Over the last couple of years, manufacturing growth in North America has been less than stellar, with slow growth and even some contractions in 2024 and mixed results in 2025 as the market...
December 2025
Manufacturing’s Path to Renewal
Nothing Secret About This Cypher®Eddyfi Technologies
The safety processes that keep our world turning most often go unnoticed—until there’s a glitch in a system. Sometimes, these glitches end in high-stakes losses; other times, they end in tragedy. At...
These HMI Specialists Rebrand, Retool, and RecalibrateRAFI North America
As an independent business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Xymox Technologies custom designed and manufactured a variety of innovative products for the digital display and touch screen sectors. Since...
Just Around the CornerTechnology Predictions Shaping Manufacturing’s Next Five Years
The next five years promise more than incremental upgrades in the world of manufacturing. Technologies that once sounded like science fiction, from brain–computer interfaces to self-flying air...
Modernizing North American FabricationDesign Systems Canada Ltd.
Most people eventually come to appreciate a simple truth in life: we don’t know what we don’t know. At Design Systems Canada (DSC), this perspective has long guided the company’s approach to...
From the Silver Screen to Casinos and BeyondMetal Engineering & MFG.
In its long, fascinating history, Metal Engineering & MFG. has taken on projects for Hollywood, Las Vegas casinos, and major theme parks. Based in Ontario, California, this family-owned business...
Providing Diverse Capabilities in a One-Stop ShopBoose Aluminum Foundry
Founded in 1933 and now in its fourth generation, Boose Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc. has emerged as a key provider of high-quality aluminum sand castings for numerous modern markets and military uses....
Where Welding Innovation Runs in the FamilyD/F Machine Specialties®
D/F Machine Specialties® is a family-owned and operated manufacturer of welding guns, torches and consumables that has built its reputation on the transformative ability to revolutionize the sector...
A Leader in Metal FabricationOverlanders Manufacturing
Rooted in its long-standing home of British Columbia, Canada, Overlanders Manufacturing LP has built a reputation as a highly capable and adaptable force in precision sheet metal fabrication. The...
This Honing Equipment Giant Hits the Century Mark and BeyondSunnen Products Company
Sunnen Products Company, a leading manufacturer of honing equipment and associated products, passed the century mark last year. It was an extraordinary achievement for a business with very humble...
Trivalent Chrome, Talent Development, and the Road to GrowthLapeer Plating + Plastics
Major developments have been taking place at Lapeer Plating + Plastics, Inc., (LP+P) since Manufacturing in Focus last checked in with the Class A auto parts manufacturer in April 2025. The company...
50-Plus Years of Precision: Providing End-to-End SolutionsAlltrista Plastics
The history of Alltrista Plastics, a company focused on precision plastics manufacturing across multiple industries, is marked by both change and longevity. The business traces its history back to...
Raising the Bar on QualityAvon Food Company
In an industry where brands rise, merge, and disappear from store shelves as quickly as trends change, Avon Food Company stands out as a rare constant, defined not only by its product legacy, but by...
Standing Up for Steel in Stormy WeatherBri-Steel Manufacturing
When faced with challenges, businesses have a choice: either go along for the ride or grab the wheel, steer through the storm, and react minute-by-minute to changing conditions. For much of 2025,...
Turning Parts Into PerfectionNitrofreeze Cryogenic Solutions
Precise and versatile cryogenic processes, including cryogenic deflashing, deburring, dry ice blasting, and part-enhancing processes, are highly effective treatments for improving product quality....
Packing a PunchViessmann Manufacturing
Meeting with the Viessmann team is a little like attending an engineering magic show—always exciting, always fresh, and always revealing. This year was no different. Packed with four new products...
One Project, One Partnership, One Leader at a TimeAxiom Material Handling Solutions
Lucky leaders get to have conversations about how great their team is—lucky leaders, that is, of thriving organizations who work exceptionally hard and succeed in building a culture of excellence....
The Global Leader in High Performance Formworkalkus®
When it comes to formwork, plywood has long been the standard. But in 2000, alkus® raised the bar with its polypropylene solutions that outlast and outperform the competition in terms of job...


















