(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No. 1 rated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, has announced it will host the annual PowerPlex User Conference May 17–19 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan.

(Kinetic Systems: Boston) -- New Mobile Environmental Enclosures have been introduced by Kinetic Systems Inc.

(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw’s new RMP40 touch probe combines ultra-compact size with unique frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission to bring the advantages of automated job set up and in-process measurement to a wide range of machine tools and difficult applic

(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It’s hard to imagine a discussion about improving health care without mentioning lean thinking, doing more with less, or striving for zero defects or eliminating muda or waste.

(Random House Inc.: New York) -- This revised edition of Peter Senge’s bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline (Random House, 2010), is based on 15 years of e

(Toyota, New York) -- Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater has announced the appointment of six safety and quality experts to Toyota’s independent North American Quality Advisory Panel, completing the panel’s membership.

(Metronor AS: Nesbru, Norway) --  At the Control 2010 fair in Stuttgart, Germany, Metronor presents the new SOLOspin, the first camera-based coordinate measurement system with a 360° field of view, bringing the productivity and user-friendliness of armless hand-held probing to applications in en

(The QC Group: Minneapolis) -- The QC Group, a provider of quality-related inspection, reverse engineering, training, and staffing services for engineering projects, has announced that its QC staffing service is now available in eight states, and its

(DALSA Corp.: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of machine vision technology, has announced the availability of a high-resolution model of its BOA vision system, a highly integrated smart camera that comprises all of the elements of an industrial machine vision system.

(Ophir-Spiricon: Logan, UT) --  Ophir-Spiricon, a provider of precision laser measurement equipment, recently announced the PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors that measure very low energy, down to 30 picojoules (pJ).