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Although the recession hit manufacturers hard last year, a few companies proved there was still money to made.

In this firsthand account, a former assembler at GM’s Saturn plant, describes how he and a co-worker devised an elegant solution to a complex problem.

Perhaps the most troubling trend to emerge from our annual Assembly Top 50 report is a sharp decline in R&D spending among the country's leading manufacturers.

LPCs are significantly more difficult to automate than reeled terminals.

Ever have the strange feeling that something big is wrong, but you don’t know what it is? Managing by control points is the only cure.

Delta robots excel at picking and placing simple parts at high speeds.

There’s more to the potting process than simply pouring a liquid resin onto an assembly.

The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 promises to spur investment in productivity-enhancing technology.

For more than 40 years, SELEX Galileo has developed space technology used throughout the world. So it was no surprise when the company was tapped in 2009 to be part of the ExoMars mission of the European Space Agency. 

Composites manufacturers are well aware of the potentially explosive nature of airborne dust created by secondary processes such as grinding, sawing, and finish polishing of formed parts. Most facilities utilize “closed vessel” dust collection systems to manage and collect this dust and keep it from migrating throughout the plant.