MAPLE GROVE, MN-Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. has sold its 2,000th Contura G2 coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to Schmiede Corp. of Tullahoma, TN, a contract machining shop. The Contura G2 was introduced in December of 2005, and since then the Maple Grove, MN, manufacturing facility has produced 2,000 of the machines.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI-Metrology solutions provider Hexagon Metrology Inc. has expanded equipment rental options for its bridge coordinate measuring machine (CMM), portable arm and laser tracker product lines.
STATE COLLEGE, PA-Minitab Inc., developer of statistical and process improvement software, has been named one of the 25 Best Companies to Work for in America in the small business category.
BOXBOROUGH, MA-Intertek, a provider of quality and safety solutions, is presenting a seminar addressing the specific quality management system (QMS) considerations of automotive suppliers that are expanding into new industries.
ERLANGER, KY-Toyota will add capacity at its engine plant in Huntsville, AL, to increase North American production of four-cylinder engines. The expansion will allow Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) to
ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM and OTTAWA, CANADA-e2v, designer and manufacturer of industrial imaging sensors and cameras, and Pleora Technologies Inc., manufacturer of video connectivity solutions, have entered a partnership agreement whereby e2v will employ Pleora’s iPORT eBUS Universal and Optima drivers to communicate with e2v’s industrial inspection cameras with GigE interfaces.
STUTTGART, GERMANY-Vision 2009, an international trade fair for machine vision and identification technologies, November 3 to 5, 2009, at the New Stuttgart Trade Fair, in Stuttgart, Germany, will include an integration area situated around the application park in Hall 4.
PLEASANTON, CA-Adept Technology Inc., provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Faces of Trade award in recognition of its impact on the Pleasanton, CA, community.
AHRENSBURG, GERMANY-Allied Vision Technologies (AVT), manufacturer of cameras and components for image processing in industrial and life science applications, and OpteamX have signed a distribution contract granting OpteamX the rights for the exclusive distribution of AVT digital cameras in Israel.
BARRINGTON, NJ-Edmund Optics (EO), provider of optical components, has appointed Timothy Paul Kennedy to the position of president, Edmund Optics Japan. The company also appointed Toshio Horii as general manager of EO Akita, Japan, a division that provides precision grinding and polishing of spherical optics.