Articles by Austin Weber

Adhesive bonding enables engineers to create strong joints. But industrial adhesives have several drawbacks, such as outgassing, which can cause problems in some applications.

In today’s age of artificial intelligence, smartphones, video games and virtual reality, pinball has undergone a resurgence. A handful of companies still make pinball machines in the United States. The largest of them all is Stern Pinball Inc.

WASHINGTON—Solar, wind and other types of clean energy manufacturing has become an important part of the U.S. industrial economy, according to the American Clean Power Association.

MILWAUKEE—Manufacturers are no longer debating whether to adopt digital technologies, but how to execute, scale and deliver measurable value from them.

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany—Schaeffler AG plans to deploy hundreds of humanoid robots in its factories.

NEWCASTLE, England—Electrical and chemical engineers at Newcastle University have developed a reversible adhesive that makes disassembling and recycling electronics much easier.

MARANELLO, Italy—Ferrari has unveiled a four-door electric vehicle called the Luce.

TORSLANDA, Sweden—Volvo Cars has begun assembling a new electric vehicle at its flagship assembly plant here using gigacasting technology.

NEOLA, IA—Heartland Harness  has opened a new 10,000-square-foot facility here.

BOCA RATON, FL—Engineers at Florida Atlantic University have developed a remote manufacturing system that allows people to perform tasks and operate production equipment from anywhere.