The U.S. has not been competitive, so companies sourced offshore to meet consumer and industrial demand for low-priced goods. Fortunately, however, a positive localization trend since 2010 indicates an increasing rate of reshoring by U.S. companies and foreign direct investment by foreign companies.
Alden Tool Co. expands its presence in medical tools via precision grinding.
Gene Granata of CGTech Inc. talks to Manufacturing Engineering about software.
The Institute for Supply Management issued an economic forecast calling for expansion for the rest of 2021.
Additive manufacturing is one way companies can prepare for the next supply chain interruption.
Too much inaccuracy in G-code post processing for Swiss-style machines is hurting manufacturers.
Sure, grinding equipment itself is getting better— but so is all the technology surrounding it.
