(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Despite recent news reports to the contrary, quality processes are not stifling creativity at major U.S. corporations.

(Hitachi High Technologies: Tokyo) -- As the successor to the Hitachi TM-1000, the Hitachi TM3000 offers a dramatic improvement in all the features of the earlier device, including its compact size, ease of operation, and magnification.

Now that the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have passed their own versions of sweeping health care reform legislation, the health care industry has its eyes and ears on lawmakers as they negotiate the details of a final, compromise measure. 

Printed circuite board (PCB) manufacturing is moving rapidly up the technology ladder. Keeping internal processes current (and compliant) with new requirements, without disrupting existing customer demands, presents ongoing risks.

Every now and then I like to relax in my comfortable Lazy Boy chair and contemplate what’s going on in the world and how it affects my life. Being retired gives people that option.

In my column of Jan. 7, “The Right and Wrong Ways of Computing Limits,” I looked at the problems in computing limits for average charts.

(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No.

(EtQ: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ Inc. announces the upcoming release of Reliance 7.0, with new enhancements to its user interface.

Some of the design changes to Reliance 7.0 include:

(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI, a notified body providing regulatory and quality management reviews for medical devices, kicks off its “Passport to Europe” program.

(QMC LLC: Auburn Hills, MI) -- QMC LLC, the market leader in product quality validation, recently announced the release of the CM4D Reporter with Process Control, a product designed