(Leadership IQ: Washington) -- Note to managers: Employees want a lot more attention and feedback from you, even if it’s sometimes negative.

(TCIE: Buffalo, NY) -- The University at Buffalo’s Center for Industrial Effectiveness is pleased to announce its next Black Belt training class. The Black Belt certification training will be delivered by Thom Marra, TCIE’s Master Black Belt instructor.

(Nikon Instruments Inc.: Melville, NY) -- Nikon Instruments Inc. has introduced the BW-H501 high-speed 3-D surface profile system, offering rapid high-precision 3-D surface inspection.

(HEIDENHAIN Corp.: Schaumburg, IL) -- The new Quadra-Chek ND 1300 digital readout (DRO)—especially designed for convenient 2-D measurement and featuring a cutting-edge vide

(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) -- Spectronics Corp.

(Hexagon: London) -- CogniTens, part of Hexagon Metrology and a leading provider of 3-D measurement systems, announced the launch of its latest software suite. This latest release titled Version 4.1 will be available in several languages.

USDA’s fresh produce chief will join the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help develop new food safety rules, as part of a cooperative initiative between the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

(FDAnews: Falls Church, VA) -- Earn 12 RAC credits while you discover field-tested, ICH Q9 risk management strategies that work for drugs and biologics, in “Applying Quality Risk Management Principles: Moving ICH Q9 from Theory to Practice,” an interactive workshop presented by LearningPlus and

(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- Qualitest International Inc. introduces a new addition to its hardness tester family.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms—graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time—rather than just parts of waveforms as is current practice.