NATICK, MA, May 1,-Cognex Corp. has promoted Justin Testa to executive vice president. Testa reports to the company’s president, Dr. Robert J. Shillman. Testa joined Cognex in 1983 as a

AKRON, OH, June 4-Maker of medium-duty trucks Hino Motors Manufacturing USA Inc. has presented the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. with its Quality Excellence Award for commercial tires on Hino

Calabasas, CA, June 9-National Technical Systems Inc. (NTS), provider of engineering services, has completed its acquisition of Elliott Laboratories Inc., a San Francisco Bay-area electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), product safety and

BOSTON, June 10-With more than a 60% increase in the customer base at its China facility, Cimtek, provider of quality lifecycle management (QLM) solutions, has doubled its staff to meet

WIXOM, MI, June 11-NVision Inc. is expanding its contract service division in order to meet the demand for noncontact reverse engineering and inspection work. The expansion includes new personnel as

MAPLE GROVE, MN, June 9-Metrology provider Carl Zeiss has completed the MMZ-B Plus gantry coordinate measuring machine (CMM)-its largest CMM to date-for Lockheed Martin. The CMM was built to measure

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2-Exports have accounted for nearly half (46%) of the growth in the U.S. economy during the past year and are supported by a robust financing sector, according

Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Labor has rejected a petition that would recognize metrology job descriptions in its proposed 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System. The U.S. Department of Labor’s

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, June 5-Initial quality in the automotive industry has improved significantly in 2008, with substantial gains demonstrated by nearly three-fourths of the 36 ranked manufactures, according to the

MCLEAN, VA, June 9-April U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $396.47 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as