Mahr Acquires German Metrology Company
Wed, 05/10/2006 - 22:00
The Mahr Group recently acquired Helios Messtechnik GmbH & Co., a German provider of noncontact and contact shaft measurement, and precision gages. The acquisition creates a new corporation, Mahr Helios Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG,… Bede X-ray Metrology Launches New Inspection Capability
Wed, 05/10/2006 - 22:00
Bede X-ray Metrology recently launched its wafer edge defect inspection capability that uses the company’s BedeScan defect-inspection system. The tool is capable of looking at process-induced defects on the surface of the wafer. It can also… 4D Technology Receives NASA’s Excellence Award
Wed, 05/10/2006 - 22:00
4D Technology Corp. recently received NASA’s Goddard Achievement in Excellence Award for its contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope project. The company partnered with NASA to develop an electronic speckle pattern interferometer (… Davis Inotek Will Buy GE Instrumentation Services
Wed, 05/10/2006 - 22:00
Davis Inotek Instruments has signed a final purchase agreement with GE Consumer & Industrial to buy its instrumentation services unit, a calibration and repair operation based in Duluth, Georgia. The unit serves more than 1,000… Quality Vision International Expands in Europe
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
Quality Vision International Inc. recently broke ground on a new facility that will house its Kotem Technologies division in Hungary. The headquarters office, which is scheduled to open in 2007, is located in Budaörs, about 10 km southwest… Ixperion Announces a Six Sigma Conference for Pharmaceuticals
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
Ixperion will host a conference on the use of lean and Six Sigma in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.Lean Six Sigma for Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals will be held June 20–21 at the Hotel Mercure in Budapest, Hungary. Preconference… Rockwell Automation Gets a Customer Service Award
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
Rockwell Automation recently received Frost & Sullivan’s 2005 Customer Service Leadership Award.The award recognizes Rockwell Automation’s commitment to understanding customer requirements, and to providing high-quality products and… RABQSA Launches Information-Security Auditor Certification
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
RABQSA International recently released a new certification scheme for auditor certification of information security management systems (ISMS).Many organizations recognize the importance of their information assets, so they’re implementing… National Quality Institute Announces a New Certification Program
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
Canada’s National Quality Institute recently launched a new certification program. The Leadership Excellence Program Certified Excellence Professional Program will offer certification to quality professionals who have worked in a quality or… European Foundation for Quality Management Collaborates on a New Book
Mon, 05/08/2006 - 22:00
A recently released book is the product of the European Foundation for Quality Management’s comprehensive studies of work and European businesses.Above the Clouds (initiated and edited by Hervé Legenvre, Josephine Woolley and Lorraine…