(ASQ: Milwaukee) — The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will present three Distinguished Service Medals and 10 Society Medals and Awards during its annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement in St. Louis, Missouri.

(ISO: Geneva) -- Any organization may claim to have developed a standard, but “not all standards are created equal,” according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in a new brochure clarifying the distinctions between international standards of the type developed by the IS

One of the elements of a successful community is a strong school system.

(Luxo: Elmsford, NY) -- Luxo announces their new Microscope Inspection Digital Application System (MIDAS), a universally-positionable digital hand-held inspection system that provides a versatile way of viewing, capturing, and documenting images from any direction or angle.

(Flow Dynamics: Scottsdale, AZ) — Flow Dynamics Inc., a provider of primary standard, NIST-traceable calibrations for all types of flowmeters, has expanded its Scottsdale, Arizona, flow laboratory to ensure high quality calibration services with the industry’s quickest turnaround time.

(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Images are created when light reflects into the camera; therefore, lighting is an important step to a good image. High-quality images are paramount when using machine vision for your automation and inspection needs.

(Sensor Products: Madison, NJ) -- Interactive exhibits make learning science fun. One such exhibit, “Under Pressure,” demonstrates how pressure between the body and a contacting object—such as a chair—can create pressure points and strain.

(John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Hoboken, NJ) -- Key performance indicators (KPIs), while commonly used around the world, have never been clearly defined, until now. Management personnel identified measures as KPIs although these measures never have been true KPIs.

(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D announces their fourth biannual Users Group Conference and 3D Metrology Workshop to be held Oct. 6–7, in Newport Beach, California, with an optional welcome cocktail reception on Oct. 5.

(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- CyberMetrics Corp. has announced that it has released FaciliWorks 8i version 8.6 with the new FaciliWorks Calibration Manager module for its FaciliWorks 8i Enterprise Asset Management family of server and web-based management solutions.