(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- QualiSurf, the portable surface roughness tester from Qualitest USA, developer and manufacturer of high-technology testing products and solutions, is a pocket-sized economical instrument for measuring surface texture conforming to traceable standards.

(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global leader and manufacturer of high-speed cameras and image analysis software, has released a high-speed camera, the Fastcam SA-X.

(The Productivity Pro: Highlands Ranch, CO) -- In lean times managers look for ways to eliminate waste without always knowing what they’re looking for.

(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Written by former Toyota associates, Toyota by Toyota: Reflections From the Inside Leaders on the Techniques that Revolutionized the Industry, edited by Samuel Obara and Darril Wilbur

(Photonfocus: Lachen, Switzerland) -- Photonfocus AG, designer and engineer of CMOS sensors and digital cameras, has released the new G2 series GigE Vision cameras based on the MV1 camera platform and Photonfocus A1312 and A1312IE (NIR-enhanced) CMOS sensors.

Some 147 years ago, Milliken & Co. was selling woolen goods manufactured in New England; it soon expanded to represent the cotton mills of the southern United States.

Why don’t more women enter the male-dominated profession of engineering? Some observers have speculated it may be due to the difficulties of balancing a demanding career with family life.

(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a leading provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has announced the first service release of the Geomagic 2012 product lines.

It’s getting to be an almost daily mantra for me to say, “We live in exciting times, and they’re getting more so every day.” Although the term “exciting” is usually associated with joy, it can be a double-edged thing.