(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- Wenzel Group GmbH acquired German-based Steintek Optical Measuring Systems in the summer of 2009 and is now making available through Xspect Solutions Inc. the optical high-speed measuring sensors for the North American marketplace.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is now offering professionals the ASQ Master Black Belt Certification, a new addition joining the Society’s 18 certification programs available around the globe.

(PLMplus Inc.: Framingham, MA) -- PLMplus Inc.

(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION announces IMPACT 9.1 Software Suite, the latest edition in the company’s sophisticated machine vision software platform.

(Bosch Rexroth: Buchanan, MI) -- Bosch Rexroth is offering advice on how to incorporate lean principles into the design of a new factory, or expansion of an existing factory, in an episode of their lean manufacturing podcast series.

(ISO: Geneva) -- Millions of toys have been recalled around the world because of hazardous levels of lead or cadmium, choking hazards, dangerous magnets, and other safety hazards.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Cambridge University Press, 2010), the much-anticipated success

(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic will demo the latest versions of its Geomagic Studio reverse engineering and Geomagic Qualify quality inspection software for the first time in the United States in booth No.

(AMT: McLean, VA) -- The U.S. manufacturing technology consumption during March totaled $258 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.

(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Manufacturing practitioners, designers, educators, and students have been using the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) textbook classic Fundamentals of Tool Design for more than 40 years to gain an in-depth understanding of all the factors that affect tool