Administrators Grow Quality in Schools
Mon, 09/13/2004 - 22:00
School administrators looking for ways to meet tough federal requirements have found a new ally in a rather unlikely place—the quality profession. The need for continual improvement is familiar to quality professionals, but it’s relatively new to… Sypris Relocates California Calibration Lab
Sun, 09/12/2004 - 22:00
Sypris Test & Measurement will relocate its San Francisco Bay Area calibration lab, the company announced recently. The company moved from San Jose to Sunnyvale, California. Moving the lab places the company closer to existing customers in… Health and Safety Draft Standard Released for Public Comment
Tue, 09/07/2004 - 22:00
A joint committee of the American National Standards Institute and the American Industrial Hygiene Association recently released a draft Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) standard for public review. The deadline to submit… New York City Standards Conference
Tue, 09/07/2004 - 22:00
Social Accountability International will hold its sixth annual conference in New York City on October 18. The conference, “Corporate Social Responsibility and Workplace Standards: Responsible Strategies for Global Sourcing,” will focus on the… QMI Acquires QCB Inc.
Tue, 09/07/2004 - 22:00
The recent acquisition of Quality Certification Bureau Inc. by QMI made QMI the largest registrar in North America, according to the registrar. The buy-out includes QCB Inc., QBC Corp., and QCB Organic, companies that are collectively based in… Delcam Offers Free Viewer for All Major CAD formats
Mon, 09/06/2004 - 22:00
Delcam Inc. is offering a free CAD viewer that will allow users to view CAD models in all the major formats, including CATIA versions 4 and 5, Pro/Engineer 2001 and Wildfire, SDRC, Unigraphics, SolidWorks and Solid Edge, as well as other industry… Enterprisewide Indoor GPS Gains Acceptance in World of Metrology
Mon, 09/06/2004 - 22:00
A partnership between Arc Second Inc. and Romer CimCore could signal the acceptance of indoor GPS as the measurement technology of the future. Several major metrology companies, including Romer CimCore, Metrologic Inc. and New River Kinematics,… Leica Geosystems Announces Lockheed Martin Contract
Mon, 09/06/2004 - 22:00
Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it will buy a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and laser scanner from Leica Geosystems Inc. for use in its Forth Worth, Texas, headquarters. Under the terms of the contract, Leica’s metrology division will deliver… FARO Laser Tracker Brighter Than Ever
Mon, 09/06/2004 - 22:00
FARO Technologies Inc. recently released an enhanced generation of its popular laser trackers. Highlights of the new trackers include ADM Smart Auto-Adjust, which improves accuracy by automatically adapting to conditions affecting measurement drift… ISO 14001 Revisions to Be Published Soon
Mon, 09/06/2004 - 22:00
The revised ISO 14001 standard is scheduled to be published by the end of the year, meaning significant changes to environmental management professionals. According to the International Organization for Standardization, the changes to the standard…
