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Gleb Tsipursky
Remote work has become a game-changer for older individuals with disabilities, offering a solution that not only improves their employment prospects but also brings substantial economic benefits, according to a new study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Before the…
Quality Digest
(RobotLAB: Dallas) -- In his illuminating new book, Our Robotics Future (self-published), Elad Inbar delivers a powerful road map for business owners and decision-makers eager to thrive in the age of automation. Packed with sharp insights and real-world success stories across multiple industries,…
Seb Murray
In Formula One racing, slower drivers are expected to move aside when a faster car laps them. But some don’t give way so easily. They might wait for a spot that costs them less time, delay just enough to stay in their rhythm, or even make the faster driver fight harder to get past, throwing them…
Quality Digest
(BLM GROUP USA: Novi, MI) -- BLM GROUP USA has announced the addition of a new tube bender to its E-TURN line of machines, capable of right- and left-hand, in-process bending: the E-TURN63, a machine with the capacity to bend tubes up to 2.5 in. (63 mm) in diameter. This all-electric tube bender is…
Quality Digest
(AMT: Orion, MI) -- Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), a FANUC Level V authorized system integrator and a leader in robotics and automation engineering and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, has introduced a plug-and-play collaborative palletizing…
InnovMetric
Humanetics is the world’s largest manufacturer of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), commonly known as crash test dummies. The group has more than 1,000 employees across 21 facilities located around the world, with global corporate headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Humanetics is…
Conformance1
Amid uncertainty in manufacturing, AI adoption, labor market fluctuations, and salary disparities across industries and geographic regions, quality professional compensation can be difficult to calculate. Without current job-level salary benchmarks, quality professionals, from technicians to…
Quality Digest
(EV Group: St. Florian, Austria) -- EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, has introduced the LITHOSCALE XT maskless exposure (MLE) system, the industry’s first true high-throughput/high-resolution…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Recent advancements at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) show that 3D-printed metal molds offer a faster, more cost-effective and flexible approach to producing large composite components for mass-produced vehicles than traditional tooling…
Rene Ymzon
When manufacturing tolerances shrink to the micron, and part geometries become increasingly complex, the margin for measurement error disappears. In this space—where even thermal drift or mechanical vibration can invalidate results—motion control becomes not just a component but a cornerstone of…
William A. Levinson
According to the U.S. News & World Report article “FDA Warns Sanofi of Manufacturing Irregularities at Key Facility” (Jan. 23, 2025), the pharmaceutical company Sanofi received a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letter “stating that FDA inspectors found irregularities with the facility…
Quality Digest
(Mahr: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Inc., a leading provider of dimensional metrology solutions, announced its Mar4D PLQ 4200 line of cylinder coordinate measuring machines. This innovative solution offers workpiece flexibility and multisensory technology, making it ideal for a wide range of…
Quality Digest
(VIAVI: Chandler, AZ) – VIAVI Solutions has launched its second-generation RSR transcoder, created to maintain operational capability in GPS/GNSS-denied, degraded, or disrupted space operational environments (D3SOE).
Globally, incidents of GPS and GNSS jamming and spoofing have surged as these…
Bryan Christiansen
The cornerstone of efficient industrial and facility management, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) cover all activities related to equipment maintenance, procurement, upkeep, and inventory management. This includes spare parts, consumables, lubricants, cleaning supplies, safety equipment,…
Quality Digest
(CMS: High Ridge, MO) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society board of directors has announced the establishment of a charitable arm of CMS, the Coordinate Metrology Society Foundation.
As an IRS-approved 5019c) (3) nonprofit organization, the foundation will raise and distribute funds to support…
Donald J. Wheeler
For many hundreds of years, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has summarized the predominant approach to process operation. From the physician’s admonition to do no harm, to the slightly more positive aphorism that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, there is a common theme of differentiating…
Quality Digest
(TempGenius: Landover, MD) -- Maintaining optimal environmental conditions is critical for laboratories, hospitals, and research facilities. TempGenius, a trusted provider of temperature monitoring solutions, offers advanced lab temperature monitor systems designed to deliver real-time data, reduce…
Harish Jose
I am a longtime admirer of George Spencer-Brown’s “Laws of Form.” In this article, I explore how his notion of reentry helps illuminate the paradoxes and blind spots in modern ideologies, especially the rise of xenophobia and extreme nationalism. These rigid ideologies depend on distinctions…
Quality Digest
(Altair: Troy, MI) -- Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, will demonstrate the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered engineering, smart manufacturing, and more at the Paris Air Show 2025, taking place June 16–22 at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre in…
Mike Figliuolo
There’s an old army saying, “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
I’m sure some Navy or Marine guy out there will attribute this comment to their branch of service, but to be clear, it came from the Army.
Actually, the original of this paraphrased quote is widely attributed to Prussian…
Quality Digest
(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, has announced the latest release of its ETQ Reliance NXG quality management system (QMS), featuring an enhanced, next-generation quality data lake (QDL) now powered by Snowflake. The new ETQ QDL provides an analytics-ready database. With cutting-edge…
Quality Digest
(TRIMEDX: Indianapolis) -- As healthcare enters a new era marked by technological innovation and regulatory challenges, TRIMEDX has released a 2025 industry report on clinical asset management, offering a deep analysis into the transformative trends and strategic imperatives facing today’s…
Creaform
The Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMC) is a leading-edge resource facility dedicated to driving innovation and advancing manufacturing technologies.
Operating from West Virginia facilities in Huntington, South Charleston, and Point Pleasant, the MAMC is at the heart of groundbreaking…
Quality Digest
(InnovMetric: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric has announced a new PolyWorks digital thread partnership program. In collaboration with software companies that develop and commercialize solutions for engineering, manufacturing, and quality, this new program aims to accelerate the digitalization of…
Quality Digest
(SICK: Minneapolis) -- The ANS/ANM58 PROFINET from SICK Sensor Intelligence marks a new generation of absolute encoders specifically designed for higher machine and system productivity. Available in both single-turn and multiturn variants, the compact ANS/ANM58 comes with the PROFINET global, cross…
