Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
A Business Has Source Code Too: Where AI Grounding Breaks First
One typed instruction drove roughly 28 model steps, the AI’s production work. That ratio is the subject of this article. A model that has to stop and ask what you meant can’t run 28 steps unattended.
From Innovation to Investment: What to Prioritize at PACK EXPO International
For packaging and processing professionals, the challenge today is not finding new technology, it is determining which technologies can deliver meaningful results — and how to integrate them into operations that must become more productive, flexible, and resilient.
How Midway Swiss Conquered Tribal Knowledge with Harmoni
Discover how Midway Swiss replaced oily check sheets, scattered machine programs, and fragile tribal knowledge with Harmoni’s digitized, data-driven shop floor, and gave its team back their time, their consistency, and their peace of mind.
A Practical CUI Data-Flow Map for a 40-Person Machine Shop
Scoping is the decision that sets the cost of your entire compliance program. Here is how we actually trace controlled information through a shop, and the paths almost everyone misses on the first pass.
Lufthansa Technik's Unsourceable Latch: Enabling Repairs with a 3D-Printed Titanium Replacement
What do you do when a part keeps breaking, but spares are impossible to find? For Lufthansa Technik, the solution was simple: create your own. Here’s how their innovative additive manufacturing team solved two problems at once.
How Southern Machine Works Turned Production Data Into Its Best Sales Tool
A 60-year-old precision shop in Duncan, Oklahoma, focusing on DOD and aerospace, uses real-time production data to replace the handshake as the new proof of trust.
The State of Agentic Cybersecurity in Manufacturing
To combat the escalating threat to manufacturing systems, many security operations centers (SOCs) are implementing agentic AI to preemptively identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
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Rethinking Material Flow with Production Logistics
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When materials arrive late, changeovers take too long or production systems fail to coordinate; the entire line can lose time. Manufacturers can improve that flow by treating production and material movement as one connected system.
Planning Your Exit: How Manufacturing Owners Can Choose the Right Succession Path
Manufacturing owners do not need to have every answer on day one. But they do need to start with the right question: Which transition path best preserves value, continuity and the future of the people who depend on the business?
The Factory Can Survive the Cyberattack. Can It Survive the Recovery?
In a factory, detection is only the beginning. The harder question is whether production can be restored safely when the systems, people and vendors needed for recovery are themselves under pressure.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Emerson Extends RF Test Capabilities to New Multiport and MIMO Test Applications
New NI PXIe-5633 four-port vector network analyzer and NI PXIe-5860 vector signal transceiver synchronization capabilities help engineers scale complex RF test workflows
Managing Obsolescence Across Manufacturing Operations
By Rebecca Marquez, Director, Custom Research, PMMI
Epson Brings Color Labeling and Robotic Automation Innovation to PACK EXPO
Epson to Demonstrate Solutions that Help Manufacturers and Fulfillment Operations Improve Flexibility, Productivity and Efficiency Across Labeling, Packaging and End-of-Line Processes
Panasonic Connect to Showcase Next-Generation Automation for Electronics Manufacturing at SMTA International 2026
NPM-GW brings high-capacity production, flexibility and labor-saving automation to the factory floor
6-Axis Hexapod Family Moves ½ Ton Loads with Sub-Micron Precision
PI's new H-855 modular hexapod platform combines high load capacity, sub-micron positioning performance, extended travel, and configurations optimized for speed or compact installation space
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NXD Surface Solutions from NORD
Surface Protection for Extreme Conditions. NORD's NXD surface treatment creates easy-to-clean surfaces that can withstand harsh environments. Drives with the NXD treatment are reliable and durable, even under the most demanding conditions. NORD's NXD surface treatment was specifically developed for aluminum. Featuring a galvanically produced base layer, it makes aluminum surfaces highly resistant to corrosion. This treatment increases the durability of aluminum components in demanding environments and offers two variants to provide optimal protection of your drive solution.
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Premio Inc
Premio is a global solutions provider specializing in computing technology from the edge to the cloud. We design and manufacture highly reliable, world-class computing solutions for enterprises with complex, highly specialized requirements for over 30 years. Our engineering specialty and agile manufacturing pushes the technical boundaries in Embedded IoT Computers, Rugged Edge Computers, HMI Displays and HPC Storage Servers.
