Flexible Manufacturing Means Sustainable Manufacturing
For today’s manufacturers, the shift is on from mass production to mass customization. Dr. Ola L. A. Harrysson is co-director of the Center for...
What Is HUMANufacturing?
Comau is a leading global company in industrial automation. With over four decades of field-tested experience, Comau develops a wide assortment of innovative Industry...
Diversity in leadership benefits the oil and gas services industry
Carissa Skorczewski is the first woman and third generation of her family to successfully run and modernize Groebner, a manufacturer’s representative and distribution company...
Are Engineering Careers Still the Way to Go?
Dr. Steve Mackay has worked in engineering throughout Australia, Europe, Africa, and North America for the past thirty-five years as a design and commissioning...
The Tangible Benefits of Virtual Reality
At last year’s WEFTEC, one of the most talked about technical exhibits asked visitors to don a virtual reality (VR) headset and gloves and...
Pushing the Limits of a Microdrive
Drive technology is always changing to meet the industry’s greater need for efficiency and control. Edward Tom, the drives product manager for Yaskawa America’s...
End-to-end fluid management solutions
One of the challenges faced by peristaltic pump users in life sciences applications is maintaining the rigorous hygienic standards these tasks require. Below, Rolf...
Fire Protection Is a Hot Topic
Brian Buscher is a global marketing manager for Xylem’s A-C Fire brand with expertise in centrifugal pump systems for fire suppression in industrial and...
The Manufacturing Sector’s Ticking “Biological Clock”
As the senior director of partner program management at ThomasNet.com, Susan Orr is responsible for overall program management including partner on-boarding, operational integration, collaborative...
A Tough Pump for Tough Times
Though the last twelve months presented challenges for several industries, many manufacturers navigated these troubled waters to bring new products to market. For example,...