham, MA) -- PerkinElmer Inc., a global provider focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, recently announced that the company’s inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) technology can help ensure that traditional Chinese herbal medicines…
(George Products Co.: Middletown, DE) -- Industry leaders frustrated with high cost of inspection push for speed in the quality department without sacrificing accuracy or adding complexity. These days, equipment is only as good as the software that runs it. “Customers don’t want a collection of…
(Fluke Corp. Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, recently announced the new Fluke 233/A Wireless Remote Display Automotive Digital Multimeter Kit, the industry’s first digital multimeter with a detachable wireless display, designed…
