(Quality Solutions: Cleveland, Ohio) -- Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about thousands of layoffs, plant closings, shrinking sales, and evaporated profit margins.

(Quality Digest: May 29, 2009) -- The first Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Medal was awarded to H.

(IBS: Lexington, Massachusetts) -- IBS, the global leader in enterprise quality and compliance solutions, today announced the latest release of CompliantPro, its web-based quality management software.

(AMETEK: Largo, Florida) -- The JOFRA DTI-050 digital temperature indicator from AMETEK Calibration Instruments offers a measurement accuracy to +0.012˚C (+0.021˚F).

(AIAG: Southfield, Michigan) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has been granted the rights to distribute the IATF Auditor Guide for ISO/TS 16949 to companies worldwide.

Throughout all levels of the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE), a single organization shines at the gold level—Feather River Hospital—the only recipient of the gold-level Eureka Award for 2008.

(Quality Digest: May 22, 2009) -- Chinese-imported drywall in homes nationwide is causing illness and the deterioration of home appliances. Residents have reported headaches and bloody noses along with corroded appliances, resulting in the unusually early replacement of parts.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an ultra-black, multiwalled carbon nanotube coating that can be sprayed on to a substrate such as copper. The rugged coating can withstand high temperatures without melting or oxidizing.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received Congressional approval on its recovery plan to create jobs, strengthen the economy, and encourage innovation.

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