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LONDON—Global sales of robots are expected to total $20.2 billion by 2016, growing at an annual rate of almost 11 percent annually, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON—NASA has received a patent for devising a “dynamically variable spot size” system for use in laser welding and laser brazing of metal components.

LORDSTOWN, OH—Four people were hospitalized late Friday after welding sparks ignited a small fire at GM’s assembly plant here.

Avid sportsmen, Mark Castlow and Jimbo Meador grew up on the water—Castlow on Florida’s east coast and Meador in Alabama.

Cost often takes a back seat to quality, reliability and robustness.

More than 30 years after the Tylenol tampering case—in which seven people died in Chicago and surrounding suburbs—prescription drug safety remains critically important and an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Finding and using new technology has been a constant guiding principle for Twin City Fan and Blower (TCFB) throughout its nearly 40-year history.

Sudden downtime of an automotive assembly line can be costly.

PARIS—French auto parts supplier Faurecia and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology have agreed to work together to develop advanced industrial processes for automotive composites.

Hot-plate welding can produce strong, leak-tight plastic assemblies with complex geometries.