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Commerce's NIST Announces 18 Awards to Help Smaller Manufacturers Improve Competitiveness

October 23, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced 18 awards for new manufacturing extension programs as part of its...

Two Manufacturers Win 1995 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

October 16, 1995

President Clinton and Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown announced today Armstrong World Industries' Building Products Operation (Lancaster, Pa.) and Corning...

First Database for Atomic Spectroscopy Available from NIST

October 6, 1995

A computerized database for atomic spectroscopy will give physicists, chemists, astronomers, geologists and industry researchers easy access to the most...

U.S.-NVLAP and Canadian CGSB Establish Lab Accreditation Agreement to Improve Trade

September 13, 1995

In an effort to improve trade between the world's two largest trading partners, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Commerce's NIST Announces Closing of MEP Affiliate in Washington State

September 13, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and its state partner in Washington have agreed to close the Washington Alliance for...

Tooth Remineralization Method Licensed To international Healthcare Manufacturer

September 12, 1995

A major breakthrough in oral health care has been brought closer to the marketplace by the licensing of several tooth remineralization and desensitization...

New Microlithography Method May Shrink Computer Chips Yet Again

August 31, 1995

A new form of microlithography that uses neutral atoms instead of light to write patterns on silicon has been demonstrated at the Commerce Department's National...

Commerce Agency Joins Domestic Auto Manufacturers and Regulatory Agencies in Effort to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

August 24, 1995

A new research program at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will help U.S. auto manufacturers develop technology needed...

Thirteen Applicants for Baldrige Quality Award Selected for Site Visits

August 21, 1995

Teams of quality experts will visit 13 companies starting Sept. 4 as part of the application process for the 1995 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a...

Commerce's NIST Announces Process for Dialogue on Key Escrow Issues

August 17, 1995

Furthering the Administration's commitment to defining a workable key escrow encryption strategy that would satisfy government and be acceptable to business and...

Quality Experts Needed for 1996 Baldrige Award Board of Examiners

August 7, 1995

The Commerce Department s National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking quality experts from all sectors of American business, as well as from non...

Images Reveal Tiny Flaws in Films for Solar Panels and Large Flat-Panel Displays

July 27, 1995

Using a specially constructed instrument system, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder...

Smaller Massachusetts Manufacturers to Get Help in Becoming 'Environmentally Competitive'

July 17, 1995

The Commerce Department s National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced that small and medium-sized Massachusetts manufacturers will get help...

Physicists Create New State of Matter at Record Low Temperature

July 13, 1995

Physicists in Boulder, Colo., have achieved a temperature far lower than has ever been produced before and created an entirely new state of matter predicted...

Twenty-Nine Concrete Testing Labs Mark 66 Years Of Quality

June 28, 1995

Being the best over many consecutive years doesn't come easily. The Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls are the only professional basketball teams to win more than...

Commerce's NIST Celebrates 40 Years of Semiconductor Research in Partnership with Industry

June 21, 1995

The Commerce Department and the U.S. semiconductor industry next month will celebrate the 40th anniversary of a partnership in a field that has enabled such...

New DNA Quality Assurance Standard Helps Ensure Accuracy Of DNA Profiling

June 14, 1995

A new federal DNA quality assurance standard will help forensic and medical laboratories ensure that DNA profiles made by the fastest and most popular profiling...

NIST Seeks Proposals For New Manufacturing Extension Centers

June 8, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting not-for-profit organizations to submit proposals for new manufacturing...

Statement by Commerce Secretary Brown: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Highlights the Success of Public-Private Partnerships