DUNCAN, SC - Erhardt + Leimer is pleased to announce the appointment of Udo Skarke as CEO of its North American headquarters in Duncan, SC. He replaces David Merritt, who

LEUVEN, BELGIUM-Metris, maker of 3-D hardware and software inspection systems, and Renishaw, maker of metrology and inspections solutions, have solidified an agreement under which Renishaw will license the source code

Source: Instron NORWOOD, MA-Instron, provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has released an updated materials testing accessories catalog. This fourth edition details a

GRAFELFING, GERMANY - From December 1, 2008, the recently founded company Opto France S.A.R.L. becomes fully operational. Established in the Rhone Alpes region, at the Parc Altais Galileo facility in

ROCHESTER, NY - Navitar announces the appointment of Patrick Buvé as regional sales manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Buvé will be based in Belgium and will oversee

ERLANGER, KY-MAG Industrial Automation Systems, a machine tool and factory automation company, has announced adjustments to its product portfolio, production sites, sales and technical support network to improve its competitive

BURNABY, CANADA-Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) has acquired 100% of Prosilica shares. Both companies will continue to develop FireWire and GigE interface cameras under existing brand names. Further growth also is

ETTLINGEN, GERMANY-Image processing provider Vision Components GmbH has adapted OpenCV, the open source program library, to its VCRT operating system, implementing it on all lines of VC smart cameras. OpenCV

BENSENVILLE, IL-Vision & Sensors announces the inclusion of a blog on its Web site, www.visionsensorsmag.com. In “Learning with Lecky,” Ned Lecky, owner of Lecky Integration (Little Falls, NY), will discuss

MUNICH, GERMANY-Scientific vision technology sales, marketing and development company Autim Inc. now distributes MVTec machine vision software products in the United States and Canada. Besides the distribution of Halcon and