(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Billerica, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched the Niton XL2 GOLDD Series hand-held X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer.

(Universal Robotics Inc.: Nashville, TN) --Universal Robotics Inc., a software engineering company, has launched two 3-D vision software products: 

(Micro-Vu Corp.: Windsor, CA) -- Micro-Vu Corp. introduces new Excel 501 and 502 measurement systems.

(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems announces a new laser-based Microgage 2D system for measuring the flatness of machinery and p

(Konica Minolta Sensing: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global provider of industrial measurement of color, light, and shape instruments, is introducing a full line of photovoltaic measurement and characterization instruments to the U.S.

On July 29, 2010, gauge pioneer Robert F. Edmunds Sr. died at his home in Farmington, Connecticut, at the age of 94.

(The Modal Shop Inc.: Cincinnati) -- The Modal Shop Inc. offers a simple, three-step-process to assess the benefits of using market-leading resonant inspection nondestructive test resonant acoustic method (NDT-RAM) systems.

(Intertech Development Co.: Skokie, IL) --  Worldwide quality engineers seeking to eliminate the costs associated with high-defect rates in test-intensive assembly and test operations can now enlist the services of InterTech Development Co.’s Applications Laboratory for test fixture design

(Siemens PLM Software: Plano, TX) -- NX Turbomachinery Milling, the latest addition to the NX CAM software from Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc., provides faster programming for five-axis blisk and impeller machining applications.

(Riegl USA: Orlando, FL) -- In 2006, a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SW-06-68) from the Federal Aviation