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(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The methods and concepts presented in the bestselling first edition of Practical Lean Accounting revolutionized the approach to the management and control of lean companies. Enhanced with extensive end-of-chapter exercises and a CD-ROM with lean accounting…
(CEESI: Nunn, CO) -- The Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. (CEESI), provider of calibration services, specialty testing, research, and engineering services, has announced the 2011 Flow Measurement Training Series in Loveland, Colorado. Expand your educational opportunities with…
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama in January 2011, has been called “historic” because it puts the focus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on prevention—working to ensure that unsafe foods are not distributed in the first place.
FDA commissioner…
(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a worldwide leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, announces the LAKIT Series, a new family of laser power alignment tuning kits. Ideal for laser tuning and alignment in research setups, the kit includes the new…
(TÜV Rheinland: Boxborough, MA) -- TÜV Rheinland, one of only three organizations authorized to test products for compliance to ZigBee standards, has developed a proprietary software-based testing system that is faster and more flexible than previous testing environments.
ZigBee is the…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc., a leading provider of real-time quality control solutions, has announced the release of ProFicient 4.4, the latest upgrade to its statistical process control (SPC) software. The new version includes enhancements to allow manufacturers…
(Olympus America: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus America Inc., a leader in designing and delivering optics, electronics, and precision engineering in industrial, medical, and consumer markets, has released a new high-resolution digital color camera for microscopy. The DP26 incorporates a 5-…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a leading global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, and the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University have set the dates for the upcoming fall and winter live sessions for their joint…
(UNITRON: Commack, NY) -- UNITRON Ltd. has introduced its new EXAMET-4 Series of microscopes. This all-new design of the EXAMET microscope is an industrial metallurgical microscope designed for production lines, material science applications, metal manufacturing, metallurgy, and a variety of…
(Kaltman Creations: Suwanee,
GA) -- Kaltman Creation LLC will now be offering a new line of products with the name RF Sensitive Solutions (www.RFSensitiveSolutions.com). It features affordable, easy to use test and measurement equipment for radio frequency (RF) sensitivity and related…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor) -- A customer satisfaction resurgence for international car makers puts Detroit’s fledgling recovery in jeopardy, according to a report released today by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The report covers customer satisfaction with an array of nameplates…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced the Type 8781A50, a PiezoStar (IEPE-type) piezoelectric accelerometer with center-hole mounting. This…
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- Now that the harm, cost, and prevalence of medical errors and defects in health care are getting the attention they deserve, improving patient safety and reliability has become a top priority in health care. And with the recent changes in reimbursement, maintaining a…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced the Type 6190, a high-precision transducer designed to offer combined measurements of both cavity…
(Renishaw: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is announcing more new products that will be demonstrated at the EMO Hannover exhibition taking place in Germany, September 19–24. These include touch probes and software systems that will aid process…
(Bearing Specialists Association: Glen Ellyn, IL) -- The Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) has identified “Axis of Rotation Metrology” as the second educational publication in its series of Bearing Briefs of the Month. Bearing Briefs are just one of a variety of education and training…
(Zemetrics: Tucson, AZ) -- ZeGage is a noncontact optical profiler for quantitative measurements of 3-D form and roughness on precision machined surfaces. The industrial design provides fast, accurate metrology in a compact, cost-effective package that can be located directly on the factory…
(Uson: Houston, TX) -- Quality engineers seeking increased production efficiencies and lower costs now possible with state-of-the-art leak detectors for leak-sensitive products assembly, can now select between two new leak-detection equipment matching services from Uson. Uson's experienced leak…
(Industrial Scientific: Pittsburgh) -- Industrial Scientific Corp. has announced the availability of 10 new 116-liter gas cylinders. The new 116-liter cylinders are only slightly larger than the popular 58-liter gas cylinders; however, the cylinders hold twice the volume of gas.
Depending on…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $459.39 million according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology has announced that Alex Lucas, the company’s business development manager for scanning products, will be presenting the Xtreme Scanning Innovation Brief at the Quality Expo Show in Chicago. This event will occur on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011,…
(Compliance2go: Houston) -- More organizations are striving to “go green” and develop sustainable strategies, many of which involve using computer- and cloud-based technologies. When it comes to electronic signatures and electronic records, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 of the Food and…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Electric car manufacturers in the United States are leaning toward adopting a quick-charge connector standard proposed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, according to recent reports. This charge format provides for a single, multi-function…
(SVT Systems: Colorado Springs, CO) -- SVT Systems has released GoalEnforcer, a Windows and Macintosh application that makes it simple to organize your goals visually, manage tasks and projects, and generate progress reports. Unlike traditional goal-tracking software, GoalEnforcer uses a unique…
(Aarcher Institute: Annapolis, MD) -- Environmental compliance and management requirements create constant business and regulatory pressures. In September 2011, the Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training is offering a wide range of courses addressing multiple compliance and management…
