(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- Trimble and FARO have signed an OEM and distribution agreement for 3D laser scanners. Under the agreement, FARO will provide Trimble with an OEM-differentiated product based on its successful FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D platform.

(Carl Zeiss: Maple Grove, MN) -- Carl Zeiss has announced a new entrustment agreement to support Dunwoody College of Technology, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with two Zeiss coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and CALYPSO metrology software.

(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- InHelp, the new inspection data management and reporting software for Olympus IPLEX videoscopes, streamlines many aspects of on-site remote visual inspections.

(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- At IMTS 2012, Mahr Federal, a manufacturer and marketer of dimensional metrology equipment, unveiled a revolutionary way to measure surfaces.

The Microscopy business group at Carl Zeiss presented a new technology at the annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, which took place Oct. 13–17, 2012, in New Orleans.

(eQuality Tech: Shelby Township, MI) -- eQuality Tech, the exclusive distributor for Solutionix in the Americas, announces the immediate availability of Rexcan CS+, the first fully automated 3D scanner to integrate a turntable with four degrees of freedom for simpler setup and more comprehensive

(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc., developer of CAD, reverse engineering, and 3-D model-based inspection software, introduces complete manual coordinate measuring machine (CMM) retrofits that transform any manual CMM into a high performance 3D-model-based inspection system by addi

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Purdue University’s Formula SAE team is utilizing NVision’s HandHeld laser scanner to pursue its goal of taking home a first-place trophy in the annual Formula SAE Competition.

(3DX-RAY: Loughborough, UK) -- 3DX-RAY has launched its MDXi-200 X-ray inspection system, expanding its industrial inspection product portfolio.