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SME Media Smart Manufacturing Magazine February 2020

February 2020

The February 2020 edition of Smart Manufacturing is now available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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20 women making their mark in aerospace and defense

20 women making their mark in aerospace and defense

February 13, 2020
Because of governments’ undying devotion to research and development investments that bolster military capabilities, aerospace & defense represents the leading-edge market segment in smart manufacturing.
Ilene Wolff
By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media

CESMII seeks to raise competitive standing of U.S. manufacturing

January 6, 2020
The institutes that make up Manufacturing USA need to move at the speed of business, considering that the endeavor represents the U.S. government’s biggest investment in the digitization of manufacturing to date.
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing
HP’s Christoph Schell speaks at RAPID.

Enabling a more flexible, less expensive, faster supply chain

January 20, 2020
As manufacturers aim to become increasingly nimble in the marketplace,distributed manufacturing—making parts or finished products at or near the location where they will be used instead of at a central factory—is emerging as a way to advance a faster, more flexible and cheaper supply chain.
By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media
HP, VW and GKN are collaborating on the use of additive to build automotive parts, HP’s Tim Weber said at FABTECH 2019 in Chicago.

Experts at FABTECH talk VR, AM and, yes, ROI

January 24, 2020
Foundry 45 is helping Delta Air Lines strategize on ways to keep maintenance workers safe in the “ingestion zone”—the dangerous environment underneath the airplane where people and equipment are moving around in close proximity to engines.
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing
In China, and world over, it will soon be all about adroitly adjusting on the fly

In China, and world over, it will soon be all about adroitly adjusting on the fly

October 17, 2019
The concepts Industry 4.0 in Europe, Made in China 2025 and smart manufacturing in the U.S. “all share a common goal—to create cyber-physical systems to innovate in manufacturing,” IDC's Bob Parker said at Dassault Systèmes’ recent Manufacturing in the Age of Experience event. “And it’s really dependent on a set of new technologies like IoT (the Internet of Things) and artificial intelligence (AI).”
Brett Brune
By Brett Brune Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing
Wearing a Microsoft HoloLens at a Creative Destruction Lab event in Calgary in May 2018, Vizworx President Jeff LaFrenz conducts a site visit to an industrial complex—ahead of the complex being built. The idea is to identify any problems with the facility so that they can be corrected early, reducing costs and time in design and construction.

Big savings, quick ROI materialize with the use of AR

January 30, 2020
Using augmented reality, a Scope AR customer building titanium panels for the Orion space capsule in 2018 saved $1 million the first day.
By Karen Haywood Queen Contributing Editor, SME Media
The dynamic process of Automated Dynamics’ in situ tape consolidation uses squeeze flow to cause shear thinning and mixing to entangle polymer chains and create a strong bond between layers.

A showcase for lasers’ versatility in aerospace

January 31, 2020
A couple of years back, Scott Blake was at a trade show in Baltimore when two researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center stopped at his company’s booth.
Ilene Wolff
By Ilene Wolff Contributing Editor, SME Media

Upfront

  • Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings
    NEWS DESK

    Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

    Cary Gitter March 5, 2026
    Despite ongoing technical advances, additive manufacturing companies continue to struggle in terms of P&L. The latest example is 3D-printing giant Stratasys Ltd., which released its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results Thursday that fell short of market expectations.
  • Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships
    PRESS RELEASES

    Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships

    PRESS RELEASE: Additive Manufacturing Users Group March 5, 2026
    The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) today announced the recipients of its scholarships. Li Yang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Louisville, has been awarded the Randy Stevens Scholarship for educators in additive manufacturing. Abby L. Stamper, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Boise State University, has been awarded the Guy E. Bourdeau Scholarship for students in additive manufacturing.
  • Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing
    MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

    Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing

    By Cole Mathisen, Director, Business Development, Innovance Inc. March 5, 2026
    3D additive-manufactured (AM) parts typically involve complex geometries and are often grown from harder metals that are either impossible to finish using traditional manual methods or will require huge amounts of time to do so.

AM Update

  • Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings
    NEWS DESK

    Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

    Cary Gitter March 5, 2026
    Despite ongoing technical advances, additive manufacturing companies continue to struggle in terms of P&L. The latest example is 3D-printing giant Stratasys Ltd., which released its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results Thursday that fell short of market expectations.
  • Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships
    PRESS RELEASES

    Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships

    PRESS RELEASE: Additive Manufacturing Users Group March 5, 2026
    The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) today announced the recipients of its scholarships. Li Yang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Louisville, has been awarded the Randy Stevens Scholarship for educators in additive manufacturing. Abby L. Stamper, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Boise State University, has been awarded the Guy E. Bourdeau Scholarship for students in additive manufacturing.
  • Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing
    MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

    Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing

    By Cole Mathisen, Director, Business Development, Innovance Inc. March 5, 2026
    3D additive-manufactured (AM) parts typically involve complex geometries and are often grown from harder metals that are either impossible to finish using traditional manual methods or will require huge amounts of time to do so.

Field Intelligence

  • Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings
    NEWS DESK

    Stratasys Stock Falls on Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

    Cary Gitter March 5, 2026
    Despite ongoing technical advances, additive manufacturing companies continue to struggle in terms of P&L. The latest example is 3D-printing giant Stratasys Ltd., which released its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results Thursday that fell short of market expectations.
  • Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships
    PRESS RELEASES

    Additive Manufacturing Users Group Awards Two Scholarships

    PRESS RELEASE: Additive Manufacturing Users Group March 5, 2026
    The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) today announced the recipients of its scholarships. Li Yang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Louisville, has been awarded the Randy Stevens Scholarship for educators in additive manufacturing. Abby L. Stamper, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Boise State University, has been awarded the Guy E. Bourdeau Scholarship for students in additive manufacturing.
  • Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing
    MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

    Additive Part Surfaces Shine With High-Energy Finishing

    By Cole Mathisen, Director, Business Development, Innovance Inc. March 5, 2026
    3D additive-manufactured (AM) parts typically involve complex geometries and are often grown from harder metals that are either impossible to finish using traditional manual methods or will require huge amounts of time to do so.