Moles are invading Seattle. Not the small, furry mammals often reviled for destroying lawns, but the specialized boring machines used to excavate tunnels in urban environments.

(DMSC Inc.: Arlington, TX) -- The next DMIS Training Workshop is scheduled for the week of Aug. 9–12 and will include the new Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) 5.2 as well as the I++DME specification.

(Ball State University: Muncie, IN) -- Manufacturing will recover to prerecession levels during the next two years in states with low tax rates, a diverse collection of manufacturing industries, and strong government services, says a report from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Business success hinges on successfully creating products with the right features. You must correctly analyze the needs of the customer and match these needs with your resources to not only produce a product and but also deliver it in a timely manner.

(ASME: New York) -- The 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), including 20 discussion tracks on topics ranging from energy to biotechnology, will be held Nov. 12-18, at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center in British Columbia, Canada.  

(Lenox Instrument Co.: Trevose, PA) -- Lenox Instrument Co. announces the addition of a new Portable Videoscope System to its extensive line of remote visual inspection instruments.

(Software AG: Darmstadt, Germany) -- Software AG has published Process Intelligence for Dummies, Software AG Special Edition.

Industrial organizations face numerous compliance regulations such as management system certification, information security, corporate social responsibility compliance, and limiting the content of hazardous substances in products.