Features
How Automakers Are Leveraging Software, Hardware, and Flexible Manufacturing To Create Space for All
Mark Shortt From digital taillights to custom infotainment systems and new alternatives to traditional shock absorbers, automakers are continuing to build cars that combine software and hardware in innovative ways. For drivers and passengers, the payoffs include...
MIT Announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors. Peter Dizikes | MIT News MIT [May 27, 2025] launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S....
From Honeybee Brains and Egyptian Mummies, to Customized Human Implants
How serendipity, medical CT-scanning, and AI deep learning came together to advance the repair of congenital body deformities By Lynn Manning While every human being is unique, our basic anatomy has a common, predictable pattern of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons,...
Precision Stamping Techniques Support Growing Market for EV Battery Liquid Cooling Plates
Stamped plates are the most common type of liquid cooling plate, representing 71 percent of a market projected to reach $5.7 billion by 2031, according to Valuates Reports. BANGALORE, India—As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) accelerates across the globe, the...
General Motors Planning to Invest $4 Billion in its U.S. Manufacturing Plants
The automaker said it is leveraging advanced technology to build safer, smarter, and lower emission cars, trucks, and SUVs. DETROIT—In June, General Motors announced plans to invest about $4 billion over the next two years in its domestic manufacturing plants to...
How Manufacturers Are Unleashing Leading-Edge Technologies To Strengthen America’s Defense Industrial Base
Additive Manufacturing Enables New Approach to Antenna Design NEWARK, Calif.—What is believed to be “one of the largest additively manufactured satellite antennas in history” was completed by Vitesse Systems recently and delivered to its customer. Vitesse Systems...
A New Breed of Fully Autonomous, GPS-Denied One-Way Attack Unmanned Aircraft Systems
AeroVironment is pioneering a new class of autonomous systems built for GPS-denied, high-threat environments. ARLINGTON, Va.—A fully autonomous capable, software-defined unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently launched by AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) is designed for...
Recession-Proofing Your Business with Automation: A Strategic Approach
By Scott Anair, President and CEO, Wauseon Machine In uncertain economic times, businesses face numerous challenges that can hinder their efficiency, safety, and sustainability. One key strategy companies can deploy to withstand recessionary periods is to consider the...
Bringing Manufacturing Back to America, One Fab Lab at a Time
A collaborative network of makerspaces has spread from MIT across the country, helping communities make their own products. By Zach Winn | MIT News Reindustrializing America will require action from not only businesses but also a new wave of people that have the...
What’s Coming for U.S. Manufacturing in 2025
By G. Nagesh Rao and Jyoti K. Malhotra NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership The U.S. manufacturing industry is evolving at a rapid pace, driven by new technologies, smarter supply chains, and an increasingly dynamic workforce. In 2025, small manufacturers will...
How Beehive Industries, ORNL Are Advancing Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
By Meghan McDonald OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—When Jonaaron Jones started his master’s degree at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, his mentor invited him to visit the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “I saw a metal...
CYBERSECURITY
U.S. DoD Certification Reinforces Cybersecurity Standards in Defense Sector Stress Aerospace & Defense Achieves Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 HOUSTON—As cyber threats become more sophisticated and persistent, ensuring the security of sensitive...
Building Resilient Supply Chains: Strategies and Successes for Manufacturers
For small and medium-sized manufacturers, the right strategies and partnerships can turn pressing supply chain challenges into opportunities for growth. By Angelina Rivera Supply Chain Group Manager, National Platforms Division NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership...
Electronics Engineering and Manufacturing Services Provider Eyes Strong Growth in Medical and Robotics Industries
TQ-Systems USA is working to mimic, in the U.S., the success of Germany-based TQ-Group. By Mark Shortt TQ-Systems USA, the North American arm of Germany-based TQ-Group, is an electronics engineering and manufacturing services (E2MS) company that provides everything...
MEDICAL DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
Cardiac Surgeons Successfully Implant First-of-its-Kind Device to Repair Leaky Heart Valve Surgeons at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital were the first in Pennsylvania to accomplish the procedure, using the newly approved device to repair a leaky tricuspid...