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(Northwest Pipe Co.: Portland, OR) -- Northwest Pipe Co., a leading manufacturer of water-related infrastructure, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 12215817 for the InfraShield Joint System (“InfraShield”), an innovative geohazard-resistant steel pipe (…
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(Foxx Life Sciences: Hyderabad, India) -- Foxx Life Sciences announced the successful completion of its open house event, held at the company’s facility in Hyderabad, India. The event was well attended by industry leaders, partners, and community members, marking a significant milestone in Foxx…
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(Evident Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Evident Scientific has announced the launch of its Vanta Element handheld XRF analyzer series, built for fast, accurate alloy identification in scrap sorting, metal manufacturing, and precious metals testing. Two models are available: the Vanta Element analyzer…
Gleb Tsipursky
You open your email and your stress level spikes: It’s another request titled “Can I work from home tomorrow?” It’s one of several you received in the last month—a relentless march of requests for remote work that ask for one-off exceptions to your policy.
So, what’s the deal? This constant…
Creaform
For 185 years, Bharat Forge CDP has been a hallmark of expertise and craftsmanship in metal forging and forming. The German company is known worldwide as an innovative leader and trusted supplier to a wide range of industries, including automotive, rail transportation, and mechanical engineering…
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(NIBS: Washington, DC) -- To address the severity of the widening gap in America’s built environment workforce, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is co-hosting a one-day event with the International Code Council and National Building Museum focusing on this critical workforce…
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(DMSC: Rochester, NY) -- The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) will be submitting a model-based characteristic (MBC) proposal to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as part of the American National Standard (ANS) approval process. DMSC will re-form its standards committee (…
Creaform
Founded in 2007 by three-time World Sportscar Champion Wayne Taylor, Wayne Taylor Racing has quickly become one of the most recognized motor sports brands around the world.
WTR is indeed a powerhouse. It has secured numerous wins across an impressive range of iconic events and race series,…
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(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- During the fourth quarter of 2024, ETQ, part of Hexagon, achieved significant milestones that secured its position as a global leader in quality management systems (QMS) and brought the benefits of its ETQ Reliance QMS to an ever-expanding base of customers across multiple…
Siemens USA
Since the early 1980s, the automotive industry has used hydraulically actuated (servo-hydraulic) test systems to simulate operating speeds and road conditions for testing OEM components and fully assembled vehicles. These systems have helped unlock vast improvements in the quality, safety, and…
Saili Sonawane
In a growing business milieu, ISO quality management system compliance ensures that organizations meet global standards for quality, safety, and efficiency. However, maintaining compliance with ISO frameworks such as ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety), and ISO…
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(norelem: Greenville, SC) -- A leading supplier of standard components and systems, norelem, is launching five new families of positioning systems. The new range includes rotary tables, lifting tables, counter bearings, adapter plates, and joint heads, comprehensively covering electrical and…
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(Align Production Systems: St. Louis) -- When a utility company faced transporting 120,000-lb motor housings within its facility, traditional transport solutions fell short. So the company partnered with Align Production Systems: The solution was a low-profile pallet transporter custom engineered…
Yushiro Kato
Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining momentum across a vast array of fields. Nearly everyone has tried or actively uses a form of AI, whether for personal or professional purposes. Many are finding benefits of the technology in industries that use large amounts of data that must be analyzed,…
Mike Figliuolo
You are the only one who can protect your time and your interests. You have to establish the “line” you’re not willing to cross or allow others to cross. Whether it’s the number of hours you work, the work you do (and the work others do), or the physical layout of your workspace, there are things…
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(Altair: Troy, MI) -- Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, welcomes Meridian Flight Systems to the Altair Aerospace Startup Acceleration Program (ASAP). Within ASAP, Meridian will use Altair’s next-generation simulation, data analytics, and high-performance computing (HPC)…
Harish Jose
Today I’m looking at Immanuel Kant’s “thing-in-itself” and Hans Vaihinger’s ideas. In Kant’s philosophy, the thing-in-itself (Ding an sich) refers to the reality that exists independently of human perception or experience. Kant argued that while we can know phenomena (i.e., the appearances of…
Peter Beaucage
Every time you squeeze toothpaste onto your toothbrush, spray perfume on your skin, or swallow a pill, you’re using the result of a carefully crafted recipe made in a lab. These are called formulations.
Formulations aren’t just simple mixtures—they’re complex arrangements of ingredients designed…
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(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata Inc., a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free webinar, “Physics-Based Simulation Software: Consolidation Implications for Industry.” The one-hour webinar, hosted by members of CIMdata’s Simulation-Driven…
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(Guidehouse: McLean, VA) -- Guidehouse, a global consultancy providing advisory, digital, and managed services to the commercial and public sectors, has teamed up with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a trusted global authority on healthcare innovation, to advance…
Donald J. Wheeler
In last month’s article, “ANOVA and the Process Behavior Chart,” we saw how both techniques use the same basic comparison to answer completely different questions. Here, we’ll look at a case history where both techniques were used.
A physical property of a mass-produced item was important to its…
Quality Digest
(CMSC: Weatherford, TX) -- The 41st annual Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) will take place July 21–25, 2025, at the Atlantis Reno in Reno, Nevada.
If you’ve recently contributed to a unique or interesting project that pushes the boundaries of scientific and industrial applications…
Quality Digest
(Association for Accessible Medicines: Washington, DC) -- The Association for Accessible Medicines has commented on the proposed 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% tariff on China.
“The global supply chain for generic and biosimilar medicines is critically important for…
Michael Sharp
Understanding the inner workings of your industrial artificial intelligence (IAI) system is crucial if you want it to add measurable value to your manufacturing operations. Here, we’ll dig into one important aspect of every AI: the inputs, aka your data. Including the right type and the right…
John Tschohl
What are the elements of a successful team? In a nutshell—whether it’s an athletic team, a dance team, or a business team—the critical elements are people who are knowledgeable, dedicated, productive, work well with others, and constantly seek to improve their skills.
But hiring and firing are…