Process validation is becoming ever more important within regulated and non-regulated industries.

Fixturing always seems to be one of those items that most shops forget about until the last minute.

I regularly take shots at quality auditors for some of their antics but thought that, in the interest of fairness, it was time to turn my sights on issuers of calibration reports for some of their antics.

David Haataja is the new Senior Vice President, Products, for the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Manufacturers of products ranging from military airplanes to lawnmowers all have something in common; each needs to be confident that their product can withstand the environmental conditions that their materials and components might be exposed to.

It’s important to understand the types of testing that goes into creating the end products we use every day: from the plastic that is designed into cars, to bottles that hold our water, to the equipment used in various sports.