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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Once known only as the creator of the nation’s highest award for organizational performance excellence, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program now offers executive leadership development training that is revolutionizing how leaders themselves use the Baldrige…
(Frost & Sullivan: Mountain View, CA) -- The complex relationship between technology proliferation and rapidly evolving social norms is going to redefine U.S. society and business over the next 10 years. Against a backdrop of the 2016 political election, the United States finds itself engaging…
(DE-STA-CO: Auburn Hills, MI) -- With the new 52H-3E series, DE-STA-CO is offering a very individualized, adjustable manual power clamp primarily for prototype fixtures. The manual power clamps are available in two sizes—50 and 63. They have a completely closed aluminum housing that protects the…
(inTEST Thermal Solutions: Mansfield, MA) -- The integration of rapid temperature cycling with the Keysight B1506A Power Device Analyzer has been introduced by inTEST Thermal Solutions and Keysight. The Temptronic ThermoStream temperature forcing system automates temperature cycling of power…
(Juran Global: Southington, CT) -- Juran Global, a leading business excellence and quality management consulting firm, has launched a simple and powerful mobile app, Quality Essentials, for professionals tasked with improving business performance and achieving operational excellence. The app…
(Renishaw: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw will be demonstrating its new line of modular metrology fixtures for use on coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), Equator gauging systems, and multisensor inspection systems, at the upcoming Quality Show. Applying its 40 years of industrial metrology…
(Exact Metrology: Brookfield, WI) -- On Sept. 16, 2015, for approximately three hours, Exact Metrology technicians performed a 3D scan of the huge South Lion that guards the entrance to the world-famous Chicago Art Institute. The subsequent STL file is being used by Chicago-based Met-L-Flo to…
(5ME: Cincinnati, OH) -- 5ME’s new dashboards feature allows users to create a one-screen view of machine tool performance data pertinent to their job functions. The program builds on the data-capturing capability of the company’s Freedom eLOG software suite and combines multiple graphics, called…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- For the first time in its history, the Baldrige Foundation has been accepted in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the official workplace-giving campaign of the federal government. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy through a…
(CMS: Weatherford, TX) -- The Executive Board of the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the eminent membership association for measurement professionals, has changed the name of its Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC). The new name of the event is the Coordinate Metrology Society…
(U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Washington, D.C.) -- During the recent White House Apprenticeship Summit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the first-ever effort to document the return on investment for U.S. employers using registered apprenticeships. The Joyce Foundation, JPMorgan…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- openFDA is releasing information on medical devices that could spur innovation and advance scientific research.
openFDA’s application program interface expands on the previous openFDA resources concerning medical device-related adverse events and recalls by…
(Theorem Solutions: Staffordshire, England) -- In every product life-cycle process there comes a time when design data and product information need to be shared, whether it’s with another department or external suppliers.
It used to be that engineers who designed products in CAD systems struggled…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Service Quality Division has recently initiated a project to enhance the current version of the Service Quality Body of Knowledge (SQBOK). The division needs 10 to 12 volunteers from the ASQ community to contribute to this project. Upon…
(Blue Ribbon Corp.: Grand Island, NY) -- The model BC001 Birdcage submersible level transmitter from Blue Ribbon Corp. offers all-316-grade stainless steel construction for years of trouble-free service life within even the harshest of environments. An integral 3-in. sensing diaphragm eliminates…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Twelve high-performing organizations have been selected to receive site visits for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence. Winners of the 2015 Baldrige Award will be chosen from the…
(AssurX: Morgan Hill, CA) -- AssurX Inc., an enterprise quality management, risk, and regulatory compliance solution provider, has released the latest update to its AssurX training management software.
Ensure training compliance in complex, fluid environments AssurX training management software…
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) -- The Ohio Academy of Science has named Hanen Alkhafaji, a PQ Systems software development team member, as one of 58 Ohio’s “Believe in Ohio” STEM Exemplars. She was one of only two Daytonians named.
Exemplars are named for their science, technology, engineering, and…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- HEIDENHAIN’s RENCO brand of encoders are well-suited and available for use within a variety of mobile robot applications. Specifically, the modular RENCO R35i and RCML15 rotary encoders (new brochure available) have proven to be essential for motion and speed…
FDA will be taking applications starting Sept 1, 2015, looking for makers of class I and suitable class II medical devices to participate in a pilot program to file malfunction reports in summary form quarterly. Get on the stick, though, if you are interested: there are only nine slots.
Under FDA…
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its new iWave2 wireless manual gauge at the Quality Show, in booth No. 619.
The innovative iWave2 gauge features a durable, ergonomically designed handle with a rechargeable Li-ion battery that incorporates a computer with a 1.8-in. TFT…
(inTEST Thermal Solutions: Mansfield, MA) -- An environmentally friendly series of Temptronic ThermoStream temperature forcing systems that use one-third less energy with very low audible noise has been introduced by inTEST Thermal Solutions. The ECO Series temperature test systems operate on a…
(Fowler: Newton, MA) --Fowler High Precision, a leading supplier of high-quality inspection, leveling, control, and calibration equipment, has introduced the zCAT, the world’s first truly portable direct computer control coordinate measuring machine (DCC CMM). Weighing only 30 lbs., the zCAT is…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced that registration is now open at hxgnlive.com for the Metrology/Manufacturing track at the forthcoming HxGN LIVE event being held at the Asia World Expo, Nov. 18–20, 2015, in Hong Kong. HxGN LIVE is Hexagon’s international…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Pounds or sterling, dollars or bucks? Our globalized world would feel a lot less global if it we didn't have agreed codes for money. ISO's newly revised standard for currency codes has just been published, ensuring it is fit for the challenges of a fast changing, ever diminishing…
