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Small investments in protective covers and tools can spare assemblers the cost of repairing accidental damage to finished goods.

After a dismal 2009, our Top 50 manufacturers are back in the black.

DFMA enables engineers to design products that are lean from the start.

Producing a reliable vision system is no accident. It begins with creating a strong specification that carries through to component selection, system development and, finally, deployment.

The Assembly Top 50 helped to lead the U.S. economy out of recession, but the picture was not entirely rosy.

During the past 100 years, Whirlpool has withstood labor unrest, mergers and acquisitions, product design changes, new technology, new materials, changing consumer tastes, globalization and restructurings. But, one thing has remained steady-its production prowess.

The University of Tennessee is home to the new Tennessee Solar Institute, a joint-venture with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Each fire rescue vehicle E-ONE manufactures contains a large amount of parts that must be measured and inspected prior to assembly. For many years, E-ONE assemblers had used various hand tools to measure these parts. Unfortunately, such tools often limited the assemblers’ ability to make sure each part met the company’s design tolerances.

Wagic Inc. is the What A Great Idea Co. Since 1985, it has specialized in designing, prototyping and manufacturing innovative consumer products. Based in Los Gatos, CA, Wagic recently developed the RE:Solve line of handheld multi-tools, which are available to consumers at big box stores like Lowe’s.