(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the new Brown & Sharpe TWIN-CAL IP67 calipers with an innovative built-in output connection, which are on display this week at Hexagon Metrology’s booth E-5202 at IMTS 2012, Sept. 10–15, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Joseph M. Juran was a seminal 20th-century figure in the field of quality; his many contributions broadened the field from its original, narrow, and statistically-based focus.

Our Northeast Region Shingo Conference, held Sept.

Sometimes the chain of measurement traceability—the unbroken series of links between a calibrated instrument and the official NIST standard—can get pretty long.

My title this month is a funny metaphor for a common opinion I saw written on a bathroom wall. The gist of the graffiti was that the first mouse must die springing the trap before the second one gets the prize.

At creative werks (cw), a manufacturing and co-packing business in Illinois, production is nonstop. Lines run 24/7 and data constantly accumulate.

(Pinpoint: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems, designer and manufacturer of measuring and alignment tools and solutions, is exhibiting this week, Sept. 10–15, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) held at McCormick Place in Chicago.

(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens PLM Software, will release in October 2012 the latest version of NX software, the company’s integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing, and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM