The concept of planned obsolescence—products specifically designed to have a limited lifespan—stems in part from two events that took place in the 1920s. The first event occurred just before...
April 2026
Built to Break, Built to Last
All in the FamilyThe Power of Family-Owned Manufacturing
This year, April 10th marked National Siblings Day. Known as Brothers and Sisters Day in Europe, where it is typically celebrated at the end of May, Siblings Day was created over 30 years ago by...
Teaming Up for Success Since 1987Team Industries
When it comes to the timely delivery of high-quality shop fabricated pipe spools, tanks, and vessels, Team Industries, Inc. leads North America’s fabrication industry. With fabrication facilities in...
Where Quality Meets CommitmentSpectrum Custom Packaging
Looking to stand out among custom packaging manufacturers? Spectrum Custom Packaging has found a way to craft innovative and inspired custom packaging solutions by believing that what’s on the...
A Best-Kept Secret No LongerMichigan Manufacturing Technology Center
The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) continues its 30-plus-year mission to provide its home state’s manufacturers with the tools and knowhow they need to succeed in today’s...
Learning from History, Leading with InnovationAtlas Technologies
With thousands of die change installations globally, pressroom automation leader Atlas Technologies celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. Following several years of upgrades to its knowledge...
Workplace Solutions that WorkSymbiote
Symbiote is a manufacturer of specialized laboratory, technical, and healthcare furniture who, alongside its partners, seeks to elevate its clients’ spaces and the work that can be done within them....
From Hand Assembly to High-Tech ManufacturingPTG Electronics
In an era when global supply chains are being reshaped and advanced manufacturing technologies are rapidly evolving, few companies embody the modern manufacturing renaissance quite like PTG...
Making the Machines that Run IndustryGrotnes
Over the past two years, Grotnes (pronounced ‘Grote-ness’) has launched a series of initiatives based around artificial intelligence (AI), customer service, and its product line. Headquartered in...
Into the Woods: Sustainable Packaging through Forest StewardshipCPS Wood Products
Regarded as a pioneer and a green leader in providing wooden pallets and crates for a variety of shipping needs, Canadian Pine and Spruce (CPS) Wood Products serves both Canada and the United...
Engineering the FutureCanway Equipment
For 40 years, Canway Equipment Mfg. Inc. has quietly built a reputation as one of Canada’s most trusted manufacturers of rolling steel ladders and material handling solutions. From humble beginnings...
New Products, New Partnerships, and New High-Tech SolutionsRawMaxx
RawMaxx Trailers, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, manufactures top-of-the-line steel-built trailers and ancillary products. The company’s dump, gooseneck, utility,...
Engineering Accessibility and IndependenceHumanWare
In Drummondville, Quebec, a manufacturing operation is quietly reshaping what accessibility means for people who are blind or visually impaired—from braille devices and tactile displays to wearable...
Supporting OEMs from Design to ProductionStronix
In industries where machinery operates under extreme conditions, reliability and performance are not optional, they are essential. From mining operations to forestry equipment and power generation...
A Valuable Merger Allows Engineering to ShineElcon Precision
For over half a century, Elcon Precision LLC has served the Bay Area of California and beyond in making its services of brazing, metallization, coating, etching, and more available to a wide variety...
Solid as a RockRock Run Industries
For Fritz Schlabach, founder and owner of Rock Run Industries in Millersburg, Indiana, running a solid business is all in a day’s work. His formula is almost deceptively simple: by ensuring that his...
















