(Booz & Co.: New York) -- A new wave of optimism is overtaking the U.S. auto industry as it rebounds from the depths of the recession and a brutal restructuring, according to Booz & Co.’s second annual U.S. Automotive Industry Survey and Confidence Index.

(Sunnen Products: St. Louis) -- Sunnen Products, manufacturer and distributor of bore sizing machines, abrasives, and engine building products, now offers large-readout electronic indicators on its entire range of dial bore gauges.

Today we’re going to talk about transglutaminase. It’s an enzymatic glue with which you can stick two proteins together.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Tgestiona, which is part of the Telefonica Group, a major cell phone operator in Argentina, was awarded gold-level status as part of the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) International Team Excellence Award process for implementing quality tools to improve the company’s ima

A common practice in manufacturing and other nonservice lean initiatives is the application of work cells for supporting workflow and productivity. Work cells enable maximum efficiency of workflow through a value stream by optimizing motion economy.

It’s show time. That time of year when people with products to sell and people looking for products to buy hit the trade show trail.

(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment.