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It’s not every day that the 30 women and men at The Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University find themselves working 12-hour shifts, six days a week and sometimes overnight to manufacture a product. In fact, it was never the case prior to mid-March 2020.

March is Women’s History Month. This annual observation gives us the chance to honor the many contributions women have made to manufacturing throughout this industry’s history despite a culture that hasn’t always welcomed those contributions. 

In a project co-funded by Ford Motor Co. and the ExOne Co., a team of engineers, material scientists, and manufacturing experts has developed a patent-pending process for rapid and reliable binder jet 3D printing and sintering of aluminum that delivers properties comparable to die casting.

The management team of Okuma America Corp. has announced that BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Hoffman Estates, Illinois, recently joined the Partners in THINC network. 

Mazak Corp. held its February All Axes LIVE virtual event on February 23, streaming from both its Florence, Ky., manufacturing campus and Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Desktop Metal Inc. and Uniformity Labs, today announced a breakthrough powder that enables aluminum sintering for binder jetting AM technology.

Two years after the second fatal crash involving Boeing Co.’s 737 Max, questions remain about the aircraft maker’s relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration, The Seattle Times said.

The SME Toronto chapter is very fortunate to have Jenny Ono Suttaby in their core team and takes this opportunity to convey thanks to Jenny for her relentless service for more than 30 years to the manufacturing community and the SME Toronto Chapter 26.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major challenge for the manufacturing industry and its professional associations. In this episode, Alan Rooks, editor in chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine and Brett Brune, editor in chief of Smart Manufacturing magazine, talk with Bob Willig, who joined SME as CEO on January 1 as executive director and CEO. Among other topics, Willig comments on why he joined SME; what the industry should expect out of SME post-pandemic; the outlook for manufacturing; areas of opportunity for SME; aspects of smart manufacturing that interest him; and how manufacturers in general and SME in particular can target the workforce skills gap.

About a week ago, Texas released its worst employment report in months, losing 27,500 jobs in February.