(Mitutoyo: Aurora, IL) -- The new series of Rockwell hardness testing machines—HR-200/300/400/500—from Mitutoyo America Corp., provider of measurement and inspection solutions, offer enhanced performance with improved frames, better ergonomics, and many other productivity boosting features.

(TraceGains: Westminster, CO) -- Reducing supply-chain disruptions through better supplier collaboration and sharing of information helps both sides lower costs and raise quality.

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(NSF: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International, a global public health and environmental organization, has published the first American national standard for commercial and residential on-site water reuse treatment systems: NSF/ANSI 350—“Onsite residential and commercial reuse treatment systems.” The

The teaching of lean concepts is typically tuned to continuous processes: Day in, day out, value flows continuously from suppliers until the final product reaches the customer.

(Basler: Ahrensburg, Germany) -- Basler, a vision technology company, has been spearheading the development of a new standard—USB3 Vision—for industrial cameras, software, and accessories since September 2011. Introduction of the standard is planned for 2012.

It’s no secret that manufacturing processes have become more complex. Manufacturers have tried hard to infuse innovation into their products, usually as new features, technologies, or attributes.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- According to a report by the Institute of Medicine, up to 98,000 deaths per year occur in U.S. hospitals as a result of adverse events. In other words, errors in hospitals cause more annual deaths than car accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS.

(ASD: Boulder, CO) -- ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions, has released the FieldSpec 4 line of portable, full-range spectroradiometers.

(Tetra 4D: Seattle, WA) -- Tetra 4D, the exclusive provider of 3-D PDF technology for Adobe Acrobat X Pro, has released 3D PDF Converter v. 3.3, the 3-D solution authorized by Adobe to run as an Acrobat plug-in.