(NIMS: Fairfax, VA) -- Last year at the 2010 Manufacturing Summit, sponsored by the Swiss Business Hub and the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), U.S.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- NVision Inc., a leader in 3-D noncontact optical scanning for more than 21 years, recently provided an orthodontic company with the information it needed to recalibrate its CT scanner.

(Nikon Instruments: Melville, NY) -- Putting the power in the hands of the people for the fifth year running, Nikon Instruments Inc. announced today that its 2011 Small World Photomicrography Competition Popular Vote is open.

(AAMI: Arlington, VA) -- The challenges in managing medical devices on wireless and wired IT networks are the focus of a special Horizons magazine just released by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).

(Ford: Dearborn, MI) -- Ford Motor Co. is putting design in the hands of enthusiasts with a new customizer website that features the 2012 Mustang.

(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- The Ultra Precision Benchtop 3D Optical Profiler from Taylor Hobson brings high-performance optical measurements within the reach of both precision manufacturing and research companies.

(FODIS: Lustdorf, Switzerland) -- FODIS, a leader in the market for high-speed panoramic camera equipment, presents FODIS Measure 3D with new features, a combination of a fast, high-resolution, 360° panorama camera with innovative software packages.

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Few industrial sectors have such stringent quality requirements as the pharmaceutical industry. To meet these exacting specifications, companies are increasingly utilizing intelligent vision systems.

(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), a nonprofit education, publishing, research, and conference organization, will run a program of 11 lean management workshops in Atlanta, Oct. 18–20, 2011, in one of LEI’s biggest and broadest lean learning sessions of the year.

(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) -- Land Instruments International, a unit of AMETEK that designs and manufactures instruments for industrial infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency, and environmental pollutant emissions, has announced efficiency and accuracy improvements to its Cyclops por