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(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has announced details of its 13th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice & the Community. The popular event brings together health care professionals working in primary care and…
(ANSI: New York) -- The U.S. National Committee (USNC) to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is seeking nominations for young professionals at the start of their electrotechnology careers to participate in the Young Professionals 2012 Workshop, to be held in conjunction with the…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Nanomanufacturing is no longer the next frontier. It’s in action today, and it is improving products and processes while saving manufacturers money along the way.
Nanomanufacturing experts will be gathering March 27–28, 2012, in Boston to share their knowledge with other…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and 3-D shape, has launched its newest light measurement product, the CL-500A Illuminance Spectrophotometer.
Available in February 2012, the CL-500A was…
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the Global Food Safety Conference Feb. 15–17, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida. The company will exhibit during the event at booth No. 12.
On Wed., Feb. 15, 2012, at 5 p.m., TÜV SÜD…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- AIA, the global industry trade group for vision and imaging companies, recently unveiled its vision for the future—a new brand identity emphasizing AIA’s commitment to advancing vision and imaging technology worldwide. The new brand identity premiered at the 20th Annual AIA…
(Mettler-Toledo: Urdorf, Switzerland) -- The Process Analytics Division of Mettler-Toledo, a recognized leader in research and development of precision instruments, products, and services, has announced the availability of a new online resource designed to enable the bio and chemical pharmaceutical…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Safer food farming is the principal benefit targeted by a new ISO technical specification, latest in the ISO 22000 series of standards for food safety management systems.
Farms are the first link in many supply chains that bring food to the kitchen table and the new ISO technical…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Executives from The Boeing Co. and The Coca-Cola Co. are among four keynote speakers featured at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) 2012 World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI), scheduled for May 21–23, 2012, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California…
(Nanovea: Irvine CA) -- Nanovea, designer and manufacturer of profilometers, mechanical testers, and tribometers, has launched its N3 line, which provides high-end measurement technology to the broader market. Nanovea has fully automated its measurement techniques while designing to price in the $…
(Harrington Group: Orlando, FL) -- The new version of Training Manager from the Harrington Group includes new features and the same fresh interface Training Manager 3 users have benefited from.
New and enhanced features in Training Manager 4 include:
• Built in e-mail capability: Send e-mails to…
In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier health care alliance’s QUEST have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced health care spending by nearly $4.5 billion.
QUEST can be adopted by any hospital in the nation seeking to track performance against a higher standard of care.…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- NVision Inc. is helping sculptor Somers Randolph gain additional revenue by laser scanning his creations and saving them as computer models, which can later be used to reproduce the original works at any size on a 3-D printer. For example, Randolph’s wife, Hillary, has…
(PRI: Warrendale, PA) -- A recent report about engineering in the United Kingdom in 2012 notes that 63 percent of UK employers in manufacturing are already experiencing difficulty recruiting individuals with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills and knowledge. This is…
(Sologic: Midland, MI) -- Apollo Associated Services, a provider of root cause analysis (RCA) training, software, and services for 20 years, has launched a new suite of RCA products and services, and changed its name to Sologic.
The Sologic team combined extensive client feedback, proven RCA best…
(StatSoft: Tulsa, OK) -- StatSoft, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of analytic and quality improvement software, announces that its STATISTICA release has achieved certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. STATISTICA, StatSoft’s flagship analytics software platform…
(Hexagon: Cobham, UK) -- Hexagon has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of MicroSurvey Software Inc., a leading Canadian-based developer of surveying and mapping software for the land surveying, construction, and forensic markets.
Headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia…
(PerfectPart: Auburn Hills, MI) -- PerfectPart, a developer of assembly-performance management solutions has released PerfectPart v. 4.0, the industry’s first software appliance designed specifically to improve quality and enable traceability in manual assembly manufacturing operations.…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- The ATOS Compact Scan from Capture 3D—who designs, manufactures, supports, and provides the services of 3-D industrial measurement solutions—provides accurate scans with detailed resolution at high speeds. This modern 3-D optical scanner combines software and the…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released a new industry guidance document, Project Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry. This guide is the first document of its type to discuss and compile best practices for project management concepts…
(Carl Zeiss: Munich, Germany) -- Light Lab, the first accompanying app for ZEN 2011 imaging software from Carl Zeiss, is now available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Light Lab supplements the ZEN 2011 controlling and image-processing software functions within the experimental lab workflow. The…
(NIST) -- The news in 2001 was impressive, but it’s even more emphatically evident a decade later: The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) significantly benefits the U.S. economy. That’s the finding from a new economic study to determine the practical value to organizations using the…
(Qualtrax: Christiansburg, VA) -- Qualtrax Inc., a leading provider of compliance software that enables electronic document and process management for a variety of industries, has released Qualtrax v. 4.3, which includes updates suggested by customers.
“Companies in industries ranging from food…
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- In material science laboratories where capturing, retrieving, and analyzing sample images from microscopes can be complex, Olympus Stream image analysis software v. 1.7 streamlines the process so users can accomplish multifaceted and complex applications with…
(Micro-Epsilon) -- Micro-Epsilon’s optoCONTROL 1200 is the most compact, high-speed micrometer within the company’s product range. With all optoCONTROL sensors, a light source emits a laser or LED-light curtain in the direction of the receiver. The LED or laser light produced is parallel-enlarged…
