CENTER VALLEY, PA-Olympus, a precision technology provider of opto-digital solutions in healthcare, life science and consumer electronics products, announces that F. Mark Gumz, president and chief operating officer of the global company’s wholly owned subsidiary in the U.S. since January 2000, has added chief executive officer to his title.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Along with other long-term solutions to America’s serious shortage of highly skilled employees, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) praised policymakers who support raising the cap from its current 65,000 limit on H-1B visas for highly educated and skilled employees.
MENTOR, OH-The American Meas-uring Tool Manufacturers Association (AMTMA) named its 2008-2009 officers and board of directors at its annual meeting, held March 13 to 14 in Phoenix.
Olympus NDT Inc. has acquired Pulsecho Inc., a distributor of nondestructive testing instruments located in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Pulsecho Inc. will be integrated into the Olympus sales distribution network as
MINNEAPOLIS, April 17-Laser Design Inc., supplier of 3-D laser scanners, has signed a distribution agreement with Borbolla Metrology in Saltillo, Coahuila State, Mexico. The Borbolla distributorship will allow the company
NATICK, MA, April 15-Cognex Corp., provider of machine vision solutions, has expanded its international manufacturing and distribution operations and moved into a new facility in Cork, Ireland. The increased space
TAMPA, FL, April 14-Pilgrim Software Inc., provider of enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) software solutions, has been named the 2008 North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of
ANN ARBOR, MI, March 27-Machine Vision Markets–2007 Results and Forecasts to 2012, a new machine vision market study from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), reports that machine vision and automated
AUBURN HILLS, MI, April 7-Plexus Systems Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI), provider of software for manufacturing enterprises, has signed contracts with Wescast Industries Inc. (Brantford, Ontario), supplier of cast exhaust manifolds
MEYLAN, FRANCE, April 14-Metrologic Group (Meylan, France) has taken a majority stake in Advanced Theodolite Technology Inc. (ATT, Redmond, WA), which specializes in 3-D, large-scale metrology inspection services. This acquisition