MAPLE GROVE, MN - Carl Zeiss IMT has opened a new West Coast Tech Center in Irvine, CA. “We are dedicated to supporting the high-tech industry on the West Coast,
GENEVA-The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published ISO/TS 16949: 2009, which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in the automotive sector.
FAIRFIELD, CT-The General Electric Co. (GE) has announced that it will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center about 25 miles from Detroit. The center is expected to grow to more than 1,100 GE employees during the next few years.
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.