The Energy and Environment Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is in the process of revising the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASQ E4-1994 standard.
An inspection standard that allows inspection equipment to communicate directly with a broad range of manufacturing software systems has been adopted by the American National Standards Institute.
U.S. Engineering Laboratories Inc. (USEL), a subsidiary of U.S. Laboratories Inc. (San Diego,) has been awarded a contract for the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club's new stadium.
CR Technology (Aliso Viejo, CA) has been awarded Frost and Sullivan's 2000 Market Engineering Award for Product Line Strategy in the surface mount technology inspection equipment category.
The robotics industry is feeling the impact of a capital equipment slowdown as new orders for North American robotics companies fell 36% in the first quarter of 2001 compared to the same period last year.