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ROSEMONT, IL-Both organizers and exhibitors at this year's National Manufacturing Week are applauding what they say was a strong trade show.

FORT MYERS, FL-Automation technology company Innova Holdings Inc. has announced that it is acquiring mobile service robot company CoroWare Inc. (Bellevue, WA).

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-Automotive parts, power tools and automation equipment manufacturer Bosch Group (Stuttgart, Germany) is celebrating 100 years of doing business in the United States.

CHICAGO-Boeing Co. and aviation parts supplier Avio-Diepen (Atlanta) have signed a long-term agreement integrating Avio-Diepen as part of Boeing's Integrated Materials Management (IMM) maintenance initiative.

ROCKVILLE, MD-U.S. machine tool consumption totaled just over $3 billion in 2005, up 8.4 percent from 2004.

SYDNEY, Australia-Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are using nanotechnology to develop coatings they hope will be used for self-cleaning surfaces in hospitals and the home.

ANN ARBOR, MI-In 2005, North American robotics companies received more orders than ever before, surpassing the industry's previous high, set in 1999.

ITASCA, IL-Today's workers are safer on the job than they are at home, and these nonwork-related accidents are costing businesses plenty.

NORWALK, CT-Richard Schuler, director of lean implementation at Raytheon Co.'s Integrated Air Defense Center (Andover, MA), will present the keynote address "Lean Transformation Process: Leveraging the Power of Many" at this year's Assembly East trade show.

WASHINGTON-Insisting that not all lobbyists are like disgraced lobbyist Jack Abromoff, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is warning Congress not to be overly zealous in its reform efforts.