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ERP Software Paces Cloud Adoption



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 5/2/2013

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software still leads the pack in the race to the cloud. To stay competitive, manufacturers need to move quickly to the latest cloud-based SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) ERP technology to get the best advantage of moving to the new technology, said Patrick Fetterman, vice president of marketing, Plex Systems Inc. (Troy, MI), developer of the manufacturing-centric SaaS ERP system Plex Online.“ Full Article

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

Student 'Manufacturing Challenge' Winners Announced at AeroDef



Author: Senior Editor Michael Anderson

Date: 4/24/2013

The two top prizes in SME’s 2013 Manufacturing Challenge collegiate competition went to separate teams from California State University, Northridge. The Grand Prize was awarded to the school’s Team Two for a novel Assisted Gripping Rig device designed to augment the grip of a human user. 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: 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

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

Seco Relocates Custom Tooling Division to HQ in Troy, MI



Author: Seco Tools

Date: 3/29/2013

Seco Tools recently announced that it will close its Lenoir City, TN, custom tooling unit facility and relocate it to its North American headquarters in Troy, MI.  Full Article

Manufacturing Summit: Cautionary Notes During an Era of Good Feeling



Author: Senior Editor James Sawyer

Date: 3/22/2013

Most of the messages delivered during the Automotive Manufacturing Summit (AMS) at Detroit’s Ford Field were familiar and welcome. A few, though, were cautionary and perhaps a bit disturbing to those who have been caught up in the resurgence of the North American auto industry in general and the Detroit 3 in particular.  Full Article

Siemens Shows New Controls, Automation Solutions



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 3/22/2013

Showcasing its automotive engineering expertise, Siemens Industry Inc. (Norcross, GA) outlined some of its latest new PLCs, automation software, advanced networking, and digital manufacturing solutions during its Manufacturing in America Symposium’s Automotive Summit event held yesterday at Ford Field in Detroit. Full Article

ABB Robotics Wins Automotive Award



Author: ABB Robotics

Date: 3/20/2013

A flexible Tube Press and Weld System developed by ABB Robotics for the Ford Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has received the 2012 Ford Global Powertrain Technical Maturity Model Excellence Award.   Full Article

Micro Fastener System



Author: DWFritz Automation

Date: 3/20/2013

DWFritz Automation Inc. has established a new division, DWF Products, to serve advanced manufacturing businesses with standardized assembly and automation equipment. The first product now available from the division is the M1500 Micro Fastener System, which automatically inserts PennEngineering’s microPEM self-clinching TackPin fasteners as an alternative to screws or spot welds. Full Article

DENSO Robotics Launches New Web Site



Author: Denso Robotics

Date: 3/20/2013

DENSO Robotics (Long Beach, CA) on March 19 announced that it has launched a new website at www.densorobotics.com. The redesigned site showcases DENSO’s wide range of compact, high-speed industrial robot arms, including four-axis SCARA and five- and six-axis articulated robots.     Full Article

Teradyne to Purchase SCPM Product Line



Author: Giga-tronics Incorporated

Date: 3/20/2013

Giga-tronics Incorporated (Nasdaq:GIGA; San Ramon, CA), a leading provider of test and measurement equipment, has entered into an agreement with Teradyne, Inc. (North Reading, MA) in which Giga-tronics agreed to sell to Teradyne its product line known as SCPM for approximately $1 million. Full Article

Spirit AeroSystems Adopts New Manufacturing Software



Author: Spirit AeroSystems Inc.

Date: 3/19/2013

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, KS) announced at AeroDef 2013 that it will use FlexNet, a next-generation manufacturing execution system, to help the company better manage resources, processes and materials across production facilities on three continents. Full Article

MAG Americas Acquired by Paris-Based Fives



Author: Press Release from Fives

Date: 3/8/2013

Paris-based Fives is expanding its activity in the North American machine tool market by entering into a definitive agreement to acquire MAG Americas, a global supplier of high-performance capital equipment for applications in virtually every major North American industry. Full Article

2013 Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture



Author: Lauralyn McDaniel

Date: 3/1/2013


Advancement in the way things are made is critical to the success of manufacturing. SME’s Innovation Watch Committee showcases new and emerging technologies that are making a difference in manufacturing through the annual list of Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture. These are innovations that can be used today or within a few months and have already shown some successful implementation. Full Article

NewsDesk: Short-Circuiting Focus of 787 Probe



Author: Edited by Editor-in-Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 3/1/2013

On Feb. 7,  the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it concluded “after an exhaustive examination” that a battery fire in a Boeing (Chicago) 787 Dreamliner “pointed to an initiating event in a single cell.” That Jan. 7 fire, along with another incident involving a 787 battery on Jan. 16, contributed to regulators’ decision to ground the plane model and begin an investigation. Full Article

NewsDesk Software: New Vortex Roughing Algorithm to Speed Up Machining Productivity



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 3/1/2013

Colin Jones is PowerMILL software development manager, Delcam plc (Birmingham, UK), a developer of CAD/CAM and inspection software. Full Article

New Hotel Planned for McCormick Place



Author: James D. Sawyer Senior Editor

Date: 2/19/2013

It won’t be ready in time for FABTECH 2013 or 2015, but when FABTECH returns to the Windy City in the latter half of this decade attendees will be able to take advantage of a new hotel near McCormick Place. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (nicknamed McPier) has announced plans for a new hotel that “will increase by 50% the number of guest rooms within walking distance of the city’s convention center. Full Article

Komet Names First Service Partner



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 2/14/2013

Cutting tool developer Komet of America Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) has named CountyLine Tool (East Peoria, IL) as its first North American Komet Service licensed partner, providing customers with tool refurbishment services as well as Komet brand standard and made-to-order solid carbide tools. Full Article

The ExOne Company Announces Pricing of IPO



Author: The ExOne Company

Date: 2/7/2013

The ExOne Co., a global provider of 3D printing machines and printed products to industrial companies, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5 million shares of common stock and 300,000 shares of common stock from Rochewell Holdings Inc. at a price of $18 a share. Full Article

NewsDesk: Production Tax Credit Extended



Author: Edited by Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 2/1/2013

The renewable energy industry kicked off the New Year with celebration after Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 in the first days of 2013. The law averted a fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and extended the popular tax credits. Full Article

NewsDesk Software: Accurate Simulation, Verification and Optimization Leads to Success in Complex Multitasking



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 2/1/2013

Richard Parenteau is director of applications development and Nakamura-Tome product manager, Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA). Full Article

Optimism Among US Manufacturers Grows



Author: James D. Sawyer Senior Editor

Date: 1/29/2013

Among industrial manufacturers in the US, 48% are optimistic about nation’s economy for the coming 12 months. Only 7%are pessimistic. So say respondents to the Q4 2012 Manufacturing Barometersurvey released January 29 by consulting organization PwC US. The number of respondents with a positive outlook increased by 11 percentage points from the results generated during the survey conducted in the third quarter of 2012. These opinions contrast with sentiment regarding international markets. Optimism regarding the 12-month outlook for these markets remained low at 32%. Uncertainty remained high at 53%. Full Article

Flame-Retarded Electrolyte for Global Lithium Battery Market



Author: Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

Date: 1/25/2013

Daikin America (Orangeburg, New York) has installed the capability to manufacture flame-retarded fluorinated electrolyte for use in lithium-ion battery applications. In August2012, Daikin completed the construction of its state-of-the-art electrolyte manufacturing facility located in its plant complex in Decatur, Alabama. Full Article

Hyundai WIA Partners With NASCAR Team



Author: Press Release from Hyundai Wia America

Date: 1/9/2013

Hyundai WIA America Corp. (HWA) today announced a Technology Parternership with Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR), a leading NASCAR Team with three full-time Sprint Cup Teams. The Technology Partnership provides MWR with the exclusive use of two state-of-the-art Hyundai WIA vertical machining centers, to machine critical components on their stock cars, in an effort to provide a competitive edge. Full Article

ExOne Prepares For IPO



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 1/9/2013

The ExOne Co. (North Huntingdon, PA), a developer of 3D printing machines and printed products, on Jan. 9 filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.  ExOne was founded in 2005 as a spinoff of Extrude Hone Corp. (Irwin, PA), a developer of precision nontraditional machining processes and automated systems that was acquired by cutting tool developer Kennametal (Latrobe, PA) in March 2005.   Full Article

Hexagon Buys Metrology Software Developer



Author: Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 1/8/2013

Hexagon Metrology (Stockholm) today announced it has acquired New River Kinematics (NRK; Williamsburg, VA), developer of the SpatialAnalyzer 3D analysis software for portable metrology applications.  No financial details were given, but Hexagon said that NRK had a turnover of $13.3 million US during 2012. Full Article

Gibbs Joins Partners in THINC



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 1/7/2013

Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, CA), developer of GibbsCAM software, announced on Dec. 3, 2012, that it has been selected for membership in Okuma America’s (Charlotte, NC) Partners in THINC, a collaborative network of over 40 companies serving the metalcutting industry with specialized software, equipment, and expertise. Full Article

Production Tax Credit Extended



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 1/3/2013

The renewable energy industry kicked off the New Year with celebration after Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 in the first days of 2013. The law averted a tumble over a fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and also extended the popular tax credits that had been set to expire. The federal renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) is a per-kilowatt-hour tax credit for electricity generated by qualified energy resources. While wind and ethanol producers are the big winners in the move, the PTC also covers other sources of power generation such as specific types of landfill gas, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, municipal solid waste and others. Full Article

NewsDesk: Skills Gap to Drive Manufacturing Power Shift



Author: Edited by Editor-in-Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 12/13/2012

The shortage of high-skilled workers will continue driving a shift in manufacturing power toward Asia, unless US policy makers adopt new approaches to boost competitiveness, two separate manufacturing reports suggest. Full Article

The Skills Gap Creep: From Students to the Unemployed to Current Workers



Author: Editor-in-Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 12/13/2012

It’s difficult to determine what facts are the most disturbing about our nation’s skills gap: The fact that U.S. students recently finished 25th in math and 17th in science. Or that employers – already strained to fill about 600,000 current vacancies -- have a bevy of issues with their current workers, too.   Full Article

Pittsburgh: Houston on the Monongahela



Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer

Date: 12/12/2012

The Pittsburgh region is once again a hotbed of energy production and manufacturing -- thanks to the Marcellus Shale and fracking. Full Article

SME Honors Outgoing President



Author: Senior Editor Michael C. Anderson

Date: 12/7/2012

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) recognized one of its own today by honoring manufacturing authority LaRoux K. Gillespie, Dr. Eng., FSME, CMfgE, PE for his service as SME president for the year 2012. Full Article

FANUC named top innovator by Forbes and Reuters



Author: PRESS RELEASE

Date: 12/6/2012

FANUC Corporation, the world's most diversified manufacturer of CNC systems, robots and machine tools, has again recently been named a top innovator by Forbes and Thomson Reuters in 2012 Full Article

McKinsey Report: Manufacturing the Future



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 12/4/2012

Manufacturing the future: The next era of global growth and innovation, a major report from the McKinsey Global Institute, presents a clear view of how manufacturing contributes to the global economy today and how it will probably evolve over the coming decade.     Full Article

Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media

Date: 12/4/2012

Over the next five years, manufacturing stalwarts such as the US, Germany and Japan will be challenged to maintain their competitive edge against emerging nations, such as China, India and Brazil, according to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s Global Manufacturing Industry Group and the US Council on Competitiveness. Read the rull report here.    Full Article

NewsDesk Software: Lean Supply-Chain Solutions Help Streamline Manufacturing Operations



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 12/1/2012

Narayan Laksham is founder and CEO of Ultriva Inc. (Cupertino, CA), a developer of supply-chain manufacturing software solutions.

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NewsDesk: Large Manufacturers' Outlook: Optimistic, but Cautious



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 12/1/2012

While optimistic about their own prospects for revenue growth in the next 12 months, the majority of US industrial manufacturers are leery about the US and global economies, according to the Q3 2012 Manufacturing Barometer, a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC; New York).   Full Article

UpFront: As 2012 Ends, Waiting to Exhale



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 12/1/2012

North America continues to be the bright spot in global manufacturing.   In the US, economic activity in the sector grew in October, for the second consecutive month following a summer slowdown, the nation’s supply executives reported in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.    Full Article

No. 1 Lesson in Competitiveness: Get Back to Basics



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 11/20/2012

I am struck by how much the basics still matter. Basics such as: Leaders who (duh!) lead. Competent workforces that can execute in increasingly advanced environments. Lean Plan-Do-Check-Adjust approaches that are not just rooted in management memos but also in a company’s culture—and in reality.   Full Article

PLM Technologies Driving Automotive Industry



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 11/14/2012

At the Autodesk Automotive Innovation Forum held yesterday by CAD/CAM and product lifecycle management (PLM) software developer Autodesk Inc. (San Rafael, CA) at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy, MI, automotive thought leaders shared their latest ideas and technologies that are helping automakers improve product development programs. Full Article

Hwacheon Celebrates 60th Anniversary



Author: Edited by Sarah A. Webster Editor in Chief

Date: 11/12/2012

Hwacheon on Nov 1 marked its 60th anniversary with the Grand Opening of its Technology Center and an Open House. More than 2000 people attended the 3-day event where the company had on display its range of CNC machine tools from vertical turning centers to drill and tap machines, horizontal lathes to mold and die machining centers.                                    Full Article

No US Skills Gap? Really?



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 11/9/2012

I was quite surprised – astonished really – when a report landed in my in-box this October from the Boston Consulting Group with this headline:  “Skills Gap in US Manufacturing is Less Pervasive Than Many Believe.”

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Siemens To Acquire Simulation Developer LMS International



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 11/8/2012

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) continued its aggressive expansion into the industrial software market with the announcement today that it would purchase privately held LMS International NV (Leuven, Belgium), a developer of test and mechatronic simulation software, in a deal valued at approximately 680 million euro. Full Article

Mori Seiki Launches New US Plant in Davis, CA



Author: Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

Date: 11/8/2012

Ribbon cutting for Mori Seiki’s new 200,000 ft2 manufacturing factory in Davis, CA, was hailed as a victory for the region, state, and US manufacturing. The highly automated factory which includes an additional 20,000 ft2 for offices is located directly adjacent to Mori Seiki’s Digital Technology Laboratory (DTL), which provides design analysis of and virtual modeling and software for the company’s products. - Full Article

US Manufacturing Roars Back at IMTS 2012: Show Highlights



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Staff

Date: 11/7/2012

When it was all said and done, registrations reached 100,200 at the Industrial Automation North America and International Manufacturing Trade Show, which ran from Sept. 10–15 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Read about the technical and educational highlights from the show. Full Article

NewsDesk: Positive ISM Report Has a Big Asterisk or Two



Author: Edited by Sarah A. Webster

Date: 11/1/2012

While the Institute for Supply Management reported that US manufacturing outdid expectations and expanded in September—after a summer slowdown—global manufacturing is contracting and could derail growth here. That’s the conclusion of a bevy of recently released reports on global manufacturing and trade. Full Article

NewsDesk Software: New Roughing Toolpath Strategy Boosts Profits With More Efficient Milling Process



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 11/1/2012

David Bartholomew is product manager, DP Technology Corp. (Camarillo, CA), developer of Esprit CAM software  Full Article

Seco Tools Wins Workforce Honor



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 10/26/2012

I had the pleasure of visiting the North American headquarters of Sweden-based Seco Tools and its technical center in Troy last week. Seco opened its bright and modern 81,000-square-foot building in suburban Metro Detroit in July of 2008 – right before the US financial markets tanked and the global economy plunged into the Great Recession.     Full Article

Breaking PwC Survey: Large Manufacturers Share Outlook on Economy



Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer

Date: 10/25/2012

While optimistic about their own prospects for revenue growth in the next 12 months, the majority of US industrial manufacturers are leery about the US and global economies, according to the Q3 2012 Manufacturing Barometer, a survey conducted by PwC US Full Article

Breaking PwC Report: Large Manufacturers Share Economic Outlook



Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer

Date: 10/24/2012

While optimistic about their own prospects for revenue growth in the next 12 months, the majority of US industrial manufacturers are leery about the US and global economies, according to the Q3 2012 Manufacturing Barometer, a survey conducted by PwC US.     Full Article

AME Honors 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 10/22/2012

The Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME) named four 2012 Hall of Fame inductees at its annual conference this week Full Article

GF AgieCharmilles Collaborating With VA-based Manufacturing Center



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 10/22/2012

GF AgieCharmilles, a leading provider of EDM systems, milling machines and laser texturing solutions, is now collaborating with the Virginia-based Commonwealth Center for Advanced anufacturing (CCAM) to help accelerate the transfer of research innovation from the laboratory to commercial use.  Full Article

Complexity Drives Changes in PLM Industry



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 10/5/2012

The rapid pace of technological change in manufacturing took center stage at CIMdata Inc.’s (Ann Arbor, MI) 2012 PLM Road Map annual conference held this week in Plymouth, MI, focusing on new product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies for managing the manufacturing global IT and engineering enterprise.   Full Article

Walter Plants a Tree, Opens its Technology Center



Author: Senior Editor James Lorincz

Date: 10/5/2012

The inauguration of Walter North America’s technology center at its manufacturing complex in Waukesha, Wisconsin, marked an important milestone in the company’s continuing growth from the company’s inception 12 years ago. Full Article

NewsDesk: Additive Manufacturing Institute Part of Broader Vision



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 10/1/2012

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers will play an integral role in the new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), which was launched by the Obama Administration in August and will serve as a pilot for a much broader national manufacturing initiative. Full Article

Heller Celebrates 30th Year With New Machines, Technology



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 9/28/2012

Heller Machine Tools marked its 30th year in the US with an open house at its Troy, MI, plant last week, where it promoted the launch of its MC Series of horizontal machining centers (HMCs) and a new technology for making lightweight auto engines more robust.  Full Article

New Job Shop Control from Siemens



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 9/14/2012

Aiming for the job shop market, CNC developer Siemens Industry Inc., Motion Control Business (Elk Grove Village, IL) introduced its new Sinumerik 808D control for entry-level milling and turning machines.   With a more affordable price, the new control will target three-axis machine tools, particularly in the Asia market. Full Article

Gaining, Training, and Retaining the Manufacturing Workforce



Author: Senior Editor Ellen Kehoe

Date: 9/13/2012

“If anyone thinks manufacturing is stuck in the ‘Laverne and Shirley’ days, they should see the innovation at this show,” exclaimed first-time IMTS visitor Steve Olson, executive director of SelectUSA (www.selectusa.gov), and one of the speakers at a workforce issues session at IMTS Sept. 12. Full Article

Aerospace Builder Expands Titanium Machining Capacity



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 9/13/2012

Aircraft components builder Aerospace Dynamics International (ADI, Valencia, CA) launched a major increase in titanium machining capacity with its order for eight MAG (Hebron, KY) five-spindle, five-axis XTi profilers to support its Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 programs.  Full Article

Delcam Salutes Lifetime Products Inc. as its 40,000 Customer at IMTS



Author: Senior Editor Michael C. Anderson

Date: 9/12/2012

CADCAM solution provider Delcam recognized Lifetime Products Inc. (Clearfield, UT) as its 40,000 worldwide customer at a press conference at IMTS on September 11 2012. Full Article

New Coolant Recycling System Helps Keep Machines Humming



Author: Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 9/12/2012

Machine downtime in the factory costs manufacturers dearly with lost production time. With its new mobile fluid recycling system introduced at IMTS, Eriez Hydroflow (Erie, PA), aims to boost manufacturers’ bottom line by reducing unnecessary machine tool downtime and improving machine coolant recovery.  Full Article

Hyundai-Wia Makes an Investment in Chicago



Author: Senior Editor James Sawyer

Date: 9/11/2012

Hyundai-Wia has donated one of its new model machine tools, the F 400 VM, to Humboldt Park Vocational Education Center. Park of Chicago's Wilbur Wright College, the school is in the northwest section of the city. Full Article

SME Releases a National Action Plan to Reverse the Skills Gap



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 9/10/2012

The manufacturing industry could have a shortage of 10 million workers by 2020 if the nation does not address the crisis in manufacturing education, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) said today during a press conference at the 2012 International Manufacturing Technology Show. Full Article

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: The Toughest Challenge Facing Manufacturing



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 9/10/2012

Manufacturing education is, indeed, in crisis.   When  manufacturers have hundreds of thousands available jobs and nobody to fill them, during a period of high unemployment, the crisis is obvious. There’s just not enough people to get the job done.   Full Article

New Product Onslaught is Largest in ISCAR’s History



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 9/10/2012

ISCAR on Sunday announced the biggest new product onslaught in its 60-year history – a wide range of innovative and problem-solving products across its lineup that are branded “IQ” as part of a post-recession marketing campaign.  For example, ISCAR will begin offering the Dove IQ Turn, Dove IQ Drill, Dove IQ Mill and Dove IQ Grip as part of the “High QLine - Machining Intelligently” product launch.  Full Article

Numbers are Important to Okuma



Author: Senior Editor Jim Lorincz

Date: 9/10/2012

 At Okuma America's exhibit at IMTS 2012, which opened today and will run for six days, six showgoers -- one each day -- will be eligible to win an iPad for participating in a hands-on demonstration of Okuma software and intelligent technologies available through its new OSP-P300 CNC control. Full Article

News Desk Software: Touch-Based 3-D Tools Bring Tactile Feedback to Manufacturing Processes



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 9/1/2012

  Ping Fu is CEO of Geomagic (Morrisville, NC), a developer of software for computer-based inspection, reverse engineering, and scanning, which in April added touch-enabled or haptic products through the acquisition of Sensable Technologies Inc. (Wilmington, MA).  Full Article

News Desk: National Science Board Concerned About US Innovation Capacity



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 9/1/2012

A new study by the National Science Board (NSB) raises a warning flag that recent cuts in American research and development programs in both the private and public sectors have the potential to hamper long-term US competitiveness. Full Article

Rescheduled: Webinar on When State-of-the-Art Micromachining Isn't Good Enough



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 8/24/2012

Originally slated for August 22, the presentation of “When State-of-the-Art Micromachining Isn’t Good Enough” presented by Microfabrica has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 29, at 2:00 pm EDT. Hosted by Manufacturing Engineering Media, the webcast takes a look at a breakthrough in micromachining.
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Medical Manufacturing Innovations Toronto 2012 Happens This October



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 8/16/2012

After a successful launch in 2010, the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s Medical Manufacturing Innovations event returns to Toronto in 2012.  The focus of the event will be on medical and dental manufacturing, including devices such as orthopedics, joint and dental implants, prosthetics, and more.  Full Article

SME To Play Key Role in Additive Institute



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 8/16/2012

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will be playing an integral role in the new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The news was announced this morning by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Defense in Youngstown, Ohio. Full Article

Registration for Coating 2012 is Now Open



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 8/7/2012

Coating professionals are invited to attend Coating 2012 for new products, technical solutions for coating issues, and networking opportunities. Full Article

ME Media to Host Webinar on the Secrets of an Efficient Shop Floor



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 7/26/2012

Wednesday, August 15, at 2 p.m. EDT Manufacturing Engineering Media will host a webinar on improving shop floor productivity. The focus will be on a new direction for manpower efficiency that includes machines, tooling, and automation. Full Article

Robert Stauffer, 1925-2012



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 7/24/2012

A distinguished retired SME editor, Robert (Bob) Stauffer, passed away July 7, 2012, at age 87. Stauffer joined the Manufacturing Engineering staff in 1975, in the company of well-known colleagues Dan Dallas and Charlie Wick. He retired as executive editor in February 1990. Full Article

CEO Mark Tomlinson Discusses SME's Recent Partnership with Military on 'America in the Morning'



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 7/24/2012

In an era of high unemployment, manufacturing jobs are going unfilled. In addition, service personnel are in need of jobs once they leave the military.            Full Article

SME, Army Launch Pilot Program to Provide Engineering Certification for Veterans



Date: 7/10/2012

Forbes reports that on July 9 "the Army launched a six-week pilot program, in coordination with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, to provide military-to-civilian engineering certification for the tens of thousands of servicemen/women who will be exiting the Army over the coming years as the US winds down operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan." Full Article

SME Past President Fossum to Serve as Interim Head of Medical Society



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Date: 7/10/2012

Barbara Fossum, Past President of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has been chosen to serve as the interim CEO of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) in charge of the group’s offices in both Park Ridge, IL, and Washington, D.C.  Full Article

News Desk Software: Leveraging 3D PDF Technology Improves Visualization of Manufacturing Processes



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 7/1/2012

Steve Prast is founder and managing director of EOS Solutions (Rochester, MI), a provider of 4-D simulation modeling and 3-D visualization solutions. Full Article

News Desk: Mexico Still Ranks as Top 'Near-Shoring' Choice



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 7/1/2012

With continued rising labor and other manufacturing costs for overseas imports from China and other countries, "near-shoring" increasingly is being viewed as an opportunity to better serve US demand, according to a recent report by AlixPartners LLP (New York), a global business advisory firm. Full Article

Airbus Expected to Announce First US Assembly Plant



Date: 6/28/2012

Sources say that European-based Airbus SAS has plans to build its first full assembly line in the United States in Mobile, AL.  According to an anonymous source, who spoke with the Associated Press, Airbus intends to build its A320 jet at the new location.     Full Article

News Desk: Stratasys, Objet Geometries Combine to Create Additive Manufacturing Powerhouse



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 6/1/2012

Rapid prototyping and manufacturing developers Stratasys Inc. (Minneapolis) and Objet Geometries Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) have agreed to join forces, creating a potentially dominating force in additive manufacturing. Full Article

News Desk Software: Paperless, Automated Inspection Tools Help Improve Manufacturing Quality



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 6/1/2012

Ken Woodbine is president, Wilcox and Associates Inc., developer of metrology software and a unit of Hexagon Metrology Inc. (North Kingstown, RI).   Full Article

Fascinating First-Of-Its-Kind US Manufacturing Report



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 5/9/2012

Given the diverse nature of manufacturing across so many industries and locales, it’s historically been difficult to get a clear picture of what’s happening in the sector until it’s too late for meaningful policy changes. By the time many fully understood the nature of the nation’s manufacturing job losses these past few decades, the frog was already boiling or boiled -- depending on what product one manufactured. And a few too many shrugged their shoulders as if it was too late to stop an irreversible slide.

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News Desk Software: Toolgrinding Software Simulations Help Speed Medical Device Manufacturing



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 5/1/2012

Edward Sinkora is a senior product manager, United Grinding Technologies Inc. (Miamisburg, OH), a developer of tool-grinding systems and related software.  Full Article

News Desk: Report Details Dramatic Decline in Factory Output, Jobs



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 5/1/2012

  Erosion in American manufacturing has been far more dramatic than commonly thought, with sharp declines in both employment and output, according to a new study released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF; Washington, DC). Full Article

Presidential Choices



Author: Harry C. Moser, Chairman of the Board, GF AgieCharmilles

Date: 10/1/2008

Which presidential candidate will be best for US manufacturing? Issues to consider before voting November 4th Full Article

Pennsylvania Awards Public/Private Research Grants for Additive Manufacturing



Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer

Acutronic USA (Pittsburgh), ExOne (North Huntingdon, PA) and Paramount Industries (Langhorne, PA) are the first recipients of Pennsylvania’s Research for Advanced Manufacturing (RAMP) awards. Full Article

Additive Manufacturing: Summarizing All its Parts



Author: Manufacturing Engineering Media Staff

Additive manufacturing is grabbing headlines these days. Just because everyone is talking about it, however, does not mean everyone really understands it. Fortus 3D Production Systems will explain where additive manufacturing is now and where it is going by sponsoring a webinar entitled “Additive Manufacturing 101: Changing the Future of Product Development and Manufacturing.” Fortus is a business unit of Stratasys Inc.  Full Article



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