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Volume 6, Issue 3

In this issue of Quality Magazine's UPDATE: 

- Faro Wins Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award

- Quality Magazine Launches Podcasts

PMI Rises in January

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Industry News

Faro Wins Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award

 

LAKE MARY, FL-Faro, manufacturer of portable 3-D measurement and imaging technology, has won the Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award from the National Center for Advanced Technologies (NCAT). FULL STORY>>

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February's Feature:
 The Father of the Articulating Arm

Quality Magazine Launches Podcasts

BENSENVILLE, IL-Quality Magazine announces the launch of Q-Cast, podcasts that offer a quick and easy way to gain new insights that will improve your company's bottom line. Tune in. It's FREE. The first two Q-Casts feature interviews with the top two companies on Quality's Quality Leadership 100, appearing in March 2009- Nuclear Filter Technology of Golden, CO, and American IV Products Inc., Harmans, MD.
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The Assembly Summit 2009 Coming to Chicago in March

 

CHICAGO-The Assembly Summit 2009, hosted by Quality Magazine's sister publication, ASSEMBLY Magazine, will occur March 24 to 26, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare. This two-day forum will bring leaders from every facet of manufacturing together to share their real-world experience in tackling the toughest challenges in product assembly. FULL STORY>>

Current Issue

Headlines

PMI Rises in January

CEO of Vermont Precision Tools Passes Away

 

CyberMetrics Reports Record Sales

Coming Events

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

February 23-25, 2009 
Intermediate SmartGD&T for Design, Manufacturing & Inspection, San Jose, CA. Multi Metrics Inc., (888) 422-3423. www.multimetrics.com/publicSeminars.aspx


March 9-10, 2009                 
17th Annual International Conference on ISO 9000, Orlando. International Conference on ISO 9000, (866) 500-3383. www.iso9000conference.com

March 11-12, 2009                    
2009 Lean & Six Sigma Conference, Orlando. International Lean & Six Sigma Conference, (866) 500-3383.  www.6sigmaconference.com

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/cgi-bin/get-event.pl?--001777-000007-home--SME
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May 11-13           
Quality Symposium 2009, Phoenix. CIS Software, (613) 577-4417.  www.cissoftware.com


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LMI Aerospace Acquires Integrated Technologies

ST. LOUIS-LMI Aerospace Inc., provider of design engineering services, structural assemblies, kits and components to the aerospace, defense and technology industries, has acquired Everett, Washington-based Integrated Technologies Inc. (Intec), a provider of advanced materials testing, manufacturing and design services to the aerospace, defense and transportation industries. FULL STORY>>

Instron Announces NADCAP Compliant Alignment Verification

 

NORWOOD, MA-Instron, provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has launched a NADCAP compliant alignment verification service for the aerospace and automotive industries. FULL STORY>>

Contour Projectors - Keeping Up with the Times

The contour projector, also known as an optical comparator or shadowgraph, has been used for quality control inspection for more than 70 years. Despite its maturity, the projector is still around and going strong.

by Tom Groff

IMA Champions MSSC Skills Certification System

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) concluded an agreement on January 26, 2009, with the nationally recognized Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC). This agreement gives the IMA exclusive rights to distribute and take the lead in marketing the MSSC Certification System in Illinois. FULL STORY>>

Blogs: Views from Quality  
Industry experts and editors from Quality Magazine share their views on the latest in quality and manufacturing--and we want your feedback!

Jim's Gems: Efficiency or Effectiveness?
The words effectiveness and efficiency are used often and, at times, there seems to be a fine line between the two terms.
by Jim L. Smith 
Managing Expectations: Great Expectations
A quality or a management system is ultimately designed to manage expectations at all levels.

by Peter Sanderson


Quality Remix: Hear what your colleagues have to say!
Most Recent Post: The Data Heads: Selecting Statistical Software for Six Sigma

Hexagon Acquires 3-D Software Company Technodigit

 

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI-Metrology solutions provider Hexagon Metrology has acquired the French software company Technodigit SARL, developer of 3Dreshaper, a package designed for 3-D point cloud and 3-D mesh manipulation for reverse engineering, rapid prototyping, product design and industrial inspection. FULL STORY>>

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