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NewsDesk: Testing Advances on 787 Battery Fix

Author: Edited by Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 5/1/2013

The Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL) continues to move quickly to solve issues surrounding the lithium-ion batteries installed in its 787 Dreamliner, which has been grounded since mid-January, and the model could be back in the air by June. On Jan. 16, the FAA issued an emergency directive that grounded all Boeing 787s in the US following two incidents, including one fire, involving lithium-ion batteries. Full Article

NewsDesk Software: CAM Software Helps Machine Shops Stay Competitive



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 5/1/2013

Bill Gibbs is the founder and president of Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, CA), developer of GibbsCAM software. He is also president of Cimatron North America (Novi, MI) and vice chairman of Cimatron Ltd. (Givat Shmuel, Israel). Manufacturing Engineering: What are some key technical trends affect Full Article

Materialise Announces the Winners of the Mimics Innovation Awards



Author: Materialise Press Release

Date: 4/24/2013

Leuven, Belgium – Materialise is proud to announce the winners of the Mimics Innovation Awards. Through the years, the Materialise’s Mimics Innovation Suite has become an industry standard for processing and editing anatomical data from CT and MRI scans. Full Article

Newsdesk: Untapped Resource: Women



Author: Edited by Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 4/1/2013

The role women might play in helping to resolve manufacturing’s workforce shortage continues to gain more prominence.On Feb. 5, Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute released a report, “Untapped Resource,” that outlined how women could play a key role in solving the workforce shortage. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the University of Phoenix also sponsored the report. Full Article

The First Phase of the MTConnect Challenge Opens



Author: PRESS RELEASE

Date: 4/12/2013

The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and the MTConnect Institute announced the start of the first phase of the MTConnect Challenge: Creating Manufacturing Intelligence, a U.S. Department of Defense - Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology (DMS&T) ManTech sponsored competition that seeks to engage and stimulate development of advanced manufacturing intelligence applications that utilize the MTConnect standard. Full Article

NewsDesk Software: ERP Software Boosts Shop-Floor Productivity



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 4/1/2013

Dusty Alexander is president and CEO, and Mike Melzer is vice president, operations, for Global Shop Solutions (The Woodslands, TX), a developer of ERP software solutiosn for manufacturers. Full Article

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