Press Releases

SME announced its Additive Manufacturing Community awards at the RAPID + TCT event, being held this week at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Now in its 28th year, RAPID + TCT is the preeminent event for discovery, innovation and networking in additive manufacturing.

SME, a manufacturing industry resource and advocacy organization committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a prepared, equipped manufacturing workforce, has announced a request for proposal (RFP) seeking a comprehensive association management system (AMS) to support critical business functions.

Leaders in sports, entertainment and several other industries will take the stage and demonstrate innovative applications of 3D printing at SME’s RAPID + TCT event at the Fort Worth Convention Center April 23-26.

The Lean Certification Alliance, a partnership of three leading nonprofit organizations (Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), the Shingo Institute, and SME), have announced that Catalysis, a not for profit with the mission of transforming the healthcare industry to create greater value for patients, has become an endorser of the Lean Certification Alliance.

Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ) will exhibit the main components of its cyber-physical factory—acquired from Festo Didactic with the support of Festo Canada—at the Montréal Manufacturing Technology Show (MMTS) this May 14 to 16.

SME and owner of the TCT Group, Rapid News Publications Ltd, have today announced two new events under the RAPID + TCT banner.

As the digital revolution progresses, manufacturing professionals — at all levels — must understand the benefits and consequences of integrating emerging technologies into their operations.

SME has announced that Kurt S. Carlson and Carroll Grant are the recipients of the 2018 SME Award of Merit. Carlson is a technician and instructor at the Manufacturing Campus of Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Grant is a composites consultant and contractor with Aerospace Composites Consulting in Sandy, Utah.

SME, committed to the manufacturing industry through promoting advanced manufacturing technology and workforce development, has selected 18 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers to be honored for exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry.

SME, a nonprofit organization that supports the manufacturing industry, along with its Composites Manufacturing Tech Group, recognized an industry leader and prominent composites manufacturing company with its 2018 Composites Manufacturing Awards.