Recently we were tasked with scanning Odawara Castle, a massive heritage site in Japan, including every detail from courtyards and buildings down to a drawbridge and individual rivets on castle gates.

(WITT Gasetechnik: Witten, Germany) -- Leaky modified atmosphere packaging is one of the most common causes of quality loss, customer complaints, and food waste in the food industry.

Just like the people who use them, gauges should have periodic physical examinations. Sometimes, gauge calibration is needed to identify the seriousness of a known problem, and sometimes it uncovers problems you didn’t know existed.

(FARO CREAFORM: Lévis, Québec) -- FARO CREAFORM, a business of AMETEK, and global provider of

For more than 30 years I’ve audited management systems in manufacturing, automotive, laboratory, service, and nuclear environments. During that time I’ve watched internal auditing change shape several times. Paper checklists gave way to process-based auditing.

(GelSight: Waltham, MA) -- GelSig

In the world of expertise-driven businesses, credibility is currency. For leaders who sell insight, a book can be one of the most powerful tools to attract the right clients.

(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek Sensor Solutions has expanded its online technical resource center with a detailed collection of frequently asked questions focused on LVDT position sensors and signal conditioning.

The food manufacturing industry has spent the last two years trying to figure out where AI fits: Vision inspection systems? Predictive maintenance? Yield optimization? Contamination detection?

(America Makes: Youngstown, OH; ANSI: New York) -- America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have published the