(Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific has simplified the workflow for its SureTect PCR (polymerase chain reaction) system by introducing streamlined handling and fail-safe color-coded plates and reagents to smart, intuitive software and instrumentation.

(Hexagon: Cobham, Surrey, U.K.) -- Hexagon has announced the winner of the second cohort of its Sixth Sense open innovation platform, which nurtures startups creating solutions to pressing manufacturing challenges.

(AW-Lake: Oak Creek, WI) -- AW-Lake is supplying flow monitors to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use on its research vessels as part of a process to measure the temperature and salt content of the world’s oceans.

In a highly regulated industry like medical technology, manufacturing processes must undergo either process verification or process validation to ensure they’re consistently producing the correct result. The question is, which one should you use?

(PR Newswire: Boston, MA) -- Membrane materials are of fundamental importance for fuel cells—so significant, in fact, that they typically give their name to the fuel cell, as is the case for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

Knowledge-intensive work is quite different from the physical manufacturing work that birthed the corporate hierarchies widely prevalent today.

(HEIDENHAIN: Traunreut, Germany) -- To assist in training the next generation of manufacturing professionals, ACU-RITE is offering deep discounts on its line of DROs and MILLPWR G2 CNC retrofit packages.

(Cablevey Conveyors: Oskaloosa, IA) -- The food processing industry continues to experience significant growth.

Shortly before the layoffs at Salesforce,

If you feel like there are fewer workers to be found these days, rest assured—you are correct.