The packaging industry is currently brimming with interesting and novel ideas that are either beginning to take shape or evolving into more complex final products. As individual customers and...
November 2024
Mining Haul Trucks, Dozers, and Wheel Loaders Go High-Tech
What’s New in Mining Equipment
As mining operations evolve to meet the challenges of efficiency, environmental impact, and safety, so too do the vehicles that power them. In a world where productivity and sustainability must go...
America Makes
Additive Manufacturing and America Makes – How They Add up to a Great American Future
With over 300 members, America Makes is a public-private partnership that has established a unique approach to accelerating the development and adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for a stronger...
Additive Manufacturing LLC
Innovative Manufacturing, Quality, and Commitment
In the ever-evolving world of manufacturing, innovation and quality are the driving forces behind success. Companies like Additive Manufacturing LLC (AM LLC) have found a way to navigate this...
Carnegie Mellon’s NextManufacturing Center
How a Collaborative Approach is Revolutionizing Additive Manufacturing
One of the top research facilities in the world for additive manufacturing—AM, or 3D printing—the NextManufacturing Center advances this technology by leveraging the combined engineering and data...
Spirit Electronics
Advanced Solutions
Spirit Electronics is a company to watch. After profiling the business in 2019 and 2023, Manufacturing in Focus sat down with Chief Executive Officer Marti McCurdy once again to hear the latest news...
A+ Group
In the Business of Building Strong Connections
A+ Group is a hardware specialist with over 30 years of experience serving manufacturers with an extensive inventory of plastic and metal components of the highest quality, as well as...
Teledyne Hastings Instruments
A History of Reliability – A Future of Innovation
As a supplier of high-performance instruments selected to make the journey to Earth’s glowing natural satellite with the Apollo 11 mission, Teledyne Hastings Instruments is famous for the...
Cranemasters
First Responders for the Railroad Industry
American railroad contractor Cranemasters officially began operations on October 10, 1986. It originated as the culmination of an idea of Loren Isringhausen’s, an idea that came to fruition with...
Franchino Mold & Engineering
World-Class Tooling That Exceeds Expectations
When shiny new objects leave the factory to enter the marketplace, no matter how varied they are, they all have one thing in common: whether SUVs or speed boats, medical equipment or consumer goods,...
LIVIO Building Systems
Changing Construction From the Ground Up
LIVIO Building Systems is making big moves and bringing new ways of thinking into the construction industry—but the person behind its development initially made his name outside of construction....
DeGeest Corporation
The Proven Path to Automation
In today's fast-paced manufacturing world, there's a growing belief that simply adding robots or automated systems will solve production bottlenecks. But that’s not always the case. DeGeest...
The Connected Shop
Revolutionizing Smart Technology for Modern Living
In a world increasingly driven by technology, The Connected Shop stands as a beacon for those seeking to enhance their daily lives with meaningful, innovative solutions. Specializing in smart...
Polyval Coatings
Innovating Through Relationship-Building
Since its founding in 1983 as a neighborhood source for light-duty industrial maintenance paints, Polyval has remained committed to its goal of becoming a leading-edge, high-tech business with...
Intercon Paper
Rock, Paper, Profits
Intercon Paper is a one-stop paper solutions provider for an impressive number of customers in many industries. Operating in what the company considers to be one of the country’s largest markets, it...
East Coast Metal Systems
A Full-Service Fabricator for the Finishing Touches
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...
LEWCO, Inc.
A Century of Fabrication Excellence
As a self-sufficient custom fabricator of both material handling conveyor systems and industrial ovens, LEWCO, Inc. of Sandusky, Ohio serves customers across the United States and around the world....
Wind River Built
Tiny Home Construction Goes Modular
For most of its existence, Wind River Built of Chattanooga, Tennessee designed, manufactured, and delivered Park Model tiny homes—that is, mini-residences on wheels. The specialty construction...