The Associated Press has reported that Danaher Corp. is buying test and measurement equipment maker Tektronix Inc. for $2.85 billion in a move to expand its electronic testing business. The sale is set to close in the fourth quarter of 2007. Tek will join Fluke as part of Danaher’s test and measurement division.
Danaher also […]

The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) has acquired Assured Calibration and Laboratory Accreditation Select Services, LLC (ACLASS), expanding ANAB’s range of conformity assessment services to include accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories.
ANAB is the U.S. accreditation body for management systems and is located in Milwaukee. ACLASS is located in Arlington, Va.
With the acquisition of ACLASS, […]

DRS Technologies has been awarded a $13.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to continue manufacturing Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS) and Test Program Sets (TPS) for the U.S. Army’s M2A2 and M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems.
The contract was awarded to DRS by the Army’s Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management […]

The Roanoke Daily Herald reports on a presentation by Simon Cobb, director of North Carolina Operations for Lotus Engineering, to a North Carolina business association that outlined the status and goals of the North Carolina Center for Automotive Research. According to Cobb, Lotus, who’s developing and operating the facility, knows exactly what auto manufacturers around […]

The Oakland Business Review reports that Gage Products, paint solvents, custom-blended test fuels and paint-system recycling technology for automakers, wants to expand their facilities in Ferndale, MI. Unfortunately, there seems to be some resistance to this plan, even though Gage has been located in Ferndale since 1936!
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Link Testing Laboratories announced that their vehicle test operations will move to a new location in Allen Park, Michigan. The new facility, at 17100 Southfield Road, the 27,000 sq.-ft. facility will give them more room for vehicle preparation, metrology laboratories, and office space. With over of space, this facility provides room for considerable growth.
At […]

The Series 1500 Transducers and Transmitters from PCB Piezotronics monitor pressure in both general purpose and hazardous industrial environments.
The general purpose units feature a rugged, all-welded stainless steel construction. The design includes elimination of mechanical fasteners, washers, o-rings, and fluid fills, greatly enhancing reliability and long-term repeatability of the units, and making them suitable for […]

Rood Testhouse International N.V. (Rood Technology) and SensorDynamics have signed an agreement under which Rood will provide testing and qualification services for Sensor Dynamics’ MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems). The partnership concerns all existing and yet to be developed microsensor systems.
For this partnership, Rood Technology has invested in an EDA monitoring ‘burn-in’ system, the biggest in Europe […]

This item is derived from a press release that is a puff piece for Viaspace, but the information about the company’s humidity sensor might be interesting to some readers……..Dan
Viaspace is a company commercializing technologies from NASA and the US Department of Defense. Their product line includes battery and fuel cell test equipment.
One of these products […]

GE Inspection Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire phoenix|x-ray, a leader in high-resolution computed tomography (CT) / X-ray technology used in non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. The transaction will be completed upon receipt of regulatory approvals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.