SME recognized and celebrated the achievements of leaders from across the manufacturing industry and academia at its recent 2019 International Awards Gala in Detroit.
SME’s AeroDef Manufacturing event takes place from March 26 to 29 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
AeroDef Manufacturing returns to Long Beach in April 2019.
Manufacturing added 3,000 jobs in May, with transportation equipment leading the way.
The world’s leading additive manufacturing event will draw 7,000 industry professionals and executives to Detroit.
Renishaw Inc. is preparing to move into a new 133,000-sq.-ft. office and warehouse facility in West Dundee, IL, about 40 miles from Chicago. The two-story facility will be the company’s new North American headquarters, but also includes space for product development, testing, warehousing and distribution. It includes the new U.S. Additive Manufacturing Solutions Center – part of Renishaw’s network of global Solutions Centers, opening over the next year.
All five will receive their awards during SME’s May 19 International Awards Gala in Detroit.
Additive manufacturing holds potential for many possible new frontiers in the aerospace industry, and manufacturers in aviation and space flight are reaching for those new vistas. But they’re held back at less than warp speed due to a lack of awareness, unmet technological needs and the absence of a formal regulatory process in their highly regulated industry.
The nexus of cyber and physical security threats is the stuff of nightmares, and while manufacturers are waking up to it as a reality, experts worry that the awakening is happening too slowly.
Four universities—Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Madison and North Dakota State University (NDSU)—competed in the inaugural 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Disruptive Design Challenge (DDC) at 3M’s headquarters (St. Paul, MN), Friday, April 13.