LAKEWOOD, NJ—Aquatherm Industries Inc., a manufacturer of solar pool heaters, has released a six-minute video offering a behind-the-scenes look at its entire manufacturing process: from molding to final assembly.
WASHINGTON—U.S. machine tool sales totaled $430 million in May, up 13.6 percent from April but down 7.6 percent compared with sales in May 2012. With a year-to-date total of $2.08 billion, 2013 is down 6.9 percent compared with 2012.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford is introducing a new technology that promises to decrease costs and delivery time for manufacturing sheet metal parts. Under the process, a piece of sheet metal is clamped around its edges and formed into a 3D shape by two stylus-type tools working together on opposite sides of the sheet.