(Advanced Photonix: Camarillo, CA) –- Advanced Photonix, a division of OSI Optoelectronics and a leading provider of optoelectronics solutions, has introduced two new silicon carbide (SiC) broadband UV photodiodes for ultraviolet source monitoring.

(Southworth Products Corp.: Portland, ME) — Southworth Products Corp. has announced a new program to provide fast delivery of several models of lift tables and other vertical lifting and positioning equipment by shipping eligible products in one week.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Buildings in the U.S. are generally designed to withstand the usual suspects: rain, wind, snow, and the occasional earthquake. Abnormal events, such as gas explosions, vehicle impacts, or uncontrolled building fires, aren’t typically a consideration.

It’s time for U.S. manufacturers to focus on productivity or they will lose their long-term advantage. Productivity is fundamentally about increasing output rather than decreasing costs and inputs while output remains static.

Industrial machine-vision systems use high-resolution cameras, image-processing algorithms, and artificial intelligence to enhance quality control, automate inspections, and optimize production processes with precision and efficiency.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has awarded roughly $400,000 to each of its MEP National Network Centers in every state and Puerto Rico.

(RationalStat: Wilmington, DE) -- The global additive manufacturing market is estimated at $12.7 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of more than 18% over the forecast period of 2019-2028.

Twice in the last week I’ve heard about “idiot bosses.” Being the inquisitive guy I am, I probed for the root cause of such comments. Rather than simply asking what the cause is, I decided to address the symptoms first.

Pratt Miller was founded in 1989 by Gary Pratt and Jim Miller. Their aim was to create a world-class engineering company that could take automotive-based programs all the way from concept to reality.

(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- Vision Engineering, a world-leading provider of innovative inspection, metrology, and digital 3D visualization solutions, announces the launch of a third generation of ergonomic optical stereo microscopes.