They come trendily dressed, grinning and baring their teeth. They are equipped with the latest electronic tools. And they are forever hypnotizing you into believing that they come in peace.

For the better part of five decades, commercial access to space has been limited by the high cost of flight operations. However, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America now provides Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

(Setra Systems: Boxborough, MA) -- With more than 20 years of successful field-proven experience, Bios International Corp.

(Taylor Hobson: West Chicago, IL) -- Taylor Hobson, a global leader in ultraprecision measurement instrumentation, plans to unveil the latest addition to its line of autocollimators at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Sept. 10–15, 2012.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Committee on Conformity Assessment (ISO/CASCO) has developed a new standard and a technical specification that will help build confidence between partners in business-to-business dealings and provide support for trade regul

(Mitutoyo, Aurora, IL) -- Mitutoyo America, developer and manufacturer precision measuring instruments and inspection solutions, has launched version 10.0 of its QVPAK suite of vision measurement software.

(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Planned serendipity is not an abstract, magical notion. It’s a practical skill.

(Battenberg: Marburg, Germany) -- Manufacturing products of consistently high quality at every production site throughout the world is an ideal to which all OEMs aspire, but in practice, there tends to be major regional differences in quality.

I couldn’t wait to get to the Guinness brewery after landing in Dublin.