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To turn recent immigrants into productive and highly skilled workers, companies should assess workers’ skills and capabilities.

Frameless vehicle doors, such as those found on convertibles and most two-door models, require close positioning of the door glass to the roof to prevent wind noise and water leaks.

It looks as though the favorable economic indicators are finally outnumbering the unfavorable.

TRW (Westminster, MA) manufactures engineered fasteners and components. It contacted Clear Automated Structures (Southington, CT), a FlexLink authorized system builder, for assistance with an automotive handle assembly line.

In what seems like 600 years in manufacturing, I’ve worked with some pretty sharp manufacturing managers.

When talking about humble origins, Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, NH) can match stories with anyone.

The concept behind fiber optics is relatively simple. Just take a flashlight and shine it through one end of a transparent tube of glass or plastic in a dark room. Of course, it’s a lot more complicated than that.

The first fully automated assembly line was created more than 80 years ago.

Metrika Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a manufacturer of single-use, quantitative medical devices for people with diabetes, produces diabetes test meters that measure levels of hemo-globin A1c in blood.

A brief look at novel products, evolving technology and new manufacturing methods.