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Smart Manufacturing Magazine
April 2020
April 2020
The April 2020 edition of Smart Manufacturing is now available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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America Makes reaches significant milestone
March 18, 2020
America Makes, the public-private partnership that the Obama administration set up to foster research and innovation in additive manufacturing, achieved a significant milestone late last year: an online portal to track gaps in additive manufacturing (AM) standards.
By
Karen Haywood Queen
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Smart Manufacturing
Manufacturers in medical space cottoning to the idea of flexible sensors
March 18, 2020
There’s a bit of Rob Podoloff in every Dr. Scholl’s Custom Fit Kiosk for foot orthotics: The chief technology officer at Tekscan Inc. is a pioneer in flexible force-sensing resistors (FSRs).
By
Ilene Wolff
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Medical
Smart Manufacturing
CESMII briefs U.S. leaders
March 24, 2020
U.S. manufacturing in general, and small- and medium-sized manufacturers in particular, are in danger of being left behind as Europe and Asia move faster toward Industry 4.0, John Dyck, CEO of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), told congressional staff, federal agency staff in a February briefing.
By
Karen Haywood Queen
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Smart Manufacturing
Measuring the right data, and context, to ditch costly unplanned maintenance
March 17, 2020
Until 2014, Delta Airlines often had little warning before an airplane airframe experienced a maintenance issue requiring additional ground time, resulting in delayed or canceled flights.
By
Karen Haywood Queen
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Smart Manufacturing
At Automate show, blockchain described as ‘World Wide Ledger’
March 18, 2020
Blockchain, the distributed, encrypted, tamper-evident ledger platform that gave rise to Bitcoin, has birthed a new, foundational market concept to execute business transactions, Karim Lakhani, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, said as he led a panel talk on blockchain tech for supply chains at Automate 2019.
By
Brett Brune
Editor in Chief,
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing
30 leaders transforming manufacturing
March 25, 2020
As manufacturing undergoes the revolutionary changes of the Digital Age, the people with the keenest leadership skills have taken up the charge to modernize the industry so that it leverages the cloud and Big Data and is connected and smart.
By
Ilene Wolff
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Smart Manufacturing
Upfront
PRESS RELEASES
AIM MRO Acquires Advanced Air West Palm Beach
PRESS RELEASE: AIM MRO
March 11, 2026
AIM MRO Holdings, LLC (“AIM MRO” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered consumable repair products and materials used primarily in the aerospace aftermarket, today announced that it has acquired Advanced Air West Palm Beach, Inc. (“AA Bushings”), a provider of replacement bushings, sleeves and fasteners for landing gear applications in the aerospace and defense aftermarket.
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS
States Sue for Tariff Refunds
Michael McConnell
March 11, 2026
Attorneys general in 24 states have filed a lawsuit asking the government to reimburse businesses for the money they’ve already paid in import taxes as well as blocking new levies from going into effect.
SMART MANUFACTURING
Smart Thinking: Resiliency Is the New Advantage
Amy Bryson
March 11, 2026
Volatility is the new norm for manufacturers. Workforce instability, supply chain vulnerability and cost fluctuations are daily challenges. New research from Rockwell Automation takes a look at how leading OEMs are forced to adapt operations to perform more consistently when conditions are unpredictable.
AM Update
PRESS RELEASES
AIM MRO Acquires Advanced Air West Palm Beach
PRESS RELEASE: AIM MRO
March 11, 2026
AIM MRO Holdings, LLC (“AIM MRO” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered consumable repair products and materials used primarily in the aerospace aftermarket, today announced that it has acquired Advanced Air West Palm Beach, Inc. (“AA Bushings”), a provider of replacement bushings, sleeves and fasteners for landing gear applications in the aerospace and defense aftermarket.
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS
States Sue for Tariff Refunds
Michael McConnell
March 11, 2026
Attorneys general in 24 states have filed a lawsuit asking the government to reimburse businesses for the money they’ve already paid in import taxes as well as blocking new levies from going into effect.
SMART MANUFACTURING
Smart Thinking: Resiliency Is the New Advantage
Amy Bryson
March 11, 2026
Volatility is the new norm for manufacturers. Workforce instability, supply chain vulnerability and cost fluctuations are daily challenges. New research from Rockwell Automation takes a look at how leading OEMs are forced to adapt operations to perform more consistently when conditions are unpredictable.
Passports to Innovation
PRESS RELEASES
AIM MRO Acquires Advanced Air West Palm Beach
PRESS RELEASE: AIM MRO
March 11, 2026
AIM MRO Holdings, LLC (“AIM MRO” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered consumable repair products and materials used primarily in the aerospace aftermarket, today announced that it has acquired Advanced Air West Palm Beach, Inc. (“AA Bushings”), a provider of replacement bushings, sleeves and fasteners for landing gear applications in the aerospace and defense aftermarket.
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS
States Sue for Tariff Refunds
Michael McConnell
March 11, 2026
Attorneys general in 24 states have filed a lawsuit asking the government to reimburse businesses for the money they’ve already paid in import taxes as well as blocking new levies from going into effect.
SMART MANUFACTURING
Smart Thinking: Resiliency Is the New Advantage
Amy Bryson
March 11, 2026
Volatility is the new norm for manufacturers. Workforce instability, supply chain vulnerability and cost fluctuations are daily challenges. New research from Rockwell Automation takes a look at how leading OEMs are forced to adapt operations to perform more consistently when conditions are unpredictable.
Field Intelligence
PRESS RELEASES
AIM MRO Acquires Advanced Air West Palm Beach
PRESS RELEASE: AIM MRO
March 11, 2026
AIM MRO Holdings, LLC (“AIM MRO” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered consumable repair products and materials used primarily in the aerospace aftermarket, today announced that it has acquired Advanced Air West Palm Beach, Inc. (“AA Bushings”), a provider of replacement bushings, sleeves and fasteners for landing gear applications in the aerospace and defense aftermarket.
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS
States Sue for Tariff Refunds
Michael McConnell
March 11, 2026
Attorneys general in 24 states have filed a lawsuit asking the government to reimburse businesses for the money they’ve already paid in import taxes as well as blocking new levies from going into effect.
SMART MANUFACTURING
Smart Thinking: Resiliency Is the New Advantage
Amy Bryson
March 11, 2026
Volatility is the new norm for manufacturers. Workforce instability, supply chain vulnerability and cost fluctuations are daily challenges. New research from Rockwell Automation takes a look at how leading OEMs are forced to adapt operations to perform more consistently when conditions are unpredictable.