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...
November 2023
The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA)
Protecting North American Electronics
The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) is a source of guidance and best practices for companies seeking optimum performance within this highly competitive industry. It is also an...
Xymox Technologies
High-Quality Interfaces
After Xymox Technologies was profiled in Manufacturing in Focus in December 2018, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based firm merged with the RAFI Group of Germany. This corporate collaboration has the...
AB Electronics
Building a Mutual Partnership Through Transparency and Integrity
AB Electronics’ goal is straightforward: Improving the productivity of clients’ businesses. How does the company do it? By providing top-notch, full-service, flexible manufacturing solutions with...
Masline Electronics
The Midas Touch of Stocking Distribution Flexibility
As a leader in distributing passive and electromechanical components, Masline Electronics is on a growth trajectory following the COVID-19 pandemic. Helping to drive customers’ bottom lines through...
Spirit Electronics
The Spirit of Success
Spirit Electronics is a value-added supplier of high-reliability components and superior supply-chain solutions for the aerospace and defense sectors. The veteran-owned, woman-owned business has...
Elasto Proxy
Family-Owned Fabricator Finds Its Niche
Thriving, family-owned fabricator Elasto Proxy of Boisbriand, Quebec specializes in high-end, low-volume industrial plastic and rubber components. The company also offers a suite of value-added...
Viking Masek
Proof That Top-Class Automated Packaging Takes Top-Class People
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
Helping Dairy Producers Do More
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...
Cadman Power Equipment
A Leader in the Field
Every business seeks to generate revenue and turn a profit. But there’s something special that happens when a business does that by helping people who are facing real adversity. Cadman Power...
Ascension Automation Solutions
Maximum Results. Minimalist Automation.
Simplicity can be elusive, and achieving it can, at the worst of times, lead developers down endless warrens of complexity—especially on large, high-stakes projects. At Ascension Automation...
VibraSystems Inc.
Smooth Operators – Innovations in Noise and Friction Control
Vibrations are all around us and, by and large, we may not think much of them when we are exposed to them for a couple of seconds. But they can be a serious problem in many ways for manufacturers....
Eco-Flex
Leaders in Recycled Rubber
Eco-Flex of Sturgeon County, Alberta, marked its 30th anniversary last year as a leader in the recycled rubber product market. The company is well-poised for future growth with products that appeal...
National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA)
Connecting and Advancing the U.S. Precision Manufacturing Industry
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...
Hirsh Precision
Achieving Gold Standards Through People and Culture
A well-known presence in the contract manufacturing space, Hirsh Precision is home to an energetic, detail-driven team. As Hirsh is popular amongst some of the country’s best-known brands in medical...
JV Manufacturing
Where Excellence and Precision Meet
After nearly half a century specializing in carbide stamping die fabrication, JV Manufacturing knows that providing competitive precision engineering and solid value earns customers more revenue...
Sirois Tool Co. Inc.
Mission Possible: Growth and Success Through Brand Promise
Whether clients require standard parts or specialized engineering, Sirois Tool Co. Inc. offers a wide range of build capabilities. The company’s experienced tool and gage makers, apprentices, and...
Boulevard Machine
Machining the Future
When one of the world’s leading aviation giants remarks that your new facility is so modern it’s reminiscent of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, you know you’re doing something right. While some...
Highpoint Tool & Machine
When It’s Precisely Precision That Matters
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...
Bourn & Koch
Unique Solutions Through the History of American Machine Tools
Providing unique solutions for some of the most challenging manufacturing applications, Bourn & Koch is known for meeting customer needs through close interaction and enduring relationships. The...
Chick Machine Company
Team Effort and Automation Win the Day
Chick Machine Company is celebrating its 52nd anniversary as one of Pennsylvania’s most well-known and reliable machine shops. The company’s story began in August 1971, with its namesake Jim Chick...
Microrobots and Nanobots
Grand Innovation on the Infinitesimal Scale
Robotics is an ever-growing field across a bevy of disciplines, including within manufacturing and its partner industries. More and more companies are beginning to see the benefits of adopting...