(Utah State University: Logan, UT) -- See and experience firsthand what is at the heart of the lean business model in Japan through a series of plant tours, workshops, and networking with peers, Sept. 10–18. This will truly be a life- and career-changing trip.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP).

The collapse of the global economy has put a lot of manufacturing companies out of business. Even at this late stage of the recession, there are still auctions of recently closed plants conducted every day.

(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- In the past, free-form tubes were in demand primarily from the furniture business for design reasons. These days, demand is generated from all industrial areas.

(Pilgrim Software Inc.: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has partnered with The Winvale Group, a provider of information technology solutions to the United States’ public sector.

When the phrase “social network” comes to mind, people generally think about Facebook or Twitter. Volumes of academic studies have been written on this relatively new phenomenon.

During the past six years, the Harrington Institute and its business partners have been involved in community improvement efforts that have produced significant results within the organizations involved.

(UL: Northbrook, IL) -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global provider of safety testing and certification, was recently named the exclusive nationally recognized testing laboratory for The EV Project, a groundbreaking study of electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure.