(Veeco: Plainview, NY) -- Veeco Instruments Inc.

Ray Bell was a math teacher, turned credit manager of a farm equipment company in my rural southern Georgia hometown. He was also my dad. I knew he kept a very detailed ledger book that had information on every customer he gave a loan.

An 82-year-old, family-owned Wilkes County furniture manufacturer with 152 employees is getting financial aid to sharpen its competitive edge.

Wireless communications have well and truly arrived in the industrial arena and considerable effort is now being put into integration and the writing of standards.

(KEYENCE Corp.: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) -- The new KEYENCE VHX-600 Generation II Digital Microscope now features the world’s first 16-bit imaging resolution. This resolution increase makes subtle color differences visible, and optimizes areas that were previously too dark or bright.

(FDA: Rockville, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a new way to head off potential cases of foodborne illness—the Reportable Food Registry (RFR).

(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- CAD/CAM developer, Delcam, has established a dedicated health care division to provide a greater focus on this increasingly important part of its business.

(Six Sigma Integration Inc.: Rehoboth, MA) -- Six Sigma Integration Inc. announces the release of Measuring and Improving Performance: Information Technology Applications in Lean Systems (CRC Press, 2009).

(ANSI: New York) -- Just three weeks remain before the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD). An exhibition, reception, and dinner marking the occasion will be held Oct.

(MicroDynamics Inc.: Woodstock, GA) -- MicroDynamics Inc., a provider of cell volume measurement in the flexographic printing industry, will be at booth No. 4670 at Quality Expo in Chicago on Sept.