Austin has been senior editor for ASSEMBLY Magazine since September 1999. He has more than 21 years of b-to-b publishing experience and has written about a wide variety of manufacturing and engineering topics. Austin is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
North American manufacturers of industrial lasers posted worldwide sales of more than $152.4 million during the first quarter of 2001, a decrease of 10 percent compared with sales from the first quarter of 2000.
Fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems Inc. has signed a 5-year agreement to obtain porosity sealants from Hernon Manufacturing Inc. (Orlando, FL).
The American Competitiveness Institute (ACI) has created a new laboratory for testing materials used to assemble and package radio frequency (RF) components and chips.
It's fitting that the Boeing 717 is assembled with innovative production techniques, such as a continuously moving assembly line, because the airplane broke a long-standing tradition at the 85-year-old company.