Category: Editor’s Desk

Quality, attention to detail remain top priorities for contract manufacturers

Despite the billions of dollars currently invested in the development of automated, connected, electric, and shared (ACES) vehicles, there are no safe bets in the automotive industry today.

Robots have operated, for the most part, safely and productively in manufacturing companies—particularly in automotive assembly—for decades

Artificial intelligence will have strong ramifications for the components that new products will require, and how they will be manufactured.

Anyone who walked the aisles of SME’s recently concluded Rapid + TCT 2018 event in Fort Worth, Texas could feel the momentum that metal 3D printing is currently riding.

The aerospace industry is flying high. Like automotive, it’s long been one of the strongest manufacturing engines of the U.S. economy.

It’s all around us today: news of research, developments, and breakthroughs that could dramatically alter the medical landscape and the delivery of healthcare. It appears that targeted genetic therapies are on their way to being...

One of the best ways to clear the obstacles that stand in the way of innovation is to support the growth of innovation ecosystems, such as those that are currently being developed by the 14 Manufacturing USA Innovation Institutes that have sprung up around the country in the last five years.

For many Americans, the words ‘Made in the USA’ generate strong feelings of pride, loyalty, respect, and patriotism. Companies are also increasingly finding that manufacturing in America often makes good business sense for reasons that include easier logistics, speed of delivery, higher quality, and protection of intellectual property.

It’s hard to overstate the impact that self-driving cars are having on the automotive supply chain, which, these days, is morphing into what many are describing as “the new mobility ecosystem.”