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What will factories look like 100 years from now when the bicentennial of the moving assembly line is celebrated? Will people still be involved in the production process?

The late Eiji Toyoda was a giant in the world of lean manufacturing and quality control.

The commercial vehicle industry is finally emerging from the doldrums. Will the industry keep on truckin'?

Despite all the recent hype and hoopla, does 3D printing have a future in mainstream manufacturing?

Finally, U.S. furniture manufacturers are slowly, but surely, gaining ground lost during the Great Recession.

A test-centric assembly process would have helped Boeing and Airbus avoid problems with their new aircraft.

Manufacturing has always been important to Northeast Indiana. “We had always been first in and last out of a recession," says John Sampson, president and COO of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership. "But this time we were first in and first out.”

Did you like taking things apart when you were younger? Did this inspire you to become an engineer or pursue a career in manufacturing? Do you still like taking stuff apart today?