2017 – Page 5 – Cal Lab Magazine

AMETEK to Acquire MOCON, Inc.

April 18, 2017 Office

BERWYN, Pa. and MINNEAPOLIS, April 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) and MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOCO) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all of […]

Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corporation to Change Name to Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation

April 7, 2017 Office

Sugar Land, TX – April 6, 2017 – Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corporation announces that it will change its name to Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation on October 1. As the core company in the […]

Measuring Acceleration with Light | NIST

March 29, 2017 Office

March 29, 2017 – Most people have never seen an accelerometer — a device that measures change in velocity — and wouldn’t know where to look. Yet accelerometers have become essential to modern life, from […]

Fluke Calibration 5128A RHapid-Cal

March 28, 2017 Office

Everett, Wash., March 23, 2017 – Fluke Calibration introduces the 5128A RHapid-Cal Humidity Generator, a portable, versatile humidity generator for calibrating a large workload of probes and loggers in the field or in the laboratory. […]

Golden Gate Capital Acquires Cole-Parmer

March 22, 2017 Office

SAN FRANCISCO & VERNON HILLS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity investment firm, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cole-Parmer (“the Company”) from private equity firm GTCR. Founded in 1955, […]

World Metrology Day – May 20, 2017

March 21, 2017 Office

May 20 is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, […]

Worst to first, MALS-26 calibration lab improves readiness

February 24, 2017 Office

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26’s calibration laboratory went from being the worst in the Marine Corps this time last year to the best in the Marine Corps currently. Their increase from the lowest readiness rate […]

Better Flowmeters with the Big Blue Ball | NIST

February 24, 2017 Office

Last year, upwards of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas were delivered to customers in the United States, and when it changed hands, nearly every cubic foot was measured using gas flowmeters. The accuracy […]