GAITHERSBURG, MD-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a 2009 competition for multiyear research funding in two major areas of national interest, civil infrastructure and manufacturing, under

DEARBORN, MI-The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a $60,000 matching grant for the expansion of the SME Education Foundation’s Gateway Academy-a one-week pre-engineering summer program designed to introduce students,

PLYMOUTH, MI-ASI DataMyte has announced further advancement into the Chinese automotive market with the first order to provide its quality solutions to the Chinese automobile maker Chery. Chery produces dozens

GENEVA-The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), developer of international standards, has achieved a membership record that now comprises the national standards institutes of 160 countries.

KOKOMO, IN-Chrysler LLC’s Indiana Transmission Plant II (ITP II), located in Kokomo, IN, has been awarded the 2008-2009 Shingo Silver Medallion for operational excellence.

NEW YORK-MD&M East 2009 will present nearly 1,000 exhibiting companies and is expected to attract approximately 10,000 medical design and manufacturing professionals, June 9 to 11, 2009, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has announced that the Dimensional Mark Up Language (DML) has been updated.

DAYTON, OH-Software developer PQ Systems Inc. is celebrating its 25th year of providing software, training and training materials to support product and process improvement in manufacturing, healthcare, education and service environments.

SWANTON, VT-Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vermont Precision Tools Norman C. Leduc, 67, died January 22, 2009, in Burlington, MA.

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM-Delcam, maker of CAD/CAM software, has announced that the company achieved record sales in 2008. Sales for the period grew to £32.9 million ($46.6 million), an increase of