Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) manufactures transmission and engine control components for automakers around the world. Customers include companies like Renault, Ford Motor Co., Audi, DaimlerChrysler and Toyota.
Farris Automated Systems LLC (Stoughton, WI) manufactures custom, turnkey automation systems for use throughout North America. The company specializes in pick-and-place and assembly applications for the plastics, packaging and automotive industries.
Before everyone called it lean, that collection of practices and ideas, mostly adopted from Toyota, was commonly referred to as just-in-time manufacturing. Books like Robert "Doc" Hall's Attaining Manufacturing Excellence, published in 1986, opened our eyes to the concept.
Electric and electronic connector company Harwin Inc. (Salem, NH) manufactures an extensive range of standard and custom products for the military, aerospace, medical, automotive and consumer electronics industries.
Succeeding in today's competitive manufacturing environment requires two things: smarts and cutting-edge technology. And both will be found in abundance at this year's Assembly East and NEPCON East-Electro trade show, May 10-11 at the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston
A superficial consideration of which methods to use for leak testing medical devices might suggest that there is no difference between, say, testing a pump to deliver insulin and testing a pump to deliver motor oil.
The Custom Automated Systems Group (CASG) consists of companies that serve the automation needs of U.S. manufacturers by producing custom-built assembly and test systems, material removal systems, and material forming and joining systems.
As Yogi Berra famously observed, it's déjà vu all over again. One year ago we noted that despite rhetoric about a "jobless recovery," the available data showed that as the United States emerged from recession, the economy was also recovering jobs.
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