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(DNV: Seattle) -- DNV announces that it has obtained accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for power quality testing on wind turbines.

(NeoMetrix: Lake Mary, FL) -- NeoMetrix Technologies Inc., experts in 3-D scanning, reverse engineering, first-article inspection, and rapid prototyping services, has developed some new techniques to take advantage of laser-based 3-D measurement equipment from Konica-Minolta and Creaform.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S.

(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces SHADOW-Mark, a quick and easy method to designate specific locations for each item in the workplace.

(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has announced North American updates to its Type 2893A KiBox To Go system.

(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, has released The Newport Resource, a catalog for photonics research products and related applications.

Traditionally, 3-D dimensional inspection was performed in the quiet, stable, spotless, and controlled environment of quality labs.

If you’ve ever watched NBC’s The Office, you know the show makes hilarious use of business-world stereotypes. Granted, the personalities, quirks, and antics of the employees of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.

Well, this is getting interesting. For the past several months, we’ve had relatively partisan folks on each side of the medical device industry vs.