CLEVELANDThe fight to end the section 201 steel tariffs took a step forward in March when the House Ways and Means Committee submitted a request to the International Trade Commission (ITC) that it conduct an investigation to examine the impact of the steel tariffs on steel-consuming industries.
Leica Geosystems (Norcross, GA) announced that the Ford Motor Co. has purchased eight laser tracking systems for inspection and measurement operations in Ford's production plants.
The Walter P. Manufacturing Technology Academy (MTA, Waterford, MI) has been selected as winner of the 2001 Governor's Excellence in Practice Award given by the state of Michigan.
National Quality Assurance USA (NQA USA, Acton, MA), an international quality registrar, has earned accreditation to assess and register the management systems of companies for the international aerospace quality standard, AS EN 9100.
Minolta Information Systems Inc. (MISI, Mahwah, NJ) has been awarded the Government Services Administration (GSA) contract for document imaging and management solutions and services.
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) and The Association for Quality and Participation (AQP) have agreed to an affiliation that could provide a broader range of products and services to both organizations' members.