SEATTLE—Boeing will continue to produce 787s as it works to get the grounded planes back flying again. Boeing’s newest jet was grounded worldwide last week after one plane suffered a battery fire.

WASHINGTON—Some 16.2 million vehicles were recalled last year, a 4.5 percent increase compared with 2011, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

WASHINGTON—Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed an instrument that identifies silicon wafers that are too fragile to make it through the photovoltaic manufacturing process.

LAKE ORION, MI—Leoni Vision Solutions has become the first machine vision integrator to successfully complete the Automated Imaging Association’s Certified Systems Integrator program.

ANN ARBOR, MI—A new generation of machine vision systems can inspect parts using infrared, ultraviolet and other nonvisible light spectra.

Cost often takes a back seat to quality, reliability and robustness.

ANN ARBOR, MI—The Automated Imaging Association is presenting a free webinar Dec. 18 that will discuss machine vision applications for automotive assembly. The webinar will air from 11 a.m. to noon EST.

WASHINGTON, DC—Lockheed Martin’s missile and fire control assembly plant in Grand Prairie, TX, is one of four organizations to win this year’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Commerce Department.

Schneider Electric has been in operation for more than 170 years, evolving its product offerings from heavy equipment into electrical and automation management products. 

The right lighting will help the camera easily locate specific shapes, marks or surface features.