PUCHHEIM, GERMANY - The recent opening of their new logistics center allows Stemmer Imaging to greatly expand their facilities and provide customers with an even better level of service. The

TEMPE, AZ - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August, following 18 consecutive months of contraction, and the overall economy grew for the fourth consecutive month, say the

ARLINGTON, TX - A new interoperability standard for dimensional metrology has been approved as an American National Standard. Through the auspices of the Dimensional Metrology Standard Consortium’s (DMSC) DMIS Standards

MAPLE GROVE, MN - Carl Zeiss IMT has opened a new West Coast Tech Center in Irvine, CA. “We are dedicated to supporting the high-tech industry on the West Coast,

GENEVA-The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published ISO/TS 16949: 2009, which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in the automotive sector.

FAIRFIELD, CT-The General Electric Co. (GE) has announced that it will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center about 25 miles from Detroit. The center is expected to grow to more than 1,100 GE employees during the next few years.

MAPLE GROVE, MN-Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. has sold its 2,000th Contura G2 coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to Schmiede Corp. of Tullahoma, TN, a contract machining shop. The Contura G2 was introduced in December of 2005, and since then the Maple Grove, MN, manufacturing facility has produced 2,000 of the machines.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI-Metrology solutions provider Hexagon Metrology Inc. has expanded equipment rental options for its bridge coordinate measuring machine (CMM), portable arm and laser tracker product lines.

STATE COLLEGE, PA-Minitab Inc., developer of statistical and process improvement software, has been named one of the 25 Best Companies to Work for in America in the small business category.

BOXBOROUGH, MA-Intertek, a provider of quality and safety solutions, is presenting a seminar addressing the specific quality management system (QMS) considerations of automotive suppliers that are expanding into new industries.