Have you noticed that sometimes it’s better to be a new customer or subscriber than a long-time devotee of a particular company? Every day you see ads and hear commercials about discounts or free memberships or extended warranties for new customers.

Some years back while working in an administrative department, I encountered a curious condition. Along with about a half-dozen employees, I was following the information flow from sales order to shipping.

For Tim Gutowski, advanced manufacturing is an opportunity not just to boost employment, but also to improve the environment.

(ANSI: New York) -- During the last 24 months, U.S. businesses have created more than 3.9 million jobs, indicating that the economy is continuing a steady course of recovery.

(API: Rockland, MD) -- Earlier this month, API Services announced its acquisition of R&C Service Solutions Inc., a full-service, machine-tool support service company located in Arizona. R&C is now operating as API Services: Southwest Division.

(Newport: Bozeman, MT) -- ILX Lightwave, a Newport Corp.

(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- The newly developed software platform BendingStudio has been introduced by AICON. BendingStudio connects all data and processes around the production of bended parts, from production process planning to manufacturing to quality control.

(AQSENSE: Girona, Spain) -- AQSENSE, developer of 3-D machine vision technologies has a 3-D Shape Analysis Library, SAL3D, a library for cloud-points acquisition and manipulation, w

(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo has announced an upcoming free webinar with special guest presenter Dr. Roy Helmy, global lead for analytical chemistry at Merck.