(NRK: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics (NRK), producer of SpatialAnalyzer, has announced record revenue and earnings in 2011 with a 21-percent revenue growth over the previous year. During the past five years, NRK has maintained a greater than 20-percent average year-to-year growth.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software has release a new version of Verisurf X5.1. The software is loaded with innovative features that enhance in-process portable inspection, tool building, composite wing analysis, 3-D scanning, and reverse engineering.

When it comes to metrology, particularly as it applies to portable 3-D applications, no organization is more committed to this discipline than the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS).

As Atlantis touched down for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center, it marked the poignant end of the Space Shuttle program. However, the precious cargo it left behind at the International Space Station could lead the way to a new wave of future missions.

(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 series. Winner of Photonics Tech Briefs’ 2011 Reader’s Choice Product of the Year, the WLS400 white-light series is available in both automated and manual configurations.

Aircraft manufacturing is international, with a complex supply chain dividing work among numerous companies around the world. Globalized manufacturing and outsourcing brings challenges and opportunities for suppliers.

(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Users of the handheld DPC 743B/744 or the new DPC 753/754 documenting calibrators from Fluke, manufacturer, distributer, and service provider for electronic test tools and software, can now upgrade from DPCTrack2 software to the latest ProCalV5 release, which offers more f

(Adept Technology: Pleasanton, CA) -- Adept Technology Inc., designer, manufacturer, and provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics systems and autonomous mobile services, has announced a collaboration with Willow Garage, developer of hardware and open source software for personal robotics ap

(Aerotech: Pittsburgh) -- The ABL1500 direct-drive linear air-bearing stage from Aerotech Inc., designer and manufacturer of precision motion control products, meets the needs of demanding scanning and inspection applications with fully active preload, high stiffness, and unsurpassed geometric ch

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- “If your company depends on data—and it’s hard to imagine a company that doesn’t—you need a cloud strategy, today,” says Hunter Muller, author of  On Top of the Cloud: