According to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year 48 million people in the U.S. get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases. That means 1 in 6 peop

This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek. Guest blog post by Traci Spencer, Grant Program Manager for TechSolve, Inc., the southwest regional partner of the Ohio MEP, part of the MEP National NetworkTM. This articl

Productivity matters. It matters a lot. Yet it often seems that folks talk about productivity, but don’t do anything about it.  At least, it feels that way to me when I go outside of the MEP National Network™, where we’re

This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek. Guest blog post by Traci Spencer, Grant Program Manager for TechSolve, Inc., the southwest regional partner of the Ohio MEP, part of the MEP National NetworkTM.This article

Manufacturers may have a new ally to help them more effectively use industry credentials to qualify and hire skilled workers, in the form of a valuable report entitled Examining the Quality, Market Value, and Effectiveness

Manufacturing industries as varied as automotive, electronics, chemical products and food already use collaborative robots (cobots) for tasks such as assembly, loading and packaging. The partnership between humans and cobo

Since their inception in 1959, Level 1 Fasteners, Inc. has continued to produce the highest quality fasteners for the US Navy and its subcontractors.  Level 1 Fasteners, Inc. began in the aerospace community in Southern Ca

This article originally appeared on Industry Today. Guest blog post by Buckley Brinkman, the Executive Director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity (WCMP). Reluctance to Employ Cobots Driven by 4

It takes more than a flashy website and clever promotional emails to compete in the manufacturing marketing arena. Chances are, your larger competitors are pitching similar products and services to the same client base. Yo

“Why are our changeovers taking so long?” If you’ve asked this question on the shop floor, more than likely you were met with blank stares by your employees. Open-ended questions like this are overwhelming, so employees t

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Wamore, Inc. is an aerospace and defense engineering company that builds precision air-drop equipment for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company also operates in the commercial secto

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2019 1st Quarter Manufacturers Outlook Survey found that 71.3% of the U.S. manufacturers surveyed cited the inability to attract and retain skilled workers as their top chall

This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek. Guest blog post by Matt Minner, the Senior Consultant for Technical Services at Catalyst Connection, part of the MEP National NetworkTM. There is a lot of buzz these days i

This article originally appeared on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Taking Measure blog. Guest blog post by Zara Brunner, the Communications Director at the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing (

Emhiser Research designs and manufactures a complete line of airborne and ground-based telemetry equipment. The company’s research, development, and production facility is located in Verdi, Nevada, just west of Reno. With

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 ori

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 p

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 Industri

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

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 ec