(Newport: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment, for $8.43 per share in cash.

(Elysium: Southfield, MI) -- With almost 250 participants already registered for the third annual Boeing/Northrop Grumman Global Product Data Interoperability Summit, the list of speakers has now been released (see below).

(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The International Conference for Vision Guided Robotics (ICVGR), sponsored by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA) and the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), focuses on the successful implementation of vision-guided robotics for a variety of industries.

Reflection, or hansei in Japanese, is a critical part of lean. Without purposeful reflection it is difficult to improve our value streams, processes, or ourselves.

1.
Wild craziness
No one knows diddly here
Going homeward bound

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We have an issue!
Looking for the root cause?
Go to the gemba!

(EPA Alliance Training Group: Houston) -- The EPA Alliance Training Group, provider of cost-effective environmental training to the private and government sectors, is offering the “ISO 14001 EMS Workshop: Auditing and Conformance” in Orlando, Florida, Jan. 11–13, 2012.

(ASQ: Milwaukee, WI) -- Global responsibility and consumer awareness lead the list of key forces that provide opportunities and challenges for quality to influence and affect change in the future, according to the 2011 Future of Quality Study from the American Society for Qual

(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced its K-Beam high-sensitivity, low-noise MEMS capacitive accelerometer family.

(Olympus: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT has introduced the Industrial Tech Guide App for iPhone and iPad. This free mobile application contains two knowledge-based sections designed for technicians performing ultrasonic flaw detection and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) inspections.

(Meggitt Sensing Systems, San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, has announced the global market introduction of the Endevco model 4830A, a handheld, lightweight, battery-operated electronic instrument designed to simulate a variety of transducer output