(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Tough times require searching for things that we can change and making them better. But so often problems are solved with Band-aids and not root-cause solutions. This approach is getting too expensive and at best only helps companies tread water.

(Concurrent Technologies: Johnstown, PA) -- In an effort to save costs in ship construction and maintenance, the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) is conducting a Navy ManTech project that is developing a prototype system for inspecting tapers

(Jossey-Bass/Wiley: San Francisco) -- Based on leadership expert Mike Figliuolo’s popular “Leadership Maxims” training course, One Piece of Paper (Jossey-Bass, 2011) teaches decisive, effective leadership by taking a holistic approach to

(U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Washington) -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank have announced a partnership to encourage the creation of domestic manufacturing jobs and opportunities for U.S. suppliers through transportation investments.

(CMM Dynamics: Apollo, PA) -- CMM Dynamics Inc., a leader in the precision fixture design and manufacturing industry, has designed and patented a precision universal fixture, the Vision Slide, which will reform the methodologies of fixture setup allocation on vision systems.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ASTM International have signed an agreement to increase their cooperation in developing international standards for additive manufacturing—which refers to the process of joining materials to manufactured objects, us

(NZTE: Christchurch, New Zealand) -- A new report by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise suggests that New Zealand can provide a valuable model for health policy makers and IT professionals seeking to reduce costs and increase the quality of health care in the United States and other nations.

(Siemens: New York) -- Increases in productivity attributed to digital and lean manufacturing are driving changes in manufacturing processes and requiring additional training for workers.

(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, Ontario) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, has launched its new BOA Pro smart camera.

(Lumetrics: Rochester, NY) -- Lumetrics, a leading manufacturer of measurement technology, began shipment of its latest innovation, the LumetriScan 360, a fully automated, noncontact thickness measurement system for the medical industry.