(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- These days, for many folks, the business section is becoming the first part of the newspaper that they read as the nation struggles to right its economy.

(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- These days, for many folks, the business section is becoming the first part of the newspaper that they read as the nation struggles to right its economy.

(Ford India: Chennai, India) -- Ford’s integrated manufacturing facility near Chennai is readying for volume production of its soon-to-be-introduced new car after a comprehensive transformation to double its capacity and become a strategic production hub for Ford Motor Co.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) invites government and public health care quality professionals to register for two free webinars—one focuses on the process improvement success story of the public health organization, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatm

(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has introduced new analytical packages designed to enhance industry-specific routine X-ray analysis.

(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the industry’s first digital multimeter with a detachable wireless display.

(SRNL: Aiken, S.C.) -- Several industries use wireless sensors, which can monitor chemical processes or equipment activity and then transmit the data over a wireless network.

Recent advances in machine vision technologies and motion control present tremendous opportunities for automated optical inspection (AOI) systems.

(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Come to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) Aerospace Measurement, Inspection & Analysis Conference, Sept. 29—Oct. 1, in Baltimore, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

In much the same way the Works Progress Administration of the Great Depression put millions of Americans back to work, there is great hope that green jobs will do the same during these current tougher-than-ever economic times.