Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Greenville Colorants , located in Greenville, South Carolina, sets the standard in value-added processing and distribution of dyes and specialty chemicals to the textile, paper, and other specialty industries, such as ink plastics, paint, stains,...

Precision Custom Coatings LLC manufactures and distributes interlining products. The company offers woven, nonwoven, and knitted fusible; needle punch and fiberfill; top fuse and sew-ins interlinings. Additionally, it provides adhesives, taping...

This article originally appeared on Industry Today . Guest blog post by Jennifer Kurtz, the Cyber Program Director at Manufacturer’s Edge, an NIST MEP Center in Colorado and a representative of the MEP National Network TM . According to the U.S...

LiteCure designs and manufactures medical devices for medical and veterinary healthcare professionals. LiteCure’s technology has been driven by sound scientific understanding – combining physics, laser science, and engineering to provide advanced...

In singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 1970s rendition of his classic song “Idiot Wind,” he hints at meeting a fortune teller who warns of possible danger ahead. We don’t have a crystal ball or trusted fortune teller for our economy, but in the event of...

Calienté LLC provides high quality, innovative heating solutions to help businesses lower costs. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with around 25 employees, Calienté offers both custom and standard parts, using a worldwide set of design and supply...

Artificial intelligence is widely acknowledged as a crucial aspect of what is broadly referred to as Industry 4.0. While no one knows yet how artificial intelligence will be incorporated into the next phase of the Industrial Revolution, most agree...

Machine Tech uses the most technologically advanced equipment in the machine shop industry to manufacture a wide range of products, from simple to highly complex machine-tooled parts. The company creates more than 30,000 parts from over 3,000 unique...

Robots have been a part of industry longer than you might think. The patent for the first industrial robot , Unimate, was granted in 1961. While robots were sometimes utilized by larger manufacturers, such as automotive original equipment...

The manufacturing industry has drastically changed in recent years, yet the public’s perception has not. Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC), part of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Extension Partnership (PA MEP) and the MEP National Network , found a solution. After talking to stakeholders throughout Pennsylvania, MRC confirmed what it suspected: manufacturing’s image needed to be addressed and change begun with students before they enter high school. But MRC still struggled with how to reach the younger generation and get them interested in manufacturing careers.