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The Memory Clinic in Bennington, VT, has been dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of memory loss since 1987. They provide access to FDA-approved medications for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders, along with follow-up testing to monitor changes in cognition and functioning. In addition to standard treatments, The Memory Clinic actively participates in clinical trials aimed at slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, offering participants the opportunity to explore new therapies at no cost. Patients can initiate the evaluation process by consulting their primary care provider for a referral, along with necessary medical history and imaging results. Generated from the website

Established in 1982, Abacus Automation Inc. is a designer and builder of customized automation equipment. Based in Bennington, Vt., the company designs simple ergonomic workstations, fully automatic multimachine systems and vision-based robotic systems for laser soldering, laser cutting and laser drilling. In addition to providing mechanical and pneumatic drawings, it provides several services in robotic integration, design services, product marking and retrofitting. Additionally, the company offers various material handling equipments, such as conveyor systems, boxing machines, auto-test equipments and automotive switch assembler.

Established in 1988 as a joint venture between NSK and Torrington Ingersoll-Rand, NSK Steering Systems America, or NSSA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of NSK Americas and has come from modest beginnings as a 50 person employer into a worldwide alliance with the engineering and manufacturing expertise to provide advanced steering column solutions worldwide. As one of southern Vermont s largest manufacturing employers with approximately 500 team members, the company received its QS-9000 quality system certification, the start up of its first contract with the Ford Motor Company and the production of nearly 2 million steering columns in 1999. The company is one of the world s largest manufacturers of electrically assisted power steering systems that are used primarily in Japan and Europe. NSK Steering Systems America is headquartered in Bennington, Vt.