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In this issue of Quality Magazine's UPDATE:
- Nominate the 2010 Quality Plant and Professional of the Year
- Boeing Expects to Lose $1 Billion Over 747 Program
- Hexagon Acquires Mahr Multisensor
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Quality e-Sponsor:
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Learn more in our 5-minute overview of the VSM tool.
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Nominate the 2010 Quality Plant and Professional of the Year
BENSENVILLE, IL-Quality Magazine is currently seeking nominations for the 2010 Quality Professional and Plant of the Year. Take the time to nominate a colleague who has taught you what quality is all about or a plant where quality is a way of life. FULL STORY>> |
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Hexagon Acquires Mahr Multisensor
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-Hexagon Metrology has acquired all outstanding assets and technical intellectual property of Mahr Multisensor GmbH. Hexagon will reorganize the business, and has agreed to employ certain technical service, development and application engineering staff from Mahr Multisensor GmbH. FULL STORY>>
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FAA-ATA Announces Better Way Award Winners
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), an industry trade organization for U.S. airlines, in association with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), have recognized the recipients of the 2009 FAA-ATA Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Better Way award. FULL STORY>>
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Connect with Quality Magazine NOW:
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October 19-23
ASNT Fall Conference & Quality Testing Show, Columbus, OH. The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), (800) 222-2768. www.asnt.org
October 21-23
Carl Zeiss IMT User Group Conference 2009, Maple Grove, MN. Carl Zeiss IMT, (800) 327-9735. www.zeiss.com/usergroup
October 25-29
MS&T 2009, Pittsburgh, PA. The American Ceramic Society, (607) 533-7000. http://matscitech.org
November 3-5
Vision 2009, Stuttgart, Germany. Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH, +49 (0)711 185600. www.messe-stuttgart.de/vision
November 9-11
Quality Symposium 2009, Phoenix. CIS Software, (613) 577-4417. www.cissoftware.com
January 18-21
Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit 2010, Orlando, FL. IQPC, (800) 882-8684. www.leansixsigmasummit.com
February 9-11
Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, Anaheim, CA. Canon Communications LLC, (310) 445-4200. www.mdmwest.com
March 22-25
Quality Measurement Conference (QMC), Orlando. BNP Media, (888) 530-6714. www.qualitymag.com/qualityconferences
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Quality e-Marketplace:
New "9700" Series Video Inspection System
 S-T Industries Inc. is introducing its new "9700" Series Video Inspection System. The unit is built on an integrated solid granite base and vertical column for superior stability and accuracy. The measuring stage has an anodized 18"x18" top plate with 12"x12" travel, .00005"/.001MM resolution via precision glass scales and 6" focus travel. Also included is LED surface and substage illumination, a high resolution color camera with a 17" LCD flat screen monitor, electronic crosshair generator with automatic edge indicator, 30-180X par focal zoom lens and your choice of four Quadra-Chek DROs. www.stindustries.com
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QMC 2010 Call for Papers
BENSENVILLE, IL-Proposals are being accepted for the 12th Quality Measurement Conference (QMC), to be held March 22 to 25, 2010. Abstracts must be submitted by October 16, 2009. FULL STORY>>
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 Listen to the Latest Q-Cast Podcasts:
Are You Ready for DMIS?
Sponsored by:
John Horst of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discusses DMIS, a standardized language for CMM operators that aims to make proprietary CMM software a distant memory.
Accrediting Your Calibration Lab
Rob Knake, accreditation officer at the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) - a nonprofit accreditation body - takes us through the steps of accrediting a calibration laboratory, what to expect, the costs and the biggest obstacles a lab faces during the process.
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Latest Quality Webinar Archived
BENSENVILLE, IL-If you missed last week's Quality webinar, Rapid Reverse Engineering with 3-D Noncontact Products, with Steve Kersen, vice president, NVision, you can listen to it on Quality Online here. Also, be sure to register for our upcoming Webinar, The New Y14.5 2009 GD&T Standard - A Review, sponsored by Multimetrics, which will take place on October 27, 2009.
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Pilgrim Software Receives 2009 BDPA Award
TAMPA, FL-Pilgrim Software Inc. has received the Tampa Bay Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) Outstanding Achievement Award from the Greater Tampa Bay Chapter of BDPA. BDPA is an organization for African Americans in the information technology industry. FULL STORY>>
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Economic Activity Expanded in September
TEMPE, AZ - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September for the second consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the fifth consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. FULL STORY>>
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| 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! |
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Cognex Enters the Web Monitoring Business
NATICK, MA-Cognex Corp. has entered the Web monitoring business via the acquisition of the Web monitoring product line of Monitoring Technology Corp. (MTC), a manufacturer of products for monitoring industrial equipment and processes. FULL STORY>>
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