(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are keenly aware of the potential for translation errors in rapidly emerging 3-D model-based definition (MBD) environments.

Machine vision systems rely on quality images for quality output. High-quality images enable a system to accurately interpret the information extracted from an object under inspection, resulting in reliable, repeatable system performance.

(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment.

(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its Nemo ultra-compact gauge computer in booth No. 514 at Quality Expo, Sept. 20–22, 2011, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

(Pyzdek Institute: Tucson, AZ) -- Learn to use the most versatile of all control charts at the webinar “The Swiss Army Knife of Process Charts,” featuring Larry W. Dyer and Thomas Pyzdek. Join Pyzdek Institute Master Black Belt Larry W. Dyer for this exciting free webinar.

(OptoFidelity: Tampere, Finland) -- A picture tells more than a thousand words, and a live video tells more than a million words.

(Geomagic: Leuven, Belgium) -- Geomagic and Nikon Metrology recently announced a cooperative agreement that enables Nikon Metrology to fully integrate and offer its entire range of handheld 3-D laser scanners with Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Qualify, and Geomagic Wrap software.

(ANSI: Washington) -- The British Standards Institution (BSI) has submitted a proposal to the International Organizat

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