(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) --  Geomagic has announced that its reverse engineering and 3-D inspection software has received a full validation from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Tough competition means food and beverage manufacturers and packagers cannot afford production errors.

(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- The Nanovea Jr25, a 3-D noncontact portable profilometer, is the first truly portable, high-performance profilometer of its kind. With an optional battery pack and carrying case, the Jr25 provides measurement capability rarely available during field study.

(City University London: London) -- City University London and Sencon UK Ltd., a developer of sensor and control systems for the metal packaging industry, have begun a three-year, £200,000 ($320,000) knowledge transfer partnership to improve the quality control of the coatings applied to food, d

(ICHF: Warsaw, Poland) --  Superficial layers of materials, no thicker than several atomic layers, play a key role in many important areas of science and technology, including microelectronics, catalysis, or corrosion science.

(Buehler: Lake Bluff, IL) -- To simplify ordering and purchasing, Buehler created its new Sum-Met Bundles, which contain all the grinding and polishing consumables required to prepare 100 specimens.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Soft Air USA used NVision’s laser scanning services to save three months in getting an Airsoft replica of FN Herstal’s FNP9-17 handgun to market.

(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. recently opened its new Western regional sales office in Irvine, California.

(ASL U.S.: Danville, VA) -- ASL U.S.’s F500 provides highly accurate, dual-channel temperature measurement for platinum resistance thermometers (PRT), and exploits the inherent advantages of AC bridge technology to maintain repeatable measurements with unique levels of performance and speed.

(George Products Co.: Middletown, DE) -- George Products Co. Inc., the manufacturer of OASIS Inspection Systems, has announced the addition of its “Core” product line. The OASIS Core has been designed to enable customers to run the OASIS system on their own computers.