ANDERSON, SC—Workers at an automotive sensor factory here are wearing smart watches to alert them to production faults on the assembly line.

To reduce its inventory costs, Dynisco needed to change how it designed and assembled its products.

FAIRFIELD, CT—Scientists at GE are experimenting with a technology, called Direct Write, that uses special “inks” to print miniature sensors directly inside jet engines, gas turbines and other hot, harsh and hard-to-reach places.

SHAKOPEE, MN— Rosemount Inc., a manufacturer of pressure, temperature and other measurement instruments, is turning a vacant building here into a new engineering and assembly facility.

Producers of plastic, rubber and composites use Dynisco Inc. melt-pressure and temperature sensors, controls, and analytical instruments to maximize manufacturing efficiency and productivity. Dynisco has served these customers well for more than 50 years, providing leading-edge technology manufactured to ISO 9000 quality standards.

Archeologists have discovered fabric fragments that date back to around 5,000 BC.