Every day, Ossur Americas assem-bles and ships more than 800 cervical collar packages from its 52,000-square-foot facility in Paulsboro, NJ, to users worldwide. The company also develops, manufactures and assembles millions of prosthetics and other novel medical devices annually at the facility.
Every plant engineer knows that solving simple manufacturing problems can often yield great benefits. This was the case recently for Silver City Aluminum Corp., a Taunton, MA, producer of custom aluminum extrusions and finished parts since 1952.
There are a lot of ideas floating around Washington these days regarding the health and importance of U.S. manufacturing and what should be done about it.
Early in 2011, the Italian light vehicle manufacturer Casalini needed a better adhesive for three of its vehicles: the M10 micro car, Kerry MPV and Kerry Pickup truck.
For the past half century, United Gear and Assembly (UGA) has supplied precision gears, shafts and related assemblies to companies in the automotive, agriculture, forestry, construction, mining, marine and rail industries.
In 2009, the conformal coating company SCH Technologies and specialist automation designers SMS Machines & Auto-mation Ltd. formed Advanced Coating Robotics (ACR).
Renowned for its studio- and stage-standard gear, Line 6 invented digital guitar amp modeling technology in 1996, and is a leading developer of guitar amps used worldwide by pros and hobbyists alike.