With new mini and long versions, IDEC’s LF1D light units satisfy most machine, process and assembly line applications. Claimed the brightest in their class at up to 67.2 Lumens/Watt, they can light up the target as well as a wide peripheral area while minimizing heat, glare and energy consumption. Read More >>

Sometimes it might seem as though sustainability concerns are raised primarily by aging hippies, ivory-tower idealists and green-hawking marketing mavens, but now even the U.S. Army is adding a number of environmental and social parameters to its list of trends that it uses to plan its installations. Read More >>

Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of Dow Chemical, foresees a revolution in advanced manufacturing and exhorts engineers to play a key role in it. In a lecture in London in early April, he explained his optimism but also raised some cautions. Here are some key excerpts from that lecture. Read More >>

Partnering with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining as part of a U.S. Air Force's sustainable manufacturing initiative, researchers found strategic choices in tools, coolant and parameters can reduce energy consumption by 73%. Read More >>

Moving production inventory from pallet racks and drawer cabinets to vertical lift modules prevented the need for a building expansion, increased productivity, eliminated stretching and lifting hazards, and provide the opportunity to automate parts inventory control. Read More >>

Designed to help clients understand and benchmark the journey toward world-class safety performance, The Bradley Curve has helped enable safety success within DuPont, and for our clients around the world, since 1995. Read More >>

Ambitious goals for waste reduction and process improvement require an elevated commitment to newer, more modern manufacturing technologies and processes coupled with an ability to better collect intelligence and manage performance across the entire spectrum of manufacturing operations. Read More >>

Global manufacturers are putting their supply chains at the center of their business strategies, but many admit that they do not have visibility beyond Tier 1 suppliers, and only 9 percent say they have complete visibility of their supply chains. Read More >>