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(AMETEK Solartron ISA: Shildon, England) -- AMETEK Solartron ISA, a leader in wet gas metering, has introduced the Dualstream FALCON, an innovative product developed to address the process and environmental challenges specific to the Middle East wet gas market.
Designed to excel in harsh, high…
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(EMUGE-FRANKEN USA: West Boylston, MA) -- EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, a leading manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, end mills, drills, gauges, and other rotary tools, has expanded its precision thread gauges line with tin-coated gauges featuring 3B class-of-fit, ensuring that critical…
Gleb Tsipursky
In recent months, headlines have proclaimed that companies like Amazon are demanding that employees return to the office in droves, signaling the end of the flexible work era.
However, contrary to these attention-grabbing headlines, reliable and objective data from sources like the U.S. Bureau of…
Abheek Chatterjee
Manufacturing is critical to our way of life. Without it, we wouldn’t have the supplies, food, clothing, electronics, and other things we use every day. However, manufacturing also produces waste that often ends up in landfills or oceans.
Looking at natural ecosystems provides a different…
Quality Digest
(Carbon Upcycling Technologies: Calgary, AB) -- Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Carbon Upcycling), a leader in decarbonization and carbon capture and use (CCU) for hard-to-abate industries, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the National Road Research Alliance…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) have come together for the first time at the dedicated Standards Pavilion at COP29 to ensure greater recognition of standards in…
ISO
The clock is ticking. Our planet is heating up, and with every passing day the stakes rise. Wildfires, floods, and storms are no longer distant headlines; they’re unfolding right on our doorstep. Humanity stands at a crucial turning point. But amidst the climate crisis, a powerful ally emerges from…
James Chan
Construction is an asset-intensive industry. Companies depend on building equipment, power tools, construction vehicles, and all heavy machinery for essential functions like excavation, construction, and demolition. This equipment must always be kept in safe, proper, and optimal working order so…
Becky Ham
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to lead a new Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub to support a partnership of eight New England universities committed to expanding science and technology entrepreneurship across the region, accelerating the translation…
Quality Digest
(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) – AMETEK has acquired Virtek Vision International, a leading provider of advanced laser-based projection and inspection systems.
Virtek specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced 3D laser projectors, smart cameras, and quality control inspection systems…
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(Amtivo: Arvada, CO; King’s Hill, England) -- Two leading certification bodies, American Systems Registrar (ASR) and Orion Registrar, have rebranded as Amtivo in the United States.
This marks another significant milestone for Amtivo Group, one of the fastest-growing brands in the certification…
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(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are developing a formula for success by studying how a new type of battery fails. The team’s goal is the design for long-term storage of wind and solar energy, which are produced intermittently, enabling…
George Thuo
Data breaches and cyberattacks are things that small to medium-size manufacturers think won’t happen to them. Yet, according to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, 43% of all cyberattacks are conducted against small businesses.
If that doesn’t grab your attention, consider this…
Enoch Li, Derek Deasy
Leadership happens in groups, as does most work. Without followers, who and what are we leading? Given that, leaders must understand what groups need if they want to maximize performance. Although most leaders should be familiar with executive coaching on an individual basis, they might know less…
Courtney Kinkade
At a time when Americans already owe more than $1.6 trillion in student loans, and the cost of college continues to rise, some young people are defying the traditional route of a four-year degree. Established professionals looking for a career change aren’t necessarily going back to college.…
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(GelSight: Waltham, MA) -- GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, and Meta AI have announced Digit 360, an artificial fingertip-shaped tactile sensor that delivers rich and detailed tactile data by digitizing touch with human-level precision. Digit 360 will expand the field of…
Mike Figliuolo
I recently went to Kings Island amusement park with the kids. Beyond experiencing the thrill of $9 sodas and wicked awesome roller coasters, I learned a few things about professional development while I was there.
Some of you love roller coasters, and some of you hate them. I used to hate them,…
Gabriel Popkin
Time: We all have a sense of it, an innate feel for it. We see it and use it every day. If you’re like me, the first thing you do in the morning is check the time on your phone to see if you need to get out of bed or if you can close your eyes and catch a few more z’s.
Once you’re up and moving,…
Quality Digest
(Mitutoyo American Corp.: Aurora, IL) -- Mitutoyo America Corp., a leader in precision measuring instruments, has announced the integration of the powerful Metlogix M3 software into the Mitutoyo Quick Image (QI) 2D Vision Measuring System. This latest enhancement promises to elevate the precision…
Quality Digest
(MiR: San Diego) -- Autonomous mobile robot (AMR) pioneer Mobile Industrial Robots has launched MiR Fleet Enterprise, a scalable, flexible, and secure fleet management software platform. This new software is designed to optimize overall material handling workflows to boost productivity. MiR Fleet…
Donald J. Wheeler
An engineer once told me, “I work on project teams that have an average half-life of two weeks, implementing solutions with an average half-life of two weeks.” Time after time, and in place after place, our improvement efforts often fall short of expectations and fade away. In this article, I will…
Adam Zewe
Large language models can do impressive things, like write poetry or generate viable computer programs, even though these models are trained to predict words that come next in a piece of text.
Such surprising capabilities can make it seem like the models are implicitly learning general truths…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy took a major step in establishing artificial intelligence as a priority in the coming decades.
Specifically, Energy has announced a $67 million investment in a number of AI projects from institutions in both government and academia as part of…
Quality Digest
(Boston Materials: Billerica, MA) – Boston Materials Inc., a manufacturer of advanced materials key to the next generation of semiconductors and aircraft platforms, has announced $13.5 million in new funding. The investment was led by AccelR8 and Diamond Edge Ventures, the U.S.-based corporate…
Ronald Cowen
Even before Shamir Maldonado-Rivera graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2019 with an applied physics degree, she had already picked out her dream job working with semiconductors.
The only problem was that she lacked the hands-on experience.
Her university studies hadn’t given Maldonado…
