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Tetra Tech, a global consulting and engineering firm, selected BlueView Technologies to provide detailed 3-D, multibeam scans of the outflow “draft” tubes of a hydroelectric dam in Washington to check for obstructions, scouring, and erosion. The outflow control doors were obscured and not…
(EnerNOC Inc.: Boston) -- EnerNOC Inc., a provider of energy management applications for the smart grid, recently announced that it is partnering with a Virginia Tech research group to monitor energy usage data across multiple sites to study “lean” manufacturing strategies. The Wood Innovation…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- From newborns switched in the nursery to medication mix-ups and hospital-acquired infections, we are all familiar with the horror stories about hospital safety. The safety issue in U.S. hospitals has become so profound and embedded, that we cannot hope to fix it…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in serving science, has launched a solution for preparing ferrous metals samples for optical emission and X-ray fluorescence. The solution integrates the Haas Mini Mill milling machine from…
(Soltec Corp.: San Fernando, CA) -- NEC Avio Infrared Technologies introduces its new InfReC R300 high-definition thermal imager with a host of advanced capabilities that includes thermal movie recording to SD card in radiometric format, thermal and visible integrated images in composite and split…
(Intertek: Houston) -- Intertek, a global provider of quality and safety services, is now accredited by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to provide third-party auditing and certification to the AS9100:2009 (AS9100C), AS9110:2009 (AS9110A), and AS9120:2009 (AS9120A) standards.…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gary Locke presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
The ceremony—the 22nd…
(Pallas Athena: The Netherlands) -- Pallas Athena, a global business process management and software solutions vendor, has released its process-mining software solution, ReflectOne 1.3.
ReflectOne is a software solution unique in its transparency, quality, and business cost savings for process…
(IMAGINiT Technologies: Framingham, MA) -- Rand Worldwide, a provider of technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division launched its Scan to BIM software for the Autodesk Revit platform.…
(ATS: Amsterdam) -- Applied Tech Systems (ATS) announces the release of its visual quality operations management software, ATS Inspect version 5.3. Check out the complete list of enhancements available in 5.3 and read case studies describing the benefits that ATS Inspect has accomplished in the…
(ASIS International and BSI Group: Alexandria, VA) -- ASIS International and BSI have released a joint American national standard, “Business Continuity Management Systems—Requirements with Guidance for Use” (ANSI/ASIS/BSI BCM.1-2010). The standard provides auditable criteria with accompanying…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Invensys Operations Management (IOM) saved 60 hours, or about 5 percent in man-hours, in a mechanical upgrade to a steam turbine by using NVision’s Engineering Service Division to capture precise measurements of valves and other hardware. IOM usually has to spend…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Kraft Foods is quickly and effectively working toward Six Sigma goals with new software that makes it easy to analyze Zarpac Performance Index (ZPI) data with Minitab Statistical Software.
The ZPI-Minitab Link effectively blends performance data-collection and -…
(SGS: Rutherford, NJ) -- SGS was recently awarded the contract for nondestructive testing (NDT) services of the liquefaction and purification facilities during the construction of the new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Damietta, Egypt.
About the Damietta LNG plant
The Damietta LNG Plant…
Following World War II, U.S. automakers focused on increasing productivity to meet a seemingly insatiable domestic demand. Meanwhile in Japan, faced with a decimated economy and limited resources, Toyota discovered their success hinged not on increasing productivity, but effectiveness. To this end…
(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- Some of the most stringent corrective and preventive action (CAPA) policies have caused hosts of compliance issues for life-science companies throughout 2010. Come learn from the MasterControl and Pathwise experts at a hands-on CAPA workshop—gain the knowledge…
(Wenzel/Xspect Solutions: Wixom, MI) -- “Industry continues to look for good portable 3-D imaging technology for reverse engineering and inspection,” says Giles Gaskell, North American sales manager for 3-D imaging products for Wenzel/Xspect Solutions.
Early in 2010, Wenzel Scantec introduced…
As ISO 9001 continues to be the most widely used ISO standard, the need to maintain the standard’s relevance to the marketplace remains a focus of the group responsible for revising the ISO 9000 family of standards. To ensure the continued relevance of ISO 9001 in the marketplace, ISO Technical…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, has announced a call for papers in anticipation of its 2011 Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC). This 27th annual event will be held in Phoenix, July 25—…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Although reliability concerns for some brands have increased from 2009, many domestic and Korean brands—including Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Kia, and Ram—have been successful in improving customer perceptions of reliability this year, according to J.D…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Although reliability concerns for some brands have increased from 2009, many domestic and Korean brands—including Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Kia, and Ram—have been successful in improving customer perceptions of reliability this year, according to J.D…
(Vinca LLC: Eden Prairie, MN) -- Quality systems professionals at Vinca LLC have outlined the steps to use in developing quality management systems with clients. The first step they recommend is to complete a thorough project plan.
An effective plan must begin with solid information about what…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces Banner Kits. Banner kits enable users to quickly produce durable, high-quality and professional-looking banners for 5S programs and create visuality in the workplace at a fraction of the cost of purchasing them from an…
(HEIDENHAIN Corp.: Schaumburg, IL) -- The conditions surrounding production-environment metrology place special demands on position measuring systems used for workpiece inspection. The principle of inductive systems involves disadvantages such as temperature sensitivity or nonlinear behavior. A…
(NQA-USA: Acton, MA) -- National Quality Assurance USA Inc. (NQA-USA), a global provider of quality and environmental management system registrations, has announced its first West Coast quality conference, to be held on Jan. 26, 2011, in Los Angeles.
NQA is bringing its expertise to Los…
