Manufacturers added 31,000 workers in February, and revisions in the December and January data increased employment in the sector by 28,000 in total from previous estimates. As such, the latest jobs numbers confirm that the labor market has tightened significantly, with manufacturers increasing employment by a rather robust 18,876 per month on average since the end of 2016. 

Compelling, beautiful and just plain outrageous concept cars are one major reason the auto world remains eager to attend the annual Geneva Motor Show. No one should walk away disappointed this year, as the show is packed with intriguing concept cars looking into the present, past, near future and distant future. 

In this course, you will gain a better understanding of various types of gears and bearings. Learn about the limitations and capabilities of rolling element bearings and the gears that they support. Grasp and understand how to properly apply the best gear-bearing combination to any gearbox from simple to complex.

Altra Industrial Motion Corp, maker of industrial clutches and brakes, is acquiring four operating companies from the Automation and Specialty platform of Fortive Corp. the quartet produce motion control hardware and software, electric motors and engine braking technology under brand names including: Kollmorgen, Thomson, Portescap, and Jacobs Vehicle Systems.

The Digital Manufacturing Design and Innovation Institute (DMDII) has announced the launch of a "Cyber Hub for Manufacturing" with $750,000 in seed funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The hub will serve as a testbed for the creation and adoption of new cybersecurity technologies to secure manufacturing shop floors across the United States and complements DMDII’s public-private partnership as one of the Manufacturing USA institutes sponsored by DoD to advance the state-of-the-art in digital manufacturing in America.

The number of manufacturing jobs in Ohio has slowly ticked up in recent months, but a new report finds several trends that could undermine the future of the industry. The report, by the left-leaning think tank Policy Matters Ohio, looks at 27 years of data on the state’s manufacturing labor force. 

Buzzwords abound when it comes to technology in manufacturing: digital transformation, Industry 4.0. and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Regardless of the terminology, manufacturers are aggressively embracing new ways of using technology to achieve business goals like improved productivity and profitability. At the same time, many manufacturers are missing the opportunity to improve their business outcomes simply because they don’t know where to start.

Nearly half (42 percent) of American managers say that automation and robotics will lead to a net loss of jobs in their respective industries, compared to just 18 percent who say that automation will help to create jobs, according to a new national study from MindEdge Learning. 

Switzerland is on the cusp of becoming the first country to formally integrate drones into the air traffic management system that controls its airspace. The limited integration is the first to be launched under a broader European initiative called U-space, which seeks to create a digital infrastructure that would allow millions of small drones to safely operate beyond line-of-sight in approved airspace.

Join AGMA and IHS Markit on May 17th for the Spring Marketing & Forecasting webinar. IHS will be giving highlights of the Gear Market Report during the two-hour session. Get the benefits of the report from the comfort of your office chair. 

Various sensors and sensing technologies are used throughout industry to detect and respond to external stimuli for control and monitoring purposes. These sensors are conventionally attached to the component or system externally since gained information is adequate for the application. 3D metal printing offers the opportunity to build these fiber materials directly into the metal matrix.

Avoid incurring an unintended higher cost of ownership by putting standards in place. Detailed are three ceases where things didn’t go as hoped.

Manufacturing automation has been common since the 1970s. Advances in technology, including robotics, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things have improved factory production since then. Collaborative robots —also called cobots — are sweeping across the industry. 

The manufacturing industry has always been competitive. Since the days of the first industrial revolution, manufacturers have always sought to improve on processes and products in a way that gives them a competitive advantage. Whether it is the task of fine-tuning the production process or the challenge of keeping costs down, manufacturers have always explored how they can do things better than their competitors.

3D-Hybrid, a machine tool company based in California, has released a set of printheads that deliver metal additive manufacturing to existing CNC machines. According to the company, the range can be installed in "nearly any CNC machine," turning it into a hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing system.

Tesla Semi prototyes were spotted at a Supercharger station near Sacramento on their way down from Gigafactory 1 in Nevada for their first cargo trip test. It gave the opportunity for people to catch up with the prototypes and give us our best look at the electric trucks towing trailers.

On Friday, we learned that manufacturers added 31,000 workers in February, continuing to hire new employees at a solid pace. Indeed, the manufacturing sector has increased employment by 264,264 workers since the end of 2016, averaging 18,876 per month over that 14-month time frame.