A Faster Way to Calibrate Piston Gauges

May 2, 2017 Office

For industry and government labs to ensure their pressure-measurement machines are working correctly, they need a reliable source of pressure. Often, that source is a piston gauge – a cylinder of metal that falls through […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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