GAITHERSBURG, MD-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports that it will receive $610 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The agency says it will use the funds for programs that support U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States ranked eighth in innovation leadership among 110 countries, according to a report produced jointly by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Manufacturing Institute (MI), the NAM’s nonpartisan research affiliate.
CHANTILLY, VA-InfinityQS International, provider of SPC software and services, has committed to donate $1 million to Memphis, TN-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, research and treatment center for pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases.
CHICAGO-Prime Advantage, buying consortium for midsized industrial manufacturers, has announced the findings of its first Group CFO Survey, conducted in January 2009, revealing the top financial concerns of its member companies’ chief financial officers for 2009.
ATLANTA-Forty-five percent of contract manufacturers are projecting growth in 2009, while 28% project their business to remain at last year’s level, according to MFG.com’s MFGWatch survey conducted in January 2009.
IRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM-Donald Welbourn, a pioneer of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) research and development in the United Kingdom, has died at the age of 93.
ANN ARBOR, MI-Toshi Hori, president of GEViCAM Inc., was presented with the 2009 Automated Imaging Achievement Award during a ceremony held at the Automated Imaging Association’s (AIA) 17th Annual Business Conference in San Diego.