RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA- Point Grey , a global advanced digital imaging production company, has made ClearView Imaging its exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Customers will see

(Story via Edmunds AutoObserver ) HIROSHIMA- Mazda Motor Corp. has developed the world's first regenerative braking system for passenger vehicles that uses a capacitor, instead of a battery, to store

(Story via Edmunds AutoObserver ) DETROIT-Detroit-based automakers will hire more than 30,000 new workers in the next four years, reversing years of declining employment in the ranks of Ford Motor

MINNEAPOLIS-PPT Vision, a machine vision technologies company, has announced that Datalogic S.p.A., a globally recognized leader in automatic data capture and industrial automation, has agreed to acquire PPT Vision. According

(Story via Edmunds AutoObserver ) DUNDEE, MI-Chrysler Group LLC is laying off workers and reducing output at its engine plant in Dundee, MI, that makes 1.4-liter 4-cylinder engines for the

CHENNAI, INDIA-Caterpillar Inc. will build a $150 million engine manufacturing facility in India that will produce Perkins branded 4000 Series engines. Perkins is a subsidiary of Caterpillar. The company is

NEW KENSINGTON, PA- West Penn Testing Group , a supplier of material testing services, has been qualified by Siemens to provide automated-DGS, waveform-capture, contact ultrasonic testing (UT) for land-based, gas-turbine

Nanometrics, a provider of advanced process control metrology solutions and inspection systems for fabrication of LEDs, semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and data storage devices has acquired Nanda Technologies of Munich, Germany.

MILWAUKEE, WI- While 66% of manufacturers expect to experience revenue growth in 2012, many say the recovering economy will remain a major hurdle to operations, according to a recent ASQ

MILWAUKEE, WI- The Baldrige Foundation remains committed to supporting the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program in 2012, despite the elimination of federal funding for the program. Last week, Congress passed and