(Renishaw: New Mills, UK) -- Renishaw, developer and manufacturer of precision technologies in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy, and precision machining, has purchased the business of R&R Sales LLC, a U.S.-based leader in fixtures for the global measurement and inspection market.

A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera designed by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is now one step closer to reality.

Last night on the Italian National Geographic channel, I watched a reconstruction of the November 2011 American Airlines flight No. 587, in which 265 people lost their lives.

(Visual Workplace: Byron, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. has introduced Visual Management Layered Learning Modules.

Yogi Berra once said, “If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?” I have found the same is true of statistical process control (SPC).

Having been involved in quality and process control for quite a few years now, I tend to read any article regarding a quality issue or new ideas for quality or process improvement.

(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced that 27 technical presentations are scheduled for its annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) from July 16–20, 2012, at The Roose

(Pilgrim: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a developer and provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ERCQM) software solutions, has announced the availability of SmartSolve 9.1, the latest and most enhanced version of its integrated process automation platform.

I’m wondering when we humans started assuming that commerce must be perfect? After all, the adage “let the buyer beware” has been in circulation since folks ran around saying it in Latin. A kind of passivity seems to have crept into transactions.

(Mitutoyo: Aurora, IL) -- Mitutoyo America Corp., manufacturer of precision measuring instruments and inspection solutions, announces the opening of the first M3 Solution Center in the south-central region of the United States, located in Birmingham, Alabama.