These and other forecasts bode well for manufacturing. Coincidentally, this issue, our annual Assembly Planbook, focuses on helping assembly professionals establish and manage the successful and profitable assembly projects that will contribute substantially to this growth.
But the larger and longer term strategic issue is that of recognizing future opportunities, and either developing or acquiring the manufacturing technology needed to exploit those opportunities profitably. One of the best places to look for early indicators about these long-range opportunities is in the technology forecasts from Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH).