In addition to being the largest commercial aircraft in the world, the recently unveiled double-deck A380 from Airbus (Toulouse, France) is incorporating a number of innovative assembly technologies.
North American manufacturing companies purchased 14,838 robots valued at nearly $1 billion in 2004, a 20 percent increase in units over 2003 and the industry's second best unit total ever, according to a report from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).
Charles R. McClinton, technology manager for the Hyper-X Program at NASA's Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA) will present the keynote address, "Breaking the Hypersonic Barrier," at the NEPCON East/Electro and Assembly East manufacturing exhibition.
US Endoscopy (Mentor, OH) manufactures accessories for rigid and flexible endoscopes-medical devices that are used for the exploration or biopsy of organs and tissues without performing conventional surgery.
General Motors Corp. has agreed to sell its Electro-Motive Division to an investor group led by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC (Rye, NY) and Berkshire Partners LLC (Boston).
Thomas Built Buses Inc. (High Point, NC) has been building school buses for over 60 years. Today it is the largest school bus manufacturer in the United States, and its Saf-T-Liner C2 one of the most advanced buses in the world.
Never forget: No matter what technical tools you use for continuous improvement, they always require change, which must be implemented with and through the people of your organization.
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