(ASME: New York) -- A seminar on the newly revised Y14.5 standard from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) will take place on Oct. 8, at the Sheraton Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City.

(Q-PLUS Labs: Irvine, CA) -- There’s a technology sea change underway in metrology and dimensional measurement, a change that promises significant improvements in efficiency and precision that will shape the future of testing and quality programs worldwide.

(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) --  The Rohde & Schwarz SMIQ06B is a vector signal generator with a frequency range of 300 kHz to 6.4 GHz. The high-grade I/Q modulator ensures minimum error vector magnitude and high intermodulation suppression.

(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Instructors have just weeks to apply for $100,000 worth of infrared thermal imagers from Fluke Corp., the world’s leading supplier of hand-held test and measurement equipment.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD ) -- Airline travelers are used to being instructed to turn off computers and cell phones during takeoffs and landings as a precaution against interfering with the plane’s navigational equipment, but outside sources of high-energy interference can be even more dangerous.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc. today announced a global reduction in force. This reduction is in addition to previously announced reductions of approximately 21 percent that occurred during the first quarter of 2009.

(EMICS Ltd.: Nottingham, UK) -- Calibration is essential for proper functionality of machines used in the manufacturing sector.

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has further expanded its range of inspection solutions for solar cell manufacturing processes.

(OMEGA Engineering Inc.: Stamford, CT) -- The OMEGA HHP350 Series smart manometer brings high precision and value to hand-held manometer users.

(IPC: Bannockburn, IL) -- Driven by its members’ needs, the IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that an IPC Solar Standards Committee has been formed and has begun work on standards for the poly-silicon photovoltaic (solar) industry, specifically the