Promise, Progress, and Potential Pitfalls
While today’s widespread use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is new, the field has more history than many realize. Back in 1950, pioneering British mathematician and computer theorist Alan Turing...
Coventry Industries
Founded on years of firsthand experience, Coventry Industries is a one-stop provider of ammunition machining and engineering solutions. Specializing in building/rebuilding munitions presses, custom...
Reducing Risk on the Factory Floor
Watching people and machines working in harmony is akin to watching a prima ballerina and her partner performing a pas de deux, making even intricate movements seem effortless. When both are in...
AURA Technologies
At first glance there may be no apparent connection between a revolutionary expeditionary lighting system and a cybersecurity solution that protects networks, machines, and sensitive data during a...
Continental Hydraulics
In mid-2022, global air conditioning and refrigeration leader Daikin Industries, Ltd. acquired all shares of Italian hydraulic equipment manufacturer Duplomatic MS Spa, adding to its extensive...
Enduring Success in the Carolinas
Sharing a similar climate and favorable soil conditions, the U.S. states of North and South Carolina nonetheless boast distinct economic backgrounds and histories. Historically, South Carolina was...
Tsugami America
Representing a substantial investment in time, money, and expertise, Tsugami America unveiled its much-anticipated new Process Development Center (PDC) in its new corporate headquarters in Windsor,...
PDQ Workholding and Tooling
In the world of machining, precision is king, and few companies realize this more than PDQ Workholding and Tooling. If materials aren’t held in place properly, everything from timelines to...
T&T Custom Injection Moulding
T&T Custom Injection Moulding, family-owned and based in Oakville, Ontario, is consistently ranked among Canada’s top injection moulding businesses. However, Brian Tautrims, the company’s...
East Coast Metal Systems
It was 1990. The internet was just starting to take its first steps toward revolutionizing the world. The manufacturing industry was undergoing significant changes, including a major shift toward...
Beckwood Press Company
Business success comes from a commitment to quality, working closely with customers, and the ability to pivot—just a few of the many attributes that have made Beckwood Press Company the success it...
Flex-Line Automation
When you’re in the business of automation for as long as Cathy Rinne has been, you not only gain plenty of experience, but have lots of stories to tell. Looking back on over 40 years of creating...
Hangcha Forklift Canada
Since its founding nearly 70 years ago, Hangcha Group Co. Ltd. has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most respected makers of high-quality forklifts. One of the world’s top eight...
SVTronics
Approaching 30 years in business, Texas-based SVTronics, Inc. is one of America’s most respected advanced technology manufacturers. From its state-of-the-art facility in Plano, Texas—one of the key...
Zepf Solutions
While working for a packaging company, self-taught machinist Lawrence Zepf was asked if he could make some change parts for one of their bottling machines. Commonly known as stars and guides, these...
Quest Industrial
Creating a successful business takes hard work, vision, and the readiness to enter unknown territory. In the early 2000s, robotics as a field was starting to take off across the United States, but...
Makloc
For over 50 years, Alberta-based Makloc has served the building needs of customers in oil and gas, commercial and industrial, and the renewable energy sector. Known for quality, customer service,...
The Modern Machine Shop
American writer, philosopher, and influential arts and crafts supporter Elbert Hubbard famously said, “One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary...
Celebrating the Legacy and Future of Black-Owned Businesses in Manufacturing
Throughout history, Black men and women have been behind countless inventions, making our lives easier, safer, healthier, and more productive. From disposable syringes to lawn mowers, security...
Hull Forest Products
In today's world, words like “sustainable” and “renewable” are everywhere, but what do they really mean? For Hull Forest Products, these words are put into action every day, as they have been for...
Rayfast USA
In aerospace, automotive, global defense, and other demanding industries, working with trusted suppliers is critical. Not only do parts need to be readily available, but they must be delivered...
PROCECO
Parts washing is vital for manufacturing success. Far from an afterthought, it is an integrated part of the process in sectors as diverse as rail and transit on the one hand, and aerospace and...
Quality Components Company (QCC)
Back in 1974, Quality Components Company (QCC) focused on repairing welding torches, regulators, and gas apparatus from other manufacturers. Known as Quality Repair at the time, the Mentor,...
Pliteq
Firefighters had never seen anything like the inferno on February 12, 1990. Most blazes could be extinguished with water alone, but not 14 million scrap tires stacked 23 feet (seven meters) high. In...
The Enduring Impacts of Synthetic Materials
In the wake of reports about trillions of pieces of plastic waste in our oceans, and stories about whales washing ashore, bellies full of undigested plastic bags and fishing nets, disturbing studies...
Advanced Systems and Controls
For over 30 years, Advanced Systems and Controls (ASC) has led the way as one of America’s foremost developers of industrial assembly systems. A turnkey company, ASC’s automated solutions encompass...
Prime Automation Inc.
Automation is everywhere, and one of the companies driving the industry is Prime Automation Inc. Focusing its energy on delivering ingeniously designed, cost-effective solutions, Prime has been...
Modern Material Handling
In basic terms, material handling is the movement of raw goods from one location to another for the manufacture of finished products. Although it may seem simple, the success of these systems...
Chicago Rivet
For over 100 years, Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. has been on a mission: to provide its customers “with the highest quality products at a competitive price.” Founded by the grandfather of John...
Redline Plastics
For the team at Redline Plastics, keeping up with the competition isn’t good enough. To stay ahead of the pack requires commitment, ongoing investment in people and machinery, and broadening your...
Is the Robot Revolution at a Crossroads?
As the global use of automation, robotics, and language processing artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT increases, many are questioning where the world is heading and not if, but when,...
Banner Metals Group
To succeed in business for over a century takes determination, vision, skill, and the attitude to make it through tough times, which perfectly describes the metal products group Banner Metals....
Promation
Instead of viewing COVID-19 as a threat, Mark Zimny, P.Eng., saw it as an opportunity to strengthen his company and deepen empathy in and for his dedicated employees. As President and CEO at...
SMEs in Manufacturing
Committed to innovation and flexibility, small and medium-sized enterprises are crucial to strengthening and sustaining North America’s economic well-being. When we hear the word ‘business,’ many of...
Temperform
For over 50 years, Detroit-based Temperform has provided customers with high-quality heat, abrasion, and corrosion-resistant castings and machined components. Manufacturing no-bake sand mold steel...
The RiteScreen Company
For almost 80 years, RiteScreen, headquartered in Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, has solidified its reputation as a leader in the screen solutions business. Committed to customers and suppliers, and...
Window & Door Manufacturers Association
For almost a century, the Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) has advocated on behalf of its industry. Primarily representing window, door, and skylight manufacturers, the WDMA also...
A D Metro
Touch screen technology has come a very long way since A D Metro was founded in 1993, with some of that advancement thanks to innovations from this livewire company. Today, it’s hard to imagine a...
G.W. Becker, Inc.
Over 40 years, G.W. Becker, Inc. has grown from a local, family-owned business into one of North America’s foremost designers and manufacturers of industry-leading overhead crane solutions. A...
Coxreels
In 1923, the world was full of promise. World War I was over, and times were prosperous. The now 100-year-old Hollywood sign in California lit up the mountain slopes, and Vice President Calvin...
The Right to Repair
Technology has given the world televisions, computers, monitors, printers, copiers, and smartphones, but also a new term for the growing mountains of dead electronics: e-waste. The issue of e-waste...
Molecular Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the art of manipulating materials on an extremely small scale to build microscopic machinery. Just how small is ‘small’? A single nanometer (nm) is equal to one-billionth of a...
Viking Masek
When Leonhard Packaging Solutions (LPS) was founded by Robb Leonhard and his older brother Rick in 2002, the company started small, with Rick serving as President and Robb filling the role of Vice...
BouMatic
Across the United States and around the world, the dairy industry remains a significant contributor to the economy. According to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the U.S. dairy...
National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA)
For Roger Atkins, 2023 holds a lot of meaning for him both personally and professionally. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), headquartered...
Highpoint Tool & Machine
A leader in precision machining, Highpoint Tool & Machine specializes in projects requiring tight tolerances for clients in the kind of industries where failure is not an option—aerospace, oil...
Viking Masek
When Leonhard Packaging Solutions (LPS) was founded by Robb Leonhard and his older brother Rick in 2002, the company started small, with Rick serving as President and Robb filling the role of Vice...
Sonoco
For some companies, ‘sustainability’ is little more than a buzzword. For Sonoco, sustainable packaging, programs and services are integral to every part of the business, including packaging design,...
Edgewater Automation
In a little over two decades, Edgewater Automation has grown into one of America’s premier designers and builders of factory automation systems. With competencies including automated systems for...
Promation
Instead of viewing COVID-19 as a threat, Mark Zimny, P.Eng., saw it as an opportunity to strengthen his company and deepen empathy in and for his dedicated employees. As President and CEO at...