Take a close look at all the leading companies in the world today and you will quickly notice their success is intimately tied to the quality of their products and services. A case in point is the birth of Six Sigma at Motorola.

Car manufacturer Daimler and technology company The Linde Group are pressing ahead with the development of an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles.

Brushing you teeth has just gotten to be whole lot cleaner for the environment with recent introduction of the world’s first truly biodegradable toothpaste tubes by leading Swedish tubemaker Tectubes AB , which are currently used to package Prabhupada’s brand of all-natural toothpaste developed by Allveggie in Emmaboda, Sweden.

Sealed Air Corporation ’s Cryovac brand has taken convenience even further and developed the newest model of reclosable packaging.

BERLIN AND VANCOUVER —Daimler will outfit its hydrogen fleet with Canadian-made fuel cells through a joint-venture with Ford and Ballard Power Systems. The companies have created a subsidiary called the Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation (AFCC). The fuel cells will be manufactured at a facility in Burnaby, B.C

CALGARY —Progress Energy Resources Corp. has struck a binding deal worth nearly $1.1 billion to form a strategic partnership with the Malaysian national oil company to develop the Canadian company’s BC natural gas assets.

Intelligrated , a leading North American-owned automated material handling solutions provider has opened an Alvey Robotics lab at its St. Louis, Mo. engineering and manufacturing facility

In light of the recent tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th, the employees of Johnston Equipment, a national material handling company, have rasied funds totaling over $12,000 in support of the Canadian Red Cross’ Japanese Relief Fund 2011. [ Full Story ]

Swedish robotics initiative Robotdalen is inviting researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs with commercially valid robotics solutions to compete for the Robotdalen Innovation Award.

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled “Meeting the Electrical Measurement Demands of High Power, High Brightness LEDs” on Thursday, May… [ Full Story ]