(Heidenhain: Schaumburg, IL) -- The new TS 642 touch probe from Heidenhain features mechanical probe activation and is suitable for both older Heidenhain co

(ARTEL: Chicago) -- ARTEL, the global leader in liquid handling quality assurance, announces that its Pipette Tracker software can now be used as an effective laboratory management tool to track and monitor pipette operator performance.

(QuEST Forum: Plano, TX) -- Register today for the 2009 Americas Best Practices Conference, Sept. 22–23, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Cost of the event, including networking dinner, is $350 for QuEST Forum members and $550 for nonmembers.

Although the information hasn't been officially released in the United States, Nikon Corp. announced on July 25 that its wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary NIMD SPRL has acquired 85.25 percent of the outstanding shares of Metris NV.

When I started at General Motors (GM) in the 1960s, we were the biggest and best company in the United States and most of the world. As a matter of fact, I believe that only a couple of state industries in Russia surpassed the number of people that GM employed.

Before some of you fact checkers write me to explain that locoism is a disease cattle contract by eating loco weed and a malady not inflicted on humans, let me assure you that there are some in our society who dine on this delicacy every day, based on their actions.

TL 9000 is the telecommunication industry’s supplement standard of ISO 9001.

(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- National Instruments (NI) recently announced four new R Series multifunction reconfigurable input/output (RIO) boa

(Veriteq: Vancouver, BC, Canada) -- Veriteq Instruments recently announced the release of their new viewLinc monitoring and alarming system for regulated controlled environments.

(AIAM: Arlington, VA) -- The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) recently filed comments with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing a waiver request that would allow the ethanol content of gasoline to be increased from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15).