(R&R Sales & Engineering: Grand Haven, MI) -- New R&R Modular Fixtures make coordinate measuring machines and vision systems more productive. No more wasting time and money with cumbersome part set-ups that can actually take more time than checking the part itself.

(Cooper Instruments and Systems: Warrenton, VA) -- Cooper Instruments and Systems has recently introduced a line of portable hydraulic compression and tension test stands called the T-Rex System.

(Productivity Inc.: Shelton, CT) -- Productivity Inc., an international consulting and training firm delivering leading-edge lean implementation strategies, has broadened its participation in lean teaching through a unique and topical program offered at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of

(WCBF:Chicago) -- WCBF's Lean & Six Sigma in Product Development Conference will take place in Miami, Dec. 8-10, 2009.

(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology  recently announced the immediate availability of improved GLOBAL coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) by the DEA

(FDA: Rockville, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it has awarded 83 grants for the 2009 fiscal year totaling $17.5 million to state and local regulatory agencies to boost food and feed safety initiatives among federal, state, and local partners.

(TCIE: Buffalo, NY) -- The University at Buffalo’s Center for Industrial Effectiveness is pleased to announce its next Black Belt training class. The Black Belt certification training will be delivered by Thom Marra, TCIE’s Master Black Belt instructor.

Regular readers of my column know that I abhor surveys that don’t provide some type of incentive or discount on a future purchase for completing the survey.

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(Tektronix Inc.: Beaverton, OR) -- Tektronix Inc., a worldwide provider of test, measurement, and monitoring instrumentation, recently announced the DMM4000 Series of 5.5 digit and 6.5 digit resolution digital multimeters (DMM) designed to help engineer