(LRQA: Houston, TX) -- FedEx Freight has achieved global ISO 9001 quality management certification with LRQA, a leading provider of global business assurance and inspection services, specializing in management systems certification and training services.

Kendrick Plastics is an IATF/TS 16949-certified, tier one and tier two supplier of interior decorative trim components and assemblies to the automotive industry.

When I was a kid, I was enamored of cigarette-smoking movie stars. When I was a teenager, some of my friends began to smoke; I wanted to smoke too, but my parents forbade it.

Story update 3/1/2022: An earlier version of this story accidentally reported ETQ's purchase price as $1.2 million. It should have been $1.2 billion.

(Mintronics: Darlington, UK) -- Mintronics will be hosting an exclusive workshop on March 4, 2022, for engineering companies to present their manufacturing or engineering problems and leave with 3D scanning and/or reverse engineering solutions.

(EDAX: Mawah, NJ) -- EDAX, a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, has added the Clarity Super to its electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) product line.

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the new book People Solve Problems: The Power of Every Person, Every Day, Every Problem (Old Dutch Group, 2021) by Jamie

As far as workplace trends go, several topics have dominated popular attention and discussion, from workspace design, 

Although previous industrial revolutions were driven by steam machines and the dawn of electricity, the unfolding fourth industrial revolution is being powered by digital technologies, such as cloud computing, machine learning, and the internet of things.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, a United Kingdom-based global professional body working for the purchasing and supply professions, suggests that every supply chain should enhance its diversity because this “can not only bring new ideas and soluti