A few weeks ago I was returning from a business trip in the evening. I was tired after a long day at a conference followed by fighting traffic to the airport.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies, a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has been named Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Association of Florida (MAF), an award that recognizes FARO for its excellence in manufacturing, customer service, and communit

(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Focus 10 offers a completely new user interface and now provides support for handheld laser scanning and tactile probing. Users gain productivity through the intuitive and attractive user interface that optimizes available space of the 3-D scene.

(Assembly Guidance Systems: Chelmsford, MA) -- Alenia Aeronautica, a Boeing partner in Grottaglie, Italy, has purchased five LASERGUIDE long-throw systems for 787 fuselage production.

(INUS: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology, developer of Rapidform 3D scanning software, has achieved 23-percent revenue growth in 2011. This achievement surpassed the company’s 2010 sales year, up till then the best ever in its 13-year history.

(InnovMetric: Quebec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software has announced that the latest intermediate release of the PolyWorks universal 3-D metrology platform, v.

(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has released its 2012 lineup of 3-D imaging products: Geomagic Studio 2012, Geomagic Wrap 2012, Geomagic Qualify 2012, Geomagic Qualify Probe, and Geomagic Wr

(NRK: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics (NRK), producer of SpatialAnalyzer, has announced record revenue and earnings in 2011 with a 21-percent revenue growth over the previous year. During the past five years, NRK has maintained a greater than 20-percent average year-to-year growth.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software has release a new version of Verisurf X5.1. The software is loaded with innovative features that enhance in-process portable inspection, tool building, composite wing analysis, 3-D scanning, and reverse engineering.

When it comes to metrology, particularly as it applies to portable 3-D applications, no organization is more committed to this discipline than the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS).