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(Palisade Corp.: Ithaca, NY) — In a major step forward for decision making and risk analysis in international businesses, Palisade Corp. has released its popular DecisonTools Suite software in five foreign languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese. Having just celebrated its…
(The Pitbull Clamp Co. Inc.: Boylston, MA) -- As quality control inspectors, you may be measured on contributions you make to improve your inspection process. Be the first to introduce this brand new line of inspection work holding designed with “lean” principles in mind.
The Pitbull Clamp Co…
(Canon Communications: Los Angeles) -- Canon Communications announces that in 2010 it will launch three DesignMed events dedicated to the constantly evolving and highly innovative medical electronic imaging, diagnostics, and interventional device industry sectors. Electronics Design News (…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- As time runs out for businesses currently registered to ISO 9001:2000 to make the transition and become registered to the ISO 9001:2008 quality management system, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering a free webinar to help make the transition easier. “ISO 9001:…
(ADCOLE Corp.: Marlborough, MA) -- A new software option for their camshaft measuring machines, which can measure axial profile across the industry’s newer cam lobes, and have become narrower and produced with tighter grinding tolerances, is being introduced by ADCOLE Corp. of Marlborough,…
(PQ Systems Inc.: Dayton, OH) -- PQ Systems is now offering Right First Time , a classic British film that examines key quality issues, on DVD. This 28-minute film is an entertaining yet clear and concise way to communicate key quality concepts to everyone on your team.
The film follows a…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- For those who thought things in the automotive world couldn’t get any wilder, a look at recent headlines about Toyota and other auto manufacturers’ woes suggests that turmoil and change may be the industry’s only constants, going forward.…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- For those who thought things in the automotive world couldn’t get any wilder, a look at recent headlines about Toyota and other auto manufacturers’ woes suggests that turmoil and change may be the industry’s only constants, going forward.…
(Ono Sokki Technology: Addison, IL) -- Ono Sokki Technology Inc. reintroduces the GS-1000 linear gauge sensor. This gauge was designed to measure dimensions, thickness, curvature, eccentricity, displacement, height, depth, flatness, variation, run-out, roundness, distortion, deflection, and also…
(Pyzdek Institute LLC: Tucson, AZ) -- The Pyzdek Institute LLC has added lean Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification to its portfolio of online and live courses on process excellence topics. The new course is written and presented by Thomas Pyzdek, author of The Six Sigma Handbook (McGraw…
(CSA Standards: Cleveland) -- CSA Standards, a developer of standards, codes, and personnel certification programs, announces the first graduating class of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory quantifiers certified under its new Greenhouse Gas Personnel Certification program. This new certification…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Energy is Matt Garran’s forte. A supply chain manager for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Garran will offer insights on how manufacturing companies can grow in the renewable energy and wind industry at WESTEC 2010, March 25 at the Los Angeles Convention Center…
(OGP: Rochester, NY) -- Optical Gaging Products Inc. (OGP) offers an innovative, high-accuracy dimensional measurement system—SmartScope Quest 300. This benchtop multisensor metrology system offers micron-level measurements within a generous 300 × 300 × 250 mm (12 × 12 × 10 in.) of XYZ travel to…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched a joint effort to gather enhanced climate data from spaceborne climate observation instruments planned for a group of satellites now…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The future International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, ISO 26000—“Guidance on social responsibility,” has just passed another important development stage with confirmation that support by ISO’s national members and by participating liaison organizations is…
(Sciemetric Instruments: Ottawa, ON, Canada) -- Sciemetric Instruments Inc., whose technology has been used for more than 25 years by some of the world’s largest manufacturers to improve quality and their manufacturing processes, announces the addition of a low-cost two-channel process monitor,…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- Registration for the 28th edition of the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2010 is open and available at www.imts.com. The IMTS, which is held every even-numbered year, is set for Sept. 13–18 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, and is one of the largest industrial…
(Rotronic: Hauppauge, NY) -- The HygroGen HG2 humidity and temperature generator is designed as a calibrator for relative humidity probes. The HG2 uses a mixed flow method for generating the humidity (%RH) required by the user. A desiccant cartridge provides low humidity, a saturator provides high…
(American Solutions: Washington) -- Former Speaker of the House and general chairman of American Solutions, Newt Gingrich, announced the appointment of Quality Digest Daily columnist, H. James Harrington, to the advisory board of Gingrich’s Jobs and Prosperity Task Force.
According to a press…
(TARDEC: Warren, MI) -- The day when U.S. soldiers will drive “smart- armor” vehicles that tell occupants when those vehicles are damaged has moved closer to reality. Scientists at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive, Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) have been awarded military…
(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) -- PowerSteering Software, a provider of on-demand Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, will host a free web cast, “Diagnosis PPM: Curing Common Product Development Ailments with Project Portfolio Management,” on Tuesday, April 6 at 11:30 a.m. (…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) invites anyone interested in service and performance excellence in government to register for a free webinar focusing on the use of lean and other continuous improvement strategies in state and local government.
“Enterprise Lean” in…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- Flash! Filters from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies provide one-click image optimization, resulting in faster image enhancement and streamlined inspection workflow. Flash! Filters are available for weld and casting inspections,…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Orlando, FL) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, recently launched the Evolution Array, a new UV-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer driven by photodiode array (PDA) technology, which offers dramatic improvements in laboratory…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) -- Spectronics Corp. has introduced the revolutionary Spectroline AccuMAX XRP-3000 digital radiometer/photometer, the new benchmark in light-measurement technology. The XRP-3000 uses a dual-wavelength sensor detector to measure ultraviolet and visible light.…
