When the BMW plant in Dingolfing, Germany, needed sensors to inspect formed parts for its 7-series automobiles, the automaker turned to SICK (Minneapolis).
Mecafi (Chatellerault, France) is a contract machine shop specializing in precision, high-speed machining and surface treatment of parts made of aluminum and magnesium alloys, as well as titanium, cast iron and other hard materials.
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology enables full-color, full-motion flat-panel displays with a level of brightness and sharpness not possible with other technologies.
If you overrun that firm, fixed price, you eat the difference, unless you can convince the contracting officer-or your local politician-that you really deserve more.
In the inimitable words of Yogi Berra, it's déja vu all over again. One year ago, we wrote on this page "The world's greatest deliberative body, a.k.a. the U. S. Senate, has labored mightily and brought forth failure." The issue then was medical liability, the Patients First Act of 2003. The issue now was the Class Action Fairness Act