President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins in October, includes funds to keep the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) ticking over, after a fashion, for another year.

(Bruker Corp.: Tucson, AZ) -- Bruker Corp.

(SAKOR Technologies Inc.: Okemos, MI) -- SAKOR Technologies Inc., a recognized leader in manufacturing instrumentation products for dynamometer testing, has introduced its Accudyne family of AC Motoring Dynamometers.

(PPT Vision: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION introduces 26 new IMPACT M-Series color cameras with dedicated color IMPACT software tools for sorting, monitoring, and identifying color objects.

(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. announces the launch of VisionPro 7.0 machine vision software. VisionPro 7.0 introduces Inspection Designer, a new concept to simplify development and field maintenance of inspection applications.

(Hexagon Metrology: Cobham, Surrey, U.K.) -- The race is on for who will manufacture 1,000 mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).

(INUS Technology Inc.: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology Inc. recently announced the release of Rapidform XOV2 Service Pack 2, which brings major improvements to the application’s reporting and 3-D scan measurement capabilities.

(InnovMetric Software: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric recently reached a significant milestone in the deployment of its universal 3-D metrology software platform, PolyWorks, in the automotive industry.

(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic announced a new agreement with 3D3 Solutions as a reseller of the company’s powerful 3-D scan data processing software. 3D3 Solutions is a developer of 3-D scanning and visualization technologies.

(DongleLockBox Co.: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) -- DongleLockbox Co. announced the release of a new protective device that helps secure USB software dongles (software keys) from theft, loss, and damage.