(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- Industrial applications that create many parts require fast and efficient quality checking stations. This means that maintaining accurate and correct measuring processes during the highest level of throughput is critical.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- As most of you have likely heard, the federal government is shutting down due to a lapse in funding.

(LNS Research: Cambridge, MA) -- LNS Research, a technology research firm focusing on the industrial space, has released its Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) Solution Selection Guide.

(Jenoptik Industrial Metrology, Rochester Hills, MI) -- Light and compact in design and easy to operate with long-lasting battery power, the Jenoptik W10 mobile surface roughness measuring system is ideally suited for measurements on the production line or machining cell.

(ShopBot) -- During the New York Maker Faire, which will run Sept 21–22, 2013, ShopBot and 100kSchools.org will be selling some very cool, flat-packed digitally fabricated furniture at the ShopBot booth to help support our friends at

(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Join Hexagon’s Live On Location event to learn the latest on SpatialAnalyzer, Leica Automated Solutions, PC-DMIS Touch, and much more. This three-day event will be held Oct.

(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Automakers are not pleasing customers as much as they did a year ago, although pent-up demand is pushing strong sales, according to a recent report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

(Ford Motor Co.: Dearborn, MI) -- The new F-Series trucks are the latest vehicles to benefit from Ford Motor Co.’s new dirt-detection technology to ensure optimal paint and surface quality.

(1factory: San Jose, CA) -- 1factory, Inc.