Citing excess capacity and efficiency as the key reasons, Hexagon Metrology is closing its plant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. During the past year, the plant, which assembled Sheffield brand products, has been shifting operations to Hexagon’s new facility in North Kin

Colorimetry, the science of color measurement, is widely employed in commerce, industry, and the laboratory to express color in numerical terms and to measure color differences between specimens.

(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Accelper Consulting announces its special Six Sigma Green Belt training and certification session, which is being held on March 26–27, at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Wheaton, Illinois.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announces the release of FARO Scene 4.7, the latest version of its scan processing software for the FARO Laser Scanner.

(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring two products at Quality Expo South, April 28–29, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. On display at booth No.

(NSF International: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Concerns regarding consumer safety and compromised automobile crashworthiness continue to center on the use of certain aftermarket structural parts.

(URAC: Washington) -- As part of its commitment to a comprehensive review of its standards, URAC, the nation’s leading health care accreditation and education organization, recently called for public comment on revisions to its suite of Pharmacy

(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)—A nine cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan (UM) is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually.

(Indicate Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) — Metrology Expo 2010, brought to you by Indicate Technologies, will be held in Santa Clara, California, March 9–11, and provide technical presentations by industry experts, equipment demonstrations featuring new technologies, and complimentary conti

When a quality management system (QMS) is implemented, results are evident immediately: reduction in warranty cost, reduction in rework, reduction in scrap, higher profit margins, etc.