Jennifer Pierce

SWEPSONVILLE, NC— The upgrade will allow the plant to build key parts such as rear and front fenders, side covers, toolbox covers, and various small assembly items directly on site.

HENRIETTA, NY— Trainees will learn surface-mount technology, printed circuit board design and assembly, and other core electronics-manufacturing competencies.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC— The project entails a $1 billion investment and will support 1,000 new jobs over the next five years to help the company reach its planned 2026 production rate of 10 Dreamliners per month.

 Ellabell, GA— The center replicates real production environments.

In a recent conversation with Andrew Kinder, senior vice president for industry strategy at software supplier Infor, we learned about the value void in advanced manufacturing settings, how the most productive organizations are closing the gap, and how you can apply these insights in your organization today.

DETROIT— Many of the showcased innovations are deployed across Stellantis plants worldwide.

LONG BEACH, CA—Galorath Inc. has launched SEERai, a new agentic AI platform engineered to deliver secure, traceable and audit-ready cost, schedule and risk insights for manufacturing, aerospace, defense and IT programs. SEERai converts natural-language project data into structured outputs in a matter of hours.

Jay Tavakolian, operations program director at Intricon, offers insight into the precision, scalability, and innovation required to accelerate production of micro medical devices while minimizing risk throughout the development cycle.

TAIPEI— The factory will be among the first to deploy humanoid robots powered by the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N model on its production lines.

JACKSONVILLE, FL— The 580,000-square-foot facility at Eastport Industrial Park will be the first autonomous vehicle manufacturing site in Florida.