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ANSI to Address Import Safety, Strengthen Consumer Confidence
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- “Building Consumer Confidence” will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. ANSI will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholders to address concerns about consumer goods—particularly… Canada Excellence Awards and Summit
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 22:00
(NQI: Toronto) -- The National Quality Institute will present the 2007 Performance Excellence Summit and the 23rd Canada Awards for Excellence in Toronto on Oct. 24, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Special guests will include Jim Balsillie… NCQA Health Plan Accreditation Standards
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 22:00
(NQCA: Washington) -- Preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which cover nearly two-thirds of all privately insured Americans, will be required to report on the quality of care and service that their members receive under standards released… ISO/IEC Report for Biometric Fusion
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 22:00
(ISO: Geneva) -- From national identity cards to security checks for air travel, a wide variety of biometric applications may now benefit from improved reliability and performance, thanks to the technologies described in a new technical report.… GE Inspection Technologies to Acquire phoenix|x-ray
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 22:00
(GE Inspection Technologies: Billerica, Massachusetts) -- GE Inspection Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire phoenix|x-ray, a high-resolution computed tomography (CT)/X-ray technology used in nondestructive testing (NDT)… 3-D Verification of Propeller Dimensions
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 22:00
(Metron: Seattle, Washington) -- McCauley Propeller Systems, a manufacturer of aircraft propellers, recently installed and began using an automated laser-scanning system from Metron Systems. The system allows McCauley to rapidly confirm the 3-D… Starrett Acquires Kinemetric Engineering LLC
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 22:00
(Starrett: Athol, Massachusetts) -- The L. S. Starrett Co., a producer of precision measuring instruments, has acquired Kinemetric Engineering LLC for $2.3 million.Based in Laguna Hills, California, Kinemetric Engineering specializes in… What Happened to That Bridge?
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 22:00
(Leica Geosystems: San Ramon, California) -- Leica Geosystems assisted the California Highway Patrol’s multidisciplinary accident investigation team (MAIT) at the recent collapse of a major San Francisco-area overpass. The CHP brought a Leica… New Standard for Self-Ballasted Mercury Lamps
Tue, 08/07/2007 - 22:00
(NEMA: Rosslyn, Virginia) -- The National Electrical Manufacturers Association, on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group, has published ANSI_ANSLG C78.45-2007, “American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Self-Ballasted… ANSI Relaunches Electronic Standards Store
Tue, 08/07/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) --The American National Standards Institute has announced the relaunch of its electronic Standards Store (eSS), a Web site for the purchase and download of U.S. and other national, regional or international standards. The eSS…
