Amid a drumbeat of factory closings and layoffs in Oregon, an international packaging giant has announced that Millersburg will be the site of a new manufacturing facility. Ball Corp.’s ...

However, there were 292,825 factories in the U.S. as of 2021. Of those, 846 employ 1,000 people or more. Some of these are my engineering firm’s clients, giving us a front row seat to the complexity ...

Manufacturing is no longer about small, incremental gains. AI is revolutionizing factories into intelligent, adaptive systems ...

Predictive maintenance can help manufacturers save on costs by spotting equipment issues early. Companies like Aquant and Gecko Robotics provide AI-powered tools that inform maintenance decisions.

Winton Machine, an Atlanta-based manufacturer, is desperate to hire. So far, there are few takers. CEO and cofounder Lisa Winton has been searching for a salesperson since March. A mechanist job has ...

Eighty-six percent of manufacturing leaders believe the technologies they adopt today will be the main driver of competitiveness in the next five years. Yet, for many manufacturing leaders, navigating ...

This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The ...

This is Part 3 in our Planet Money newsletter series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Part 2 dived deep into ...

Walk into a modern manufacturing facility today, and you’ll see something that looks nothing like the factories of decades past. You’ll see data dashboards, AI-driven monitoring systems, and highly ...

GRAND FORKS — Vicki Bellin is a fabrication manager at ContiTech USA in Wahpeton, North Dakota. A division of Continental, the company is a leading supplier of technical rubber products and a ...

President Donald Trump has made "reshoring" a central pillar of his second-term agenda, pledging to boost American manufacturing and bring jobs back to communities across the country. To advance that ...

Oversized crowbars bend wood for a piano’s rim. Circular sanders smooth rough edges on costly Sitka spruce soundboards. Hammers and chisels notch a bridge to allow piano strings to vibrate freely. For ...