7th Annual STEP Ahead Awards Recognize Women for Excellence in Manufacturing March 1, 2019 The Washington-based Manufacturing Institute will award Sandvik Coromant’s Danielle Allen with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award. The STEP Ahead Awards honor women who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers and represent all levels of the manufacturing industry, from the factory floor to executive management.
HOUSTEX 2019 Brings Education, Networking and Manufacturing’s Best to Houston March 8, 2019 More than 5,400 manufacturing professionals from around the country descended on the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston last week for the biennial HOUSTEX event, held February 26-28. There, visitors interacted with more than 280 exhibiting companies occupying 65,610 square feet of exhibit space.
Stratasys Takes Top Spot in ABI Research’s Additive Manufacturing Platform Competitive Assessment March 22, 2019 Ranked as the top additive manufacturing (AM) platform vendor, Stratasys (Los Angeles) scored highest in the overall category of implementation and topped four of the 12 ranking criteria, announced Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies.
Big Ass Fans Unveils New LED Light February 1, 2019 With a module that directs light where it’s needed, the LED Bay Light from Big Ass Fans, Lexington, Ky., keeps the light bright and the heat away. Offering a variety of outputs (six lumen options ranging from 12,000 to 36,000), the light can brighten any space.
HVCC Builds Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills February 19, 2019 Troy, N.Y.-based Hudson Valley Community College is building a $14.5-million, 37,000-sq.-ft. advanced manufacturing center to train CNC machinists, toolmakers, CNC programmers, and industrial maintenance personnel. The Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills (CAMS) is expected to be completed this May and open in September.
Aerospace Industry Increasingly Turns to PVD Coatings to Replace Hard Chrome February 22, 2019 The search for a suitable replacement to hard chrome on aerospace components has been a key supply chain priority for aircraft manufacturers. This is because of the documented health risks to workers and the impact on the environment from exposure to hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen that occurs during the chrome plating process and the most toxic form of chromium.
DoD Set to Award $10 Million to DMDII February 21, 2019 The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is set to award $10 million in funding this year to the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) here, UI Labs CEO Caralynn Nowinski Collens, said this morning. UI Labs is DMDII’s parent organization.
Fueled by Defense Funding, DMDII to Become MxD February 28, 2019 The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) will be renamed MxD and will stand as an independent organization from UI LABS, now that it has achieved strong momentum and robust fiscal health, the organization said today.
Where Microns Matter: Optical Measuring SystemsWhere Microns Matter: Optical Measuring Systems February 21, 2019 Optical measuring systems, which use light instead of touch, are becoming more widely used in manufacturing because of their faster speed, higher accuracy and ability to measure oddly shaped parts.
ROLLING INTO ASIA: Two German Firms’ Timely Moves February 19, 2019 To date, GBneuhaus has only produced its nanotech-enabled coatings in Neuhaus am Rennweg, a small village in the state of Thuringia. But that’s about to change: The 28-year-old firm in June founded a company in Pune, India, and will soon begin producing its antimicrobial coating there.
