(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus Stream Microscope Software v. 1.6 offers robust new features for users in industrial laboratory environments.

(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment.

(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its Nemo ultra-compact gauge computer in booth No. 514 at Quality Expo, Sept. 20–22, 2011, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

(Keyence: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) --The Keyence VK-X Series 3-D laser scanning microscopes combine the capabilities of SEMs and noncontact roughness gauges with the simplicity of an optical microscope.

(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has announced the availability of version 2.10 of SpectraMagic NX Color Quality Control Software.

(IPETRONIK: Livonia, MI) -- IPETRONIK, an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of mobile measurement technologies for the global automotive market, has announced the introduction of the Sx-STG, the newest member of the IPETRONIK Sx product family.

(Carl Zeiss: Jena, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss, a global leader of high-tech companies in the optical and opto-electronic industry, and Digital Surf, a developer of topography software and supplier of metrology components, have signed an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap software.

(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- Congratulations to Rony Moreno, the winner of Taylor Hobson’s world record competition.

(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has launched its newest benchtop spectrophotometers, the CM-3600A and the CM-3610A.

(AMETEK: Kleve, Germany) -- SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis Division, unveiled the updated version of its SPECTROLAB metal analyzer at the GIFA foundry trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany, held June 28–July 2, 2011.