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title: Three MD Companies Receive NIST Innovation Grants • Generis
description: Three MD Companies Receive NIST Innovation Grants | MDBIZNews Based in Rockville, Automated Precision Inc. is a first-time recipient with a $98,750 grant in Phase 1 funding. The company’s research focuses on a noncontact measuring technique for use in the defense, energy, aerospace and automobile industries. The technique measures high speed 3-D scanning during surface inspections, which cuts manufacturing costs and can reduce waste. Discover more information about the three Maryland companies that were among a group of small businesses to receive grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Learn more below!  
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# [Three MD Companies Receive NIST Innovation Grants • Generis](https://blog.generisgp.com/blog/2017/03/21/three-md-companies-receive-nist-innovation-grants)

 Written by [Generis](https://blog.generisgp.com/blog/author/generis) | March 21, 2017 10:07:13 AM Z

Three MD Companies Receive NIST Innovation Grants | MDBIZNews

> Based in Rockville, [Automated Precision Inc.](http://www.apisensor.com/) is a first-time recipient with a $98,750 grant in Phase 1 funding. The company’s research focuses on a noncontact measuring technique for use in the defense, energy, aerospace and automobile industries. The technique measures high speed 3-D scanning during surface inspections, which cuts manufacturing costs and can reduce waste.

Discover more information about the three Maryland companies that were among a group of small businesses to receive grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ([NIST](http://www.nist.gov/)).

Learn more below!

<https://mdbiznews.commerce.maryland.gov/2016/07/three-md-companies-receive-nist-innovation-grants/>

 

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