Quality Magazine - March 2009 - (Page 17) EASTEC TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA—East Coast manufacturing event Eastec will celebrate its 30-year anniversary May 19 to 21, 2009, at the Eastern States Exhibition Center in West Springfield, MA. The three-day event will draw approximately 14,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors featuring advanced technologies, production methods and management concepts. Eastec will be spread over 160,000 square feet of space and consist of five technology-focused areas: precision manufacturing equipment and systems; automation, supply chain and process improvement; plant, energy and environmental efficiency; design engineering and rapid technologies; and tooling, workholding and machining accessories. New resource centers will provide attendees with access to experts who will present the latest innovations on lean and green, energy, medical and aerospace, and defense. Furthermore, Eastec will hold its Careers in Technology Program for 8th through 12th grade students on Thursday, May 21. Students will have the opportunity to tour the exhibits, talk to manufacturers and participate in a design competition. Through its sponsor, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Eastec has access to $600,000 in scholarships and each student attending this year’s program will have the opportunity to apply for one. Approximately 500 students attended the program last year. On May 19, economist Alan Beaulieu from the Institute for Trend Research will address manufacturing executives and their top clients at an invitation-only dinner and presentation at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. For more information, visit www.sme.org. of Q-Cast, free podcasts that offer a quick and easy way to gain new insights that will improve your company’s bottom line. Q-Cast podcasts are first-hand audio interviews and newscasts that you can listen to online or download to your computer, iPod or MP3 player. Learn about the latest in technology developments and industry news at your convenience. The first two Q-Casts feature interviews with the top two companies on Quality’s Quality Leadership 100—Nuclear Filter Technology of Golden, CO, and American IV Products Inc., Harmans, MD—which appears on page 48. Why wait for SPC results from a massive corporate database only to nd out you’ve been making bad parts? QC-CALC interfaces with all automatic inspection machines and the data is ltered, calculated, and graphically displayed the moment it is collected. QC-CALC can identify trends and exceptions and notify you before they cost your company time and money. QC-CALC is SPC when you need it! Automatically collect data from any inspection machine in real time. Get immediate graphical feedback of measurement stats on the shop oor. Get automatic noti cation of trends or exceptions as they occur. Download Free Demo at: www.prolinksoftware.com QUALITY MAGAZINE LAUNCHES PODCASTS Phone: (860) 659-5928 Fax: (860) 633-7309 E-mail: sales@prolinksoftware.com www.ProlinkSoftware.com BENSENVILLE, IL—Quality Magazine announces the launch Quality Quick Clicks 405 at qualitymag.com www.qualitymag.com March 2009 | QUALITY 17 http://www.sme.org http://www.prolinksoftware.com http://www.prolinksoftware.com http://www.ProlinkSoftware.com http://www.qualitymag.com http://www.qualitymag.com
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