(New River Kinematics Inc.: Williamsburg, Virginia) -- New River Kinematics, producer of  SpatialAnalyzer (SA), increased its first quarter revenue 54 percent above first quarter 2008 revenues. This trend continues the company’s strong growth of recent years.

(Delcam International Inc.: Windsor, Ontario, Canada) -- Delcam previewed the forthcoming version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software at the Control exhibition held in Stuttgart, Germany, May 5–8.  This new release of the world’s leading hardware-independent inspection software is sc

(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, California) -- VERISURF X, the newest software release from model-based metrology pioneer Verisurf Software Inc., has become the company’s fastest-selling new product introduction in two decades.

(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- At Control 2009, Metris launched the multilaser XC65D scanner that captures all 3-D details of features, edges, pockets, ribs, and freeform surfaces in a single scan.

Story update 11/08/2010: Terry Crippen is no longer with ATT Metrology Services.

(ROMER Inc.: Wixom, Michigan) -- ROMER Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, announced today the rollout of the OMEGA portable measuring arm, their most economical tool for multipurpose noncontact measurement to date.

(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, Florida) -- FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging systems, has announced that delivery of a new generation of 3-D laser scanners will begin in the second quarter of 2009.

Hello readers, and welcome to the latest issue of CMSC World, which is packed with the latest news and features in the metrology arena.

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