Success in the competitive field of nanoindentation measurement often hangs upon depth and load specifications. Competing nanoindentation instruments list resolution capabilities from the pico to the micro ranges.

(StatSoft: Tulsa, OK) -- StatSoft announces the release of STATISTICA 10, its flagship high-performance  enterprise data analysis, predictive modeling, and analytic reporting platform.  

(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine tool positioning accuracy (metrology) and its impact on manufacturing process capability and on-machine measurement.

(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -- Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) introduces the INVU pipe camera.

Since thermal management is critical to heat sink performance, testing with Thermex temperature distribution film has become a useful design and assembly quality control check.

(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- Printed and organic electronics are novel and unconventional technology that have the potential to change the world of electronics. Learn more by attending the one-hour online seminar offered by Keithley Instruments Inc. on Jan.

(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, has expanded its international offerings with the release of three new foreign-language versions of its 80-hour Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course.

(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, a global leader in liquid handling quality assurance, will present a workshop providing guidance on validation and optimization for the Tecan Freedom EVO Liquid Handling platform. This workshop, which will be held Jan.

The concept of “pull” gained ever more ground with the publication of Womack and Jones’ Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealthin You

It’s the start of a new year, and once again, I set goals for the year. These are different than “resolutions” because I fully intend on meeting them. Some of these goals are the same from year to year.