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ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A new standard on social responsibility (SR), ISO 26000—“Guidance on social responsibility” will be made available this November through the American Society for Quality (ASQ). ASQ serves as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) secretariat to ISO Working Group SR, developers…
Pinpoint Laser Systems
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the new Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling, and many other attributes. This kit combines the features of a transit…
(UNITRON: Commack, NY) -- UNITRON Ltd. is proud to announce the introduction of its new 15854 LED Ring Light. Manufactured to fit any stereo microscope, they are ideal for observing circuit board, electronic, and highly reflective specimens.
Designed for the cost-conscious consumer, these light…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS, a statistical process control (SPC) software company, and Branson, a provider of plastics joining and metal welding, have announced they are including XPort, the quality control integration application, with all Branson 2000X touch-screen welders. Pairing…
(Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ: London) -- Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ is proud to announce the Healthcare Process Improvement Network (H-PIN), the online and face-to-face information resource for lean Six Sigma (LSS) and process improvement professionals in the health care…
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, announces immediate availability of the Teseq NSG 3060 6kV conducted immunity generator, which is designed to fulfill testing requirements for four ISO/…
National Science Foundation
(The National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA) -- To characterize subsurface oil plumes in the Gulf using novel technology and the latest in biogeochemical techniques, a team of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) embarked June 17 for a 12-day research effort in the…
Tom Pyzdek
In this four-part series, we take an in-depth look at how to design an effective work environment. Part one discusses the elements of continuous-flow work cells. Part two considers how to enhance the efficiency of such work cells. Part three explores the 5S methodology. In this, the last part of…
LRQA Business Assurance
There is no doubt that the mixed and incomplete messages coming from regulators, markets, competitors, and stakeholders on how to address climate change make investment decisions for business more challenging and uncertain.
Nevertheless, many businesses are forging ahead with innovative and…
ETQ LLC
(EtQ Inc.: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ announces the recent release of its failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) module, which enables organizations to better analyze product and process design, reduce the time taken to study effects, and mitigate the risk of potential failures.
The need for…
Regan Arndt
As the push to alternative energy technologies continues, the demand for photovoltaic modules is expected to increase exponentially. This article describes the specific performance tests found in IEC 61215:2005—“Crystalline silicon terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules—Design qualification and…
(Autodesk, FARO: San Rafael, CA; Lake Mary, FL) -- Autodesk Inc. a provider of 3-D design, engineering, and entertainment software, and FARO, the provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announce their collaboration to add direct integration of point cloud data to AutoCAD 2011…
Taran March @ Quality Digest
Swedish measurement firm Hexagon AB entered into an agreement this week to acquire U.S.-based software provider Intergraph Corp. The $2.1 billion purchase is expected to strengthen Hexagon’s position as a global provider of measurement technologies by integrating Intergraph’s CAD and geospatial…
Creaform Inc.
(Creaform: Levis, QC, Canada) -- Creaform, a world-class company in 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce that the U.S. Navy has chosen to use the company’s Handyscan 3-D technology to scan submarine hulls.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, will be the…
ARTEL
(Artel: Westbrook, ME ) -- Douglas Scientific, a provider of high-throughput laboratory automation, has incorporated the Artel MVS (multichannel verification system) into its engineering and development process for its innovative Array Tape liquid-handling platforms. The Minnesota-based company…
Camstar Systems Inc.
(Camstar: Charlotte, NC) -- Thought leaders representing more than 30 leading solar companies recently attended Camstar Systems Inc.’s “The Summit on Solar Quality” in Santa Clara, California. They all agreed that the industry must embrace the resources currently available (i.e., best-known…
Paton Professional
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If your organization is registered to ISO 9001 or any other management system standard, you’ve got an internal audit process. Are you making the most of it? Is it a value-adding exercise? William A. Stimson’s new book, Internal Quality Auditing, Second Edition (…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- While continuing to focus on methods of testing for two-sided equivalence, the second edition of Testing Statistical Hypotheses of Equivalence and Noninferiority (CRC Press, 2010) gives much more attention to noninferiority testing. Author Stefan Wellak covers a…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Have you ever wanted to suggest changes or improvements to the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence? Do you have ideas for improving the Baldrige Award process, examiner training, or other key Baldrige program activities? The Baldrige program is now accepting…
Brothers Jürgen and Andreas Hellgeth are entrepreneurs with a passion. Their interests, both business and leisure, center on motor sports and off-road vehicles. Their successful business designing and building off-road vehicles began by creating special vehicles for their own use. A converted…
(Seminars For Engineers: Madison, NJ) -- Seminars For Engineers announces, in association with Wyoming Text Fixtures Inc., the 2010 dates—Aug. 25 and 26—for its new seminar, “Test Methods for Composite Materials,” to be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Tampa, Florida.
Composite materials,…
(NICE: London) -- Some 150 clinical areas will eventually have their own set of quality standards, with the first three standards published on June 30 covering the treatment and care of stroke, dementia, and venous-thromboembolism (VTE) prevention. The new quality standards are a series of concise…
Olympus
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT is pleased to announce that it has acquired Innov-X Systems Inc., a manufacturer of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analytical instruments based in Woburn, Massachusetts. Innov-X Systems instruments provide real-time, nondestructive material analysis in…
Business901
(Business901: Fort Wayne, IN) -- The Best in Market eBook was written in response to what author Eric Reidenbach, Ph.D., has experienced in creating and measuring value, the best leading indicator of market share growth. The book is aimed at quality personnel, including lean and Six Sigma…
When the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) develops a new guideline or updates an existing one, it is often accompanied by the availability of new training. In the case of the second edition of Consumer-Centric Warranty Management Guideline: A Guideline for Industry Best Practices (product…
