Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
2025 Top Article - How Industrial 3D Printing is Propelling Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers Forward
With lower barriers to entry, small and mid-sized manufacturers have more opportunities than ever to integrate industrial 3D printing into their operations while avoiding the hurdles that once held them back.
2025 Top Article - The Rise of AI in Manufacturing to Collect and Use Data
While AI and machine learning systems typically require around two years to collect enough data to reach their full potential, manufacturers can start seeing benefits almost immediately with basic analysis tools and dashboards.
Case Study from Nord - A Heavy Lift
How OMi Crane Systems works with NORD DRIVESYSTEMS to keep manufacturing moving. For OMi Cranes and its customers alike, having a reliable drive system supplier isn't just about convenience, it's about keeping material moving efficiently and without fail.
Beyond the Device: The Real Drivers of Industrial Mobility
Accessories don’t just complement rugged devices, they complete them. They turn durability into productivity, resilience into results, and hardware into workflow platforms.
Energy-Efficient Manufacturing 4.0: Integrating Smart Drives, LED Displays, and IoT for Sustainable Factories
Energy efficiency in manufacturing means producing the same or higher output while consuming less energy. It is measured by key metrics such as energy intensity (kWh per unit produced) and power utilization rate.
How AI, Robotics, and Digital Twins are Transforming Modern Production Environments
I'm most excited about Cognitive AI becoming the factory's operating system, and cobots will effectively program themselves through natural language, teach-by-demonstration, and auto-generated PLC/robot code.
The Rise of the Invisible Workforce: The Most Important AI Breakthroughs of 2025 for Packaging Manufacturers
For the packaging industry specifically — with its heavy reliance on document processing, planning logic, and throughput efficiency — the year proved one thing: AI is no longer a future advantage. It’s a current competitive requirement.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
Why B2B IAM Is Essential for Modern Manufacturing
VPN access is widely used without strong safeguards regarding whether those users should be trusted or what they’re entitled to access. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting VPN setups.
How Aerospace Precision Can Modernize American Manufacturing
One of the biggest obstacles to modernization, he notes, is cultural rather than technical. The main barriers are organizational silos, he says. Design, production, and IT often operate separately, and without shared data, digital transformation stalls.
BTM INDUSTRIAL IS HOSTING AN ONLINE SALE OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS ON DECEMBER 17-18, 2025
Includes more than 200 robots designed to automate tasks, such as welding, manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, and food processing. This court-authorized sale requires the liquidation of all assets, regardless of price.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Anycubic Opens Deposits for Kobra X, Following Formnext Debut of Its Next-Generation Entry-Level Multicolor FDM Printer
Unveiled alongside the company's latest product lineup in Frankfurt, Kobra X reflects Anycubic's continued focus on simplifying advanced desktop manufacturing workflows.
Reusable Packaging Helps National Retailer Take Control of Backroom Logistics in Over 4,000 Stores
Enabling retailers to leverage physical stores for multi-channel commerce while improving inventory accuracy, fulfillment flow, and operational efficiency.
Mouser Electronics Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Telit Cinterion for Enterprise-Grade IoT Solutions
The ME310G1-WW and ME910G1-WW cellular LPWA LTE-M and NB-IoT modules are designed for IoT applications that require minimal data transmission, improved power efficiency and superior coverage quality.
Quintus Technologies and Lyric Robot Form Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Industrialization of Solid-State Battery Production
Integrating High Pressure and Automation for Next-Gen Battery Production
NORD Gives Back: Empowering Success Through Long-Standing Community and Company Initiatives
NORD places strong emphasis on giving back to their communities with year-round efforts benefiting local charities and support organizations.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
PI USA - High-Speed Hexapod for Nanopositioning
To meet industrial demands for higher dynamics, reliability and precision in 6DoF positioning systems, PI engineers came up with a new hexapod concept, based on direct-drive lever actuators. This new concept reduces complexity, improves performance, and minimizes wear.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
FAULHABER MICROMO
Since 1961, FAULHABER MICROMO has partnered with OEMs to deliver high precision, high performance, custom micro motion system solutions to markets such as medical, robotics and automation in North America. FAULHABER MICROMO's tradition of innovation started decades ago in Germany. The groundbreaking invention of the FAULHABER coreless winding started it all for a market that produces millions of motors today.
How can the FAULHABER MICROMO team help you deliver your next innovation to market first?
Learn more about MICROMO's solutions for the most demanding applications, our diverse motion products and technologies, online ordering, Engineering and R&D teams, Clean Room Assembly, Machining Center and other services at our Clearwater, FL facility at www.micromo.com.
