“Made in America” Will Go Away Without Investment in STEM-Based Education
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- As skilled labor shortages continue to hold back various sectors of U.S.
Product News: New X-ray Inspection System to Be Unveiled at SMTA Exhibition
(Nordson DAGE: Carlsbad, CA) -- Nordson DAGE has announced that its XD7600NT100HP X-ray inspection system will be exhibited at the SMTA International Electronics Exhibition and Conference scheduled on Oct.
Sanitation Benchmark Study Examines How Sanitation Practices Affect OEE
(Informance International: Northbrook, IL) -- Informance International, a division of Solarsoft Business Systems and a profider of manufacturing business intelligence solutions, is exploring an important area in manufacturing benchmark research to understand the effects of sanitation practices o
Product News: Controller and Gap/Crash Acoustic Sensor
(Schmitt Industries Inc.: Portland, OR) -- Schmitt Industries Inc., a global provider of precise test and measurement systems, has added an advanced grinding-machine balancer control platform, the SB-5500, and an acoustic emission (AE) monitoring system, the AE-1000, to its line of products for
Event: “Measurement and Testing in the Service of Society”
(ISAS International Seminars: Jerusalem) -- The 4th International Conference on Metrology, organized by the Israeli Metrological Society (IMS) in collaboration with CITAC and the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society, will take place at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on May 23–24, 2011.
Product News: VGA Color Digital Camera
(Aven Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Quality control checks improve when inspectors see video magnification on an eye-level monitor, rather than bending over a microscope.
Survey: Outsourcing Call Centers Is Bad for the Bottom Line
(CFI Group: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The fourth-annual Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI) from the CFI Group finds that offshore contact centers not only score 27 percent lower in customer satisfaction than those based in the United States; they score lower in every category, from first-call reso
New Technology Enables Super-Accurate Sensors
(Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN) -- A new technology enabling tiny machines called micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) to self-calibrate could make possible super-accurate and precise sensors for crime-scene forensics, environmental testing, and medical diagnostics.
Product News: Verisurf Model-Based GD&T Inspection Software
(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf has released the fifth generation of its Verisurf X software.
Product News: New model 14HE Optical Comparator to be Released at IMTS
(Dorsey Metrology: Poughkeepsie, New York) -- Dorsey Metrology, manufacturers of gauges and optical comparators, has announced that the new model 14HE Optical Comparator
