Brown & Sharpe Inc. (North Kingstown, RI) has acquired Meas Inc. (Charlotte, NC), a precision measurement applications engineering firm.

Teaching engineers to design safer and more reliable aircraft, automobiles and other complex engineering systems is the goal of Vanderbilt University's new program.

Consumers are slightly more satisfied with major manufactured goods this year than they were in 2001, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) produced by the University of Michigan Business School's National Quality Research Center.

Nikon Instruments Inc. (Melville, NY), a manufacturer of precision optics, has formed two new business divisions -- Microscopy Sales and Microscopy Product/Marketing.

Major auto suppliers are successful in winning new business only 25% of the time, and if this rate is improved by 5%, they could gain close to $700 million in revenue.

The latest news in manufacturing reveals a slow recovery from the downturn experienced during the past two years.

Integral Solutions Inc. (ISI, Royal Oak, MI), a provider of advanced product quality planning software and a training firm has signed a letter of intent with ASI DataMyte Inc. (Minnetonka, MN) to merge the two companies.

Manufacturing continues to suffer, according to the Precision Metalforming Association's September 2002 Business Conditions Report.

The Robotic Industries Association and the Automated Imagining Association are seeking nominations for the Robots & Vision User Recognition Program.

Ford's well-known slogan, Quality is Job 1, took a beating the past couple of years as quality gaffes and product recalls hurt business and damaged its reputation.