CLEVELAND–One-third of manufacturers in the metal-forming industry expected economic activity to increase during the first quarter of 2003.

LITTLE FALLS, NJ–Engineers can learn how to combine the concepts of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma at a conference to be held May 8 to 9 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.

MIAMI—More than 150 top-level executives gathered for two full days in Miami for the 4th Annual Six Sigma Summit, January 21 to 22.

NASHVILLE, TN—The International Dimensional Workshop 2003 will be held May 12 to 16 in Nashville, TN.

MILWAUKEE—Quality must deliver bottom-line results.

Management Resources International (MRI, Ann Arbor, MI), an MSX International Co., is a provider of quality and continuous improvement services.

TEMPE, AZ—U.S. factories showed a third straight month of growth in January, and new orders and production continued to grow.

SAN JOSE, CA—As machine vision technology rapidly expands to meet market demands, developing a common standard is necessary to increase the system component and capability options available to end users, and to make systems more appealing.

DEARBORN, MI—The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) announced the election of 14 new members to the SME board of directors and the election of seven members to the executive committee.

Min-Chung Jon has been appointed senior research scientist at Physical Acoustics Corp. (Princeton Junction, NJ).