(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. introduces Advantage Image Engines, a family of programmable vision devices for original equipment manufacturers (OEM).

(Utah State University: Logan, UT) -- See and experience firsthand what is at the heart of the lean business model in Japan through a series of plant tours, workshops, and networking with peers, Sept. 10–18. This will truly be a life- and career-changing trip.

(Numerical Algorithms Group: Oxford, UK) -- Quality engineers seeking better use of the processing power of multicore computer systems, in addition to an easy way to migrate existing applications to multiprocessor architectures, can now

(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Dreieich, Germany) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, opened on April 15, a global food testing laboratory devoted solely to helping contain costly and life-threatening chemical contamination crises.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP).

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Covering health care from clinical to nutritional services, Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies<

(Artel: Westbrook, ME) — Artel has unveiled its Multichannel Verification System (MVS) with several significant enhancements that provide additional capabilities for understanding the performance of automated liquid handlers.

(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- In the past, free-form tubes were in demand primarily from the furniture business for design reasons. These days, demand is generated from all industrial areas.

(Pilgrim Software Inc.: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has partnered with The Winvale Group, a provider of information technology solutions to the United States’ public sector.