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.

PLEASANTON, CA-Adept Technology Inc., provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Faces of Trade award in recognition of its impact on the Pleasanton, CA, community.

AHRENSBURG, GERMANY-Allied Vision Technologies (AVT), manufacturer of cameras and components for image processing in industrial and life science applications, and OpteamX have signed a distribution contract granting OpteamX the rights for the exclusive distribution of AVT digital cameras in Israel.

BARRINGTON, NJ-Edmund Optics (EO), provider of optical components, has appointed Timothy Paul Kennedy to the position of president, Edmund Optics Japan. The company also appointed Toshio Horii as general manager of EO Akita, Japan, a division that provides precision grinding and polishing of spherical optics.

AKRON, OH-Applied Vision Corp., manufacturer of machine vision inspection systems, is a recipient of the 2009 Leading Edge Award presented by the Entrepreneurs Edge, an organization dedicated to growth and development in Northeast Ohio.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-In a letter sent on August 26, 2009, to President Barack Obama, the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) urged the administration to continue to explore ways to provide additional

SAN DIEGO, CA-Quality Controlled Manufacturing Inc. (QCMI), manufacturer of machined components and assemblies, has received Supplier Gold status from United Technologies Corp. (UTC), provider of products and services to the

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI-Hexagon Metrology is offering cash rebates for “clunker” coordinate measuring machine (CMM) software. Often a CMM’s software and computer hardware becomes antiquated long before the frame wears out.