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(Automation Alley: Troy, MI) -- Project DIAMOnD, the nation’s largest distributed 3D printing network led by Automation Alley and funded by Oakland County, has launched its new additive manufacturing marketplace. This is a secure, peer-to-peer platform where companies can submit 3D printing jobs at…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a broad agency announcement (BAA) soliciting proposals for research, prototyping, and commercial solutions that advance U.S. microelectronics technology. Proposals will…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A wave of aluminum auto body scrap is set to enter salvage systems over the next decade. This scrap is often too impure to be safely reused in new, critical automotive parts, limiting its value.
That’s changing thanks to a team of researchers at…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to lead three research collaborations with fusion industry partners as part of the 2025 cohort of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, or INFUSE. The awarded projects will tap ORNL’…
(Advancion: Buffalo Grove, IL) -- Advancion Corp., a global leader in life science buffers and proprietary specialty ingredients, has released its 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report, available at advancionsciences.com/sustainability.
Now in its fourth year of comprehensive sustainability…
(Relay: Raleigh, NC) -- Frontline teams are locked in a daily battle against their own tools. The constant firefighting, the unpredictable costs, and the operational chaos create a high-stress environment that hurts morale and the bottom line. Relay’s new survey data from more than 500 industrial…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- 3D printing has come a long way since the 1980s, when Chuck Hull pioneered stereolithography—a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers. Over the decades, 3D printers have evolved from experimental curiosities into tools capable of…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Meeting the increasing demand for real-time data and automation in oil and gas operations, NewTek Sensor Solutions has engineered a line of linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) specifically for reliable position feedback in downhole environments. These…
(NextGen Contracting: Lexington, KY) -- NexGen Contracting, Gray’s self-perform arm, is leading the charge toward more sustainable construction practices through its concrete division.
NexGen’s concrete division is rethinking how concrete is produced, specified, and delivered to meet the demands…
(Permag: Lancaster, PA) -- Permag, the only U.S.-based producer of samarium cobalt (SmCo) magnets, announced an aggressive expansion of its magnetic manufacturing capacity to ensure a continued, secure, robust, and resilient domestic supply chain of critical magnetics.
Permag is making a…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- In a bold step toward transforming how nuclear infrastructure is built, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with Kairos Power and Barnard Construction, has successfully developed and…
(PI Americas: Auburn, MA) -- For tasks requiring submicrometer precision, such as alignment, adjustment, or fine positioning, PI’s M-235, L-220, and M-230 series linear actuators deliver reliable, high-performance motion. These compact actuators are ideal for demanding applications in optics,…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- United Rare Earths has licensed two innovative technologies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory aimed at reducing dependence on critical rare earth elements. These technologies support the creation of high-performance magnets engineered to use significantly less rare earth…
(LMA Consulting Group: Claremont, CA) -- Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, a leading expert in manufacturing strategy and supply chain transformation, and president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., is weighing in on the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at…
(FABTECH USA: Lancaster, SC) -- The manufacturing and fabrication industries, like many in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), have long faced a gender imbalance. Women currently make up only about 26% of the STEM workforce, a figure that has seen little movement during the past 25…
(U.S. Army: Arlington, VA) -- Aluminum scrap is one of the most common materials found on military bases and aircraft carriers worldwide. Now, the U.S. Army has tapped Georgia Tech to help turn that waste into power that can be generated off the grid and on demand.
The Army Research Office…
(Dürr: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) -- Less space, fewer energy requirements, but more performance and the highest battery cell quality. That’s the approach taken by engineering companies Dürr and GROB for their new concept factory for lithium-ion battery cells. Key technologies include dry…
(Hithium: Shanghai) -- On June 11, 2025, at SNEC 2025 in Shanghai, Hithium, a leading global energy storage technology company, held a product safety technology-sharing event themed “Leading the Future, Forged for Safety.” Hithium announced the successful mass production of the world’s first kAh…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- As demand for energy-intensive computing grows, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets scientists see in unprecedented detail how interfaces move in promising materials for computing and other…
(Aspiring Materials: Christchurch, New Zealand) -- Aspiring Materials, an innovative leader in critical mineral extraction, is expanding to the United States to help solve one of the most urgent challenges facing American industry: secure and sustainable access to critical minerals. Building on the…
(Path Robotics: Columbus, OH; ALM Positioners: Rock Island, IL) -- Path Robotics and ALM Positioners announce the successful implementation of their combined AI-powered welding solution at TYCROP, a leader in developing and manufacturing oil and gas, power generation, and clean energy solutions.…
(Haimer USA: Chicago) -- In modern manufacturing, productivity is measured in spindle uptime. Every moment a CNC machine isn’t cutting a part is lost potential—delaying output, increasing costs, and reducing profitability.
Haimer, a Germany-based global leader in precision tool holding and…
(LabWare: Wilmington, DE) -- LabWare, a global leader in laboratory information management systems (LIMS), has launched LabWare ASSURE, an innovative SaaS platform designed to promote food and beverage quality in laboratories with complete digital control over quality, safety, and compliance…
(Mitutoyo America Corp.: Aurora, IL) -- Mitutoyo America Corp., a global leader in precision measurement technology, announced the launch of the MiSTAR 575 Shop Floor CNC coordinate measuring machine (CMM). Building on the success of MiSTAR 555, MiSTAR 575 takes shop-floor performance, accuracy,…
(MIT Sloan Management Review: Cambridge, MA) -- Flawed assumptions about what motivates people to work can lead to counterproductive management tactics, argues new research from MIT Sloan Management Review.
Psychology research has established that individuals are naturally intrinsically motivated…