A new generation of hybrid solar cells will make it cheaper and easier to mass produce photovoltaic devices. The technology combines nanotechnology with plastic electronics.
Screen legend Cary Grant once called the stage his factory. Had he been a manufacturing engineer, he might have been understood literally, instead of metaphorically.
The Boeing Co. (Seattle) is one of the biggest airframe manufacturers in the world. In any given year, its facility produces 300 to 600 commercial airplanes, ranging from 717s to 747s.
John Deere’s manufacturing traditions date back to 1837, when blacksmith John Deeredeveloper of the first commercial, self-cleaning steel plowfounded the firm.
Ducommun Aerostructures (Long Beach, CA) now uses Tecnomatix Technologies’ (Nashua, NH) eMPower software to produce fuselage components for the Boeing C-17 aircraft. Ducommun manufactures aerostructures and assemblies for aircraft companies.