Fluorescence microscopy requires an intense light source at the specific wavelength that will excite fluorescent dyes and proteins. The traditional method employs a white light, typically from a mercury or xenon arc lamp.

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. will distribute Lasertec’s Optelics H1200, a real color confocal microscope with unprecedented color separation and high resolution. The two companies have agreed that Nikon will distribute the system in the United States and Canada.

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. introduces the Confocal NEXIV-K6555 with advanced confocal metrology capabilities that provide new measurement possibilities for demanding applications.

(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss now offers the fifth generation of contact scanning with the new VAST Performance Kit.

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., global provider of portable 3-D measurement and imaging solutions, has released an accurate, break-resistant, spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) as a part of its newly expanded line of laser tracker targets.

(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT introduces the first semiautomated (semi-AUT) ultrasound phased-array solution developed for corrosion mapping applications.

(Veeco: Tucson) -- Veeco Instruments Inc., a global provider of precision instrumentation and metrology solutions, announces a new ContourGT Optical Surface Profiler configuration op

(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Systematically implementing customer requests was the main challenge in developing the new ACCURA coordinate measuring machine.

(Exact Metrology Inc.: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology Inc. has opened a new office in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, Wisconsin.