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In this issue of Quality Magazine's UPDATE:
- Small Manufacturers Optimistic About Sales, Investment and Growth
- IQPC's Lean Six Sigma Week Roles Through Chicago
- Renishaw Launches Buy-Direct Web Site
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Small Manufacturers Optimistic in 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Association of Manufacturers Small Manufacturers Operating Survey for 2008 shows that most respondents are optimistic about results in 2008, with 56% expecting sales this year to rise at least 5%, and 16.2% expecting increases of more than 10%. FULL STORY>> |
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Product Spotlight:
For a Total Solution to all of your Materials Testing Needs
ADMET Tests Spinal Implant Materials
ADMET eXpert 5601 UTM performs biomechanical tests on titanium and polymer spinal implant materials and parts to ensure quality through both development and manufacturing. (more...)
ADMET Inc.
51 Morgan Drive
Norwood, MA 02062
(800) 667-3220
sales@admet.com
www.admet.com |
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IQPC's Lean Six Sigma Week Hits Chicago
Chicago-IQPC's Lean Six Sigma Improvement Week transpired last week in Chicago. Quality
Magazine was on hand as attendees crowded the conference to learn the secrets of a speaker panel sharing insights of Lean Six Sigma deployment strategies and providing real-life metrics that spoke to how process improvement programs are making a difference in business performance.
FULL STORY>>
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E-Marketplace:
FARO has enhanced its FaroArm product line with expanded sizes and capabilities
Industry-leading features make the FaroArm the ideal tool for companies constrained by the limitations of fixed CMMs and lesser quality portable models. There is no comparable alternative product for the shop floor. The FaroArm has the power to take metrology - and your business - where it has never gone before.
News article: Click to read more
www.faro.com • (800) 736-0234 •
Debbie.Thompson@faro.com |
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NTMA and PMA Join Forces
CLEVELAND - The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) announced that they are combining their federal government advocacy programs to promote U.S. government policies that will ensure a strong manufacturing sector in the United States.
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Click Logo for Nomination Form
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October 5-9
Materials Science and Technology (MS&T), Pittsburgh, PA. The American Ceramic Society, (614) 794-5894.
www.matscitech.org
October 8-11
North American Zeiss CMM User Conference, Charlotte, NC. Carl Zeiss IMT Corp., (763) 744-2594. www.zeiss.com/imt
October 14-17
Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit 2008, Orlando FL. WCBF, (800) 959-6549. www.wcbf.com/quality/5087
October 19-22
Infusion 2008, Chantilly, VA. InfinityQS, (703) 961-0200.
www.infinityqs.com
November 4-6
Vision 2008, Stuttgart, Germany. Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH, +49-(0) 711 2589-696.
www.messe-stuttgart.de/vision
November 9-12
Fusion VII, "The Pursuit of Excellence," Clearwater, FL. Pilgrim Software, (813) 915-1663.
www.pilgrimsoftware.com/fusion/index.html
January 19-22, 2009
Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit 2009, Orlando. IQPC, (800) 882-8684. www.site-members.com/lsspi/index.html
February 10-12, 2009
Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, Anaheim, CA. Canon Communications LLC, (310) 445-4200. www.devicelink.com/expo/west08/general.html
March 11-12, 2009
AM Expo/ATX South, Charlotte, NC. Canon Communications LLC, (310) 445-4200. www.canonsouthshows.com
March 30-April 2, 2009
WESTEC, Los Angeles. Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), (800) 733-4763. www.sme.org |
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QMC 2009 Call for Papers
ORLANDO - The Quality Measurement Conference is now accepting abstracts for presentations. Please provide a 150-200 word abstract by November 14, 2008. The conferences will be held at the Caribe Royale Orlando May 4-7, 2009, in Orlando, FL.
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Last Chance for Quality's GD&T Webinar
BENSENVILLE, IL-Quality Magazine will inaugurate its Webinar series tomorrow, Thursday, September 25, at 2 pm ET, with a free presentation titled "'Decoding' GD&T for Reliable Coordinate Metrology." William Tandler, president of Multi Metrics Inc., provider of GD&T technology and corporate implementation, will be the Webinar's featured speaker, and Quality Magazine Editor Gillian Campbell will moderate the event.
Register Now! |
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InfinityQS User Group to Hold Annual Conference
CHANTILLY, VA-The InfinityQS User Group (IQSUG) will hold its second annual user conference-Infusion 2008, in Washington D.C., October 19 to 22. The conference will feature presentations from experienced users of the company's real-time statistical process control (SPC) software.
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Pilgrim Partners with Virtify to Offer Regulatory Submissions Solution
TAMPA, FL - Pilgrim Software Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Virtify Inc. to jointly provide an electronic regulatory submissions solution for complete lifecycle management of the regulatory submissions process. FULL STORY>> |
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Microscan to Purchase Siemens' Machine Vision Business
RENTON, WA―Microscan announced it will purchase Siemens' Machine Vision business, formerly Acuity CiMatrix, headquartered in Nashua, NH. The company expects the acquisition to further enhance its technology leadership position in customer-focused traceability solutions by expanding further into machine vision imaging and inspection. FULL STORY>>
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Successfully Automate Mechanical Testing Systems
Increasing globalization and economic conditions have driven organizations to place a greater focus on productivity and quality. Today some manufacturing are benefiting from technology innovation, such as automated testing systems, which increase productivity by having the ability to produce goods faster while maintaining high levels of quality.
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