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Grant Lillevold, vice president of engineering at ST-Industries (St. Paul, MN), discusses video measurement and where the future of the technology is headed. He also talks about video inspection training and the advantages of using video over optical comparators.

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Pelco Products Inc., Quality's 2010 Plant of the Year recipient, demonstrates much more than world-class quality processes. This traffic signal hardware manufacturer has made several decisions to reduce energy costs and energy consumption through company wide changes and has plans to further its green efforts. Mark Nash, operations manager at Pelco Products, discusses some of the company's current and future green initiatives.

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D.H. Stamatis earned Quality's 2010 Professional of the Year award for his varied industry background and his commitment to quality in every aspect of his life. Quality spoke with Stamatis about his resume, his view of quality and what exactly measurement is. Stamatis talks on several subjects that he addressed during his presentation at the Quality Measurement Conference in March--a reader favorite!

Read the Professional of the Year article in Quality'sApril 2010 issue.

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Pelco Products earned Quality's 2010 Plant of the Year award for its focus on improving production and adhering to quality standards, and still ending up as the largest traffic signal hardware manufacturer in North America. Quality spoke with Mark Nash, operations manager at the company to learn more about Pelco and what makes this manufacturer Quality's Plant of the Year recipient.

Next month: Pelco discusses green iniatives with Quality in a second Q-Cast. Don't miss it!

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Ken Chandler, vice president of operations at Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., (Springfield, MA) discusses changes the company has made to stay competitive in the global market and transitioning from primarily being a retail seller of firearms to moving into professional use of firearms for law enforcement and military. Chandler is a keynote speaker at the 2010 Quality Measurement Conference.

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Ed Morse, professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, talks about geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), some of the critical issues surrounding the language and what attendees to the 2010 Quality Measurement Conference can expect to take away from his keynote address at this year's event.

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Advanced Instrument Development (AID), Downers Grove, IL, an independent manufacturer of ionization chambers for diagnostic medical X-ray systems earned Quality's top spot in the Leadership 100 ranking this year; the company was also ranked number one in 2008. Jim Owen, quality manager at AID, tells Gillian Campbell, editor at Quality, changes that the company has gone through since earning its first spot as number one.