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(MFG.com: Atlanta) -- For the second straight quarter, more than one-third of North American manufacturers responding to MFG.com’s MFGWatch survey say they’ve experienced a significant supply chain disruption in the past three months.
Also, expectations for excess capacity and employment…
(ASM International: Materials Park, OH) -- Systems Failure Analysis (ASM International, 2010) gives your product teams the tools and concepts to get at the root causes of defects and failures in complex manufacturing and engineered systems. Whether the failure is a “show stopper” that brings an…
(TUV SUD America Inc.: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. announces that the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has approved the company as a verification body under California's Assembly Bill 32: Global Warming Solutions Act. The scope of the accreditation covers refineries and power entities…
(NAM: Washington) -- As U.S. manufacturers struggle to recover from the recession, a new report finds that manufacturing fuels economic prosperity but requires pro-growth policies to create jobs and remain globally competitive. The report released by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The GigE Vision camera interface standard that has been used by the machine vision industry since 2006 has recently been updated and version 1.2 is now available. The GigE Vision standard committee worked diligently to improve the standard and version 1.2 brings brand new…
(IDGA: New York) -- The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) Exhibitions will hold the inaugural Military Air Assets Exhibition and Conference (MAASEC) in Jacksonville, Florida, during March 29 through April 1. This premier event brings together senior military leadership from…
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixcom, MI) -- Wenzel GmbH recently introduced at the Control Show in Germany a new integrated computed tomography workstation call exaCT. This new product was developed by the Wenzel Group company Wenzel Volumetrik, in a project headed by Martin Simon a renowned expert in…
Join Dennis Arter for Excite @ Nite! at the opening reception for the 2010 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, May 23, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in St. Louis, Missouri.
Excite@Nite! Is a presentation event resembling Pecha Kucha and Ignite! formats. Started in 2003, Pecha Kucha restricts…
(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) – PowerSteering Software will host a new web cast on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 11:30 a.m. EST.
The free, one hour session, “Lean Six Sigma Beyond Process Maps,” will be presented by James Pearson, a former vice president of EMC Corp. and past recipient of WCBF’…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- With the introduction of a new IPU series of phosphor imaging plates, GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies now provides a comprehensive portfolio of imaging plates covering virtually all nondestructive testing (NDT) applications for…
(Setra Systems Inc.: Boxborough, MA) -- Setra Systems Inc., a manufacturer and designer of pressure measurement instrumentation, announces the availability of their newly enhanced model 470T digital pressure transducer for clean dry air and gases. The Model 470T now features an improved…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The purpose of the National Quality Education Conference (NQEC) is to provide teachers, administrators, support personnel, and other stakeholders opportunities to learn quality tools and concepts that have been used successfully to improve education in U.S. schools. It’s an…
(IQPC: New York) -- For the seventh year running, Six Sigma and Process Excellence IQ, a division of the International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC), announces that the 2010 European Process Excellence Awards program is now open for entry.
With process excellence, lean, and Six Sigma…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- At LabAutomation 2010, Jan. 24-26, in Palm Springs, California, Artel will provide tools for laboratories to better understand and optimize their automated liquid handlers for enhanced quality assurance.
At the Artel booth (#451), Artel will:
• Discuss new…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- The Hart Scientific Division of Fluke Corp. has introduced new full-immersion platinum resistance thermometer (PRT) probes designed to perform in extreme environments.
The Hart Scientific 5606 and 5607 Full Immersion PRTs are designed to perform in "full immersion…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- The QC20-W ballbar is an all-new design featuring a Renishaw-developed linear sensor and Bluetooth wireless technology. This provides greater ease of use and enhanced durability, and allows for testing even in “closed door” manufacturing, where access for wiring…
(Phynix GmbH & Co.: Köln, Germany) --Phynix is broadening its product range with the gloss measuring instrument GlossFix 60. This new development makes it possible to take immediate measurements of surfaces ranging from matte to mirror-finish with the utmost precision. The fields of…
(Camstar Systems Inc.: Charlotte, NC) -- Increasing numbers of customer complaints is typically an indicator of unresolved internal quality failures. Many companies still use fragmented applications, including paper-based systems, which lead to inconsistent processes for receiving and handling…
(AMETEK: Rochester, NY) -- AMETEK Power Instruments—a recognized leader in alarm management products—has introduced an advanced web-based alarm management system that captures critical alarms with one millisecond precision.
The SERNET Sequence of Events Recorder is a distributed,…
(SME:Dearborn, MI) -- For the first time in its 78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a woman to lead the organization. Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, will serve as 2010 president and was officially sworn in—along with the rest of the 2010 SME Executive Committee…
Performance reviews get a bad rap these days. Employees dread them, vacillating between cynical eye rolls and desperate last-minute bids to suck up to the boss before review time. Managers see them as an obligation to plow through before they can mark one more task off their endless to-do lists.…
(Creaform: Montreal, Canada) -- Creaform announces the acquisition of InSpeck, a leader in 3-D scanning of the human body.
“This acquisition consolidates our position as leader in 3-D scanning, as well as our position in the medical, multimedia and entertainment, and 3-D imagery sectors," says…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., recently unveiled an enhanced and easy-to-navigate version of its interactive UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer web tool. The online platform, available at www.thermo.com/selectuv, has been upgraded to include the…
(Underwriters Laboratories: Northbrook, IL) -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a provider in product safety and conformity testing and certification services, announces that UL International (UK) Ltd. (UL UK) has been appointed as a notified body to the Construction Products Directive (CPD). UL UK…
(DALSA: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider in machine vision technology, announces the availability of color processing for its BOA vision system, DALSA’s highly integrated smart camera. Supported with a full suite of vision tools, the new color version of the BOA sets a new cost/…
