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(FDA: Silver Spring, Maryland) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently enhanced its food and feed protection initiatives with the award of three one-year Food Safety and Security Monitoring grants totaling $1 million to the states of Arkansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. The funds…
(AIT: Melbourne, Florida) -- The groom-to-be was showing the wedding ring off to his friends at work the day before the wedding when it slipped from his grasp and fell down an industrial drain. The drain had about a 10-foot vertical drop before it turned sharply horizontal. The groom-to-be had no…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it will award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for measurement science and engineering research. Approximately 20 to 60 awards, lasting from one to three years,…
Baldrige award medallion.
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Seventy organizations have taken the first step toward the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for innovation and performance excellence.…
(DALSA: Ontario, Canada) --DALSA's new Falcon 4M60 and 4M30 color cameras deliver 4 megapixel data rates and 62 or 31 frames per second (fps) with global shuttering for crisp, clear, color imaging. Falcon color cameras incorporate easy-to-use features such as exposure control, color gain…
(Quality Digest: June 2, 2009) -- Chicago may or may not host the 2016 Summer Olympics, but the Windy City will serve as the location for the 2009 Artel Pipette Olympics. Not a sport for the overly caffeinated, the Pipette Olympics will be held at Artel's booth at the The Clinical Lab Exposition…
(NAVSEA: Washington) -- The U.S. Navy ’ s largest systems command, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), is recruiting displaced mid-career automotive engineering professionals.
At a time when many companies are downsizing, NAVSEA continues to need mid-career employees―particularly engineers,…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, Virginia) -- ProFicient 4 includes new enhancements and features to further help you improve quality and drive down costs. ProFicient 4 focuses on compliance reporting (useful for companies in regulated industries or companies who need to meet customer specifications), an…
(Quality Solutions: Cleveland, Ohio) -- Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about thousands of layoffs, plant closings, shrinking sales, and evaporated profit margins. It is easy to let fear overtake us to the point that it cripples management so much that their performance becomes a self-…
(Quality Digest: May 29, 2009) -- The first Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Medal was awarded to H. James Harrington, Ph.D., on April 8 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for his efforts to support quality education throughout the UAE, and for his leadership as chairman of the advisory board…
(IBS: Lexington, Massachusetts) -- IBS, the global leader in enterprise quality and compliance solutions, today announced the latest release of CompliantPro, its web-based quality management software. CompliantPro 7.2 features increased platform support in product infrastructure as well as…
(AMETEK: Largo, Florida) -- The JOFRA DTI-050 digital temperature indicator from AMETEK Calibration Instruments offers a measurement accuracy to +0.012˚C (+0.021˚F). Combined with a JOFRA STS-100 or STS-050 temperature reference sensor, the DTI-050 temperature indicator is the perfect reference…
(AIAG: Southfield, Michigan) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has been granted the rights to distribute the IATF Auditor Guide for ISO/TS 16949 to companies worldwide. This document provides clear and concise details concerning how to demonstrate compliance to customer requirements…
Throughout all levels of the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE), a single organization shines at the gold level—Feather River Hospital—the only recipient of the gold-level Eureka Award for 2008. They are only the second hospital to achieve the gold level since the California…
(Quality Digest: May 22, 2009) -- Chinese-imported drywall in homes nationwide is causing illness and the deterioration of home appliances. Residents have reported headaches and bloody noses along with corroded appliances, resulting in the unusually early replacement of parts.
The Consumer…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an ultra-black, multiwalled carbon nanotube coating that can be sprayed on to a substrate such as copper. The rugged coating can withstand high temperatures without melting or oxidizing. One of the first applications for the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received Congressional approval on its recovery plan to create jobs, strengthen the economy, and encourage innovation. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA…
BSI Management Systems America Inc. (BSI) recently achieved accreditation to ISO 14065 for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission verification services by the American National Standards Institute, placing the former amongst few recognized GHG emission verification and reduction assertions bodies in the…
(Textron Inc.: Augusta, Georgia ) -- E-Z-GO, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), has been awarded the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. The international award recognizes companies that achieve world-class performance and promote lean operational concepts.
“More than five years ago, I…
(WFD Consulting: Boston, Massachusetts) -- WFD Consulting, an expert in work-life, talent management, workload, and overwork, recently released research findings that demonstrate how longer work hours and time spent on low-value work increase burnout and negatively affect employees and…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a smart grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity. The…
(ANSI: New York) -- The International Organization of Standardization (ISO) has approved the creation of a new technical committee (TC) to address the development of standards related to combating fraud.
ISO/TC 247--“Fraud countermeasures and controls,” was proposed by the American National…
(TÜVRheinland: Newtown, Connecticut) -- TÜVRheinland of North America’s electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and telecommunications product testing lab in Rochester, New York, has been approved for electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic susceptibility testing for products imported into…
(IATA: Montreal) – At the March 2, 2009, International Air Transport Association (IATA) World Cargo Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, IATA called on the cargo supply chain to battle the current air cargo crisis by improving security, delivering a better product, and boosting efficiency.
“The…
(CMS: Louisville, Kentucky) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) will host its 25th Annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) on July 20–24, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. Each year, the CMS community convenes to learn about emerging technology and…
