(Hubbs Machine and Manufacturing Inc.: Cedar Hill, MO) -- As successful business innovators across industry know, customers drive markets.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global leader in providing portable measurement and imaging solutions, has introduced the FAROEdgeandLaserLineProbe, the most advanced, state-of-the-art FaroArm system ever produced.

(Nikon: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology introduces CAMIO7, featuring a new metrology software interface that redefines 3-D tactile and laser CMM inspection.

A patient had to undergo the surgical ablation of most of her nose because of a skin cancer that had attacked her right nasal septum.

(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced it will conduct a large-scale, interactive measurement study during the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

(InnovMetric: Quebec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software’s version 12 of PolyWorks incorporates the new DirectReplay technology that dramatically simplifies multipiece inspection tasks performed with any point-cloud digitizer or tactile probing device.

The need for learning and certification of knowledge in portable coordinate measurement and large-volume metrology has been recognized by professional organizations such as the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) and major industrial end-users.

(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic, a leading 3-D reverse-engineering and inspection software developer, has launched its Wrap OEM Edition software for integrated scan-to-3-D solutions.

(API: Rockland, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has announced that Mitch Schefcik has joined its staff as director of business development.

If you think the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) is a run-of-the-mill conference, be prepared to have those preconceived notions shattered. There is a comfortable grassroots feel to this five-day event.