All News
H
ealth care reform, insurance changes, more insured patients, never events, changing reimbursements, accountable care organizations, medical home—what does it all mean? How do we react? How do we keep up with all the changes? The questions are many, and the answers are few, so what do we do…
(Productivity Press: New York) --Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corp. during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The principal highlights of “The ISO Survey of Certifications 2009” are that ISO 9001, the global benchmark for quality management, has topped one million certifications, and that certifications to ISO 22000 for food safety management systems, and to ISO/IEC 27001 for information…
(University of San Francisco: San Francisco) -- With demand for qualified supply chain specialists reaching record levels, there’s never been a better time to demonstrate your expertise in supply chain management. With the University of San Francisco’s new Master Certificate in Supply Chain…
(Oriel: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, introduces two high-performance scientific cameras, the InstaSpec ISX CCD and the InstaSpec ISX IR. The cameras are available with new InstaSpec Pro software, which provides complete system control of single or dual camera configurations and…
(HEIDENHAIN Corp.: Tarsdorf, Austria) -- A new open linear encoder (no housing on scale) equipped with a unique integrated mounting control is now available from RSF Elektronik, as of Oct. 27. Called the MS 25, this RSF encoder utilizes a tricolored LED directly at the reading head enabling the…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) defines positive and negative tolerance ranges for weights. Traditional weight manufacturing with mechanical weight polishing normally targets the zero line. METTLER TOLEDO is the first…
Precise 3-D data acquisition with the smartSCAN 3D
(Breuckmann GmbH: Meersburg, Germany) -- Breuckmann GmbH will debut its extended smartSCAN 3D product series during Euromold 2010, which occurs Dec. 1–4 in Frankfurt. Thanks to Interface FireWire(B), this modular system…
Story update 10/27/2010: We incorrectly gave the purchase price for Intergraph as $2.125 million instead of $2.125 billion.
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- On July 6, 2010, Hexagon AB entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based software provider Intergraph Corp. The completion…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is undertaking a review of the ISO 9000 family of documents with a specific focus on ISO 9001:2008—“Quality management systems—Requirements” to ensure its relevance for the future. Toward that end, ISO Technical Committee…
(TÜV Rheinland: Boston) -- In the highly competitive photovoltaic (PV) product market, manufacturers are pressured daily by the burgeoning demands of end-users to get new products developed, independently certified, and to market quicker than ever before. As a result, FM Approvals, a third-party…
(Tektronix: Beaverton, OR) -- Tektronix Inc., a global manufacturer of oscilloscopes, has announced the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series of digital and mixed signal oscilloscopes that now deliver 100 GS/s (gigasamples/sec) sampling rate performance, enabling lower noise along with increased data points on…
(Honeywell: Houston) -- Honeywell, one of the top automation technology suppliers to several Gulf Coast facilities, has announced a scholarship to help re-energize Houston Independent School District students about pursuing careers in engineering.
Aside from financial assistance, however, the…
(Shingo Prize: Logan, UT) -- People asked, and Shingo Academy listened to their requests for the great lineup of Shingo training courses to be offered in more locations, more often. The first of these new Shingo Workshop events is scheduled for Nov. 17–19 in Dallas at the Hilton Garden Inn.The…
(Intertek: Houston) -- Intertek, an international provider of quality and safety services, announces that it is the third certification body accredited by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to provide third-party certification to IECQ QC 080000, the international specification for…
(Canon Communications: Los Angeles) -- Find out why the BIOMEDevice Exposition and Forum is the trusted resource for medical product development, project acceleration, and learning what’s ahead for medical device technology on Nov. 10–11 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose,…
(Qualitest: Plantation, FL ) -- Qualitest introduces a range of automatic quality inspection machines for the rubber, plastic, and elastomer industries. The Lite D series automatic inspection system can check gaskets made of rubber, PTFE, and metal, but the same machine is capable of inspecting…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, has released a new good practice guide (GPG) titled Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation (PQLI) Guide: Overview of Product Design, Development, and Realization: A…
(Spar Point Group: Portland, ME) -- Three-dimensional modeling and 3-D laser scanning are exciting new technologies that are rapidly changing the way we plan and understand our environments. As manufacturers constantly aim to improve efforts to design and build new boats or retrofit aging vessels…
(Apex: Cheshire, United Kingdom) -- The Large Volume Metrology Conference (LVMC) and Exhibition is the only European event solely dedicated to portable and large volume 3-D measurement technology. The LVMC combines technical conference sessions with a comprehensive trade exhibition of some of the…
(Computer Imprintable Label Systems: West Sussex, UK) -- Computer Imprintable Label Systems (CILS), a manufacturer of high-performance label identification systems, has developed a durable, full-color printed, synthetic label range to replace expensive riveted metal data plates. These save time…
(Paul Scherrer Institute: Villigen, Switzerland) -- A novel nano-tomography method developed by a team of researchers from the Technische Universität München (TUM), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), and the ETH Zurich opens the door to computed tomography (CT) examinations of minute structures at…
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) — Rockwell Automation has added 10 VMware Ready software products to its PlantPAx Process Automation System to help manufacturers leverage the benefits of virtualization. The VMware Ready software products from Rockwell Automation now include Rockwell Software…
(Creaform: Lévis, Quebec) -- Creaform, developer and manufacturer of the Handyscan 3D line of self-positioning handheld 3-D laser scanners, the optical CMM MetraSCAN 3D scanner, and the HandyPROBE line of arm-free portable CMMs, has opened two international subsidiaries in Germany and India. In…
(CEESI: Boulder, CO) -- Ultrasonic meter users will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge at the 2011 Ultrasonic Meter Measurement Training Series, scheduled for Feb. 15–25 at the Rasa Sentosa Resort in Singapore. The annual event will include a workshop and two training courses.
2011…
