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Modest Fall in December Orders Offset by 19% Gain in Annual Total Over 2017

U.S, manufacturing technology orders posted $443 million in December, down two percent from November and six percent from December 2017.

SAKOR Technologies Announces Major Upgrades to Mfg. Facilities

Increased power enables testing of extremely large systems at full power.

Vitrek Names D’Amico Eastern Regional Sales Manager

Vitrek announced that Bob D’Amico has joined the Vitrek sales team as Eastern Regional Manager.

SGS Announced as SunSpec Alliance Authorized Test Laboratory Partner

SunSpec Alliance announced SGS as an Authorized Test Laboratory (ATL) partner.

2018 Marks Record Success, Expansion for Mahr

Dimensional Metrology Company Makes Multiple Strategic Hires, Opens New Facilities Across the U.S. and Introduces a Number of Innovative ...

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Expands Footprint into Western Canada

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced it has expanded its footprint into west-ern Canada with a new office in Calgary, ...

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Adrian Fernandez

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2019 Quality Leadership 100: Quality Takes the Lead

Michelle Bangert

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Stu Johnson

If you talk to anyone in manufacturing today about the future of the industry, you’re likely to hear a quizzical, “Do you mean Industry 4.0?” …

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How High-Performing Medical Manufacturers Turn Quality into Growth

Louis Columbus

Medical product manufacturers—including producers of medical devices and plastic medical components—are in the some of the most competitive segments of manufacturing. And many of them are growing 10% a year …

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Computed Tomography Scans: The Latest Tool for Industrial Quality Evaluation

Dirk Steiner

Computed tomography (CT) uses irradiation to produce 3D internal and external representations of scanned objects. The beginnings of CT scanning technology date back to the early 1970s. Although it was …

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The Ultimate Guide to Visible Dye Penetrant Testing

Cheri Stockhausen

The dye penetrant method of inspection is a nondestructive test for defects open to the surface. It may be used on such materials as aluminum, magnesium, brass, copper, cast iron, …

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Automation: The Union of Efficiency and Repeatability

Kayla Thackeray

With today’s demands for safe and reliable consumer products, it’s a sure bet that words like efficiency, throughput, repeatability, and safety are often being tossed around in quality assurance departments. …