U.S. manufacturers flexed plenty of muscle in October. Almost all of the latest regional data, industry figures and government reports boasted momentum in the nation’s industrial sector, and it’s probably poised to continue at least through year-end.

While most players in the automotive industry believe that autonomous cars, with varying degrees of autonomy, will soon see the light of day, a study by McKinsey & Company indicates that only up to 15 percent of new cars will be autonomous by 2030. For decades to come, then, automakers will be producing both autonomous and traditional cars simultaneously.

According to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, manufacturing was one of the larger contributors to real GDP growth in the second quarter, adding 0.36 percentage points to top-line growth of 3.1 percent. Real value-added output from manufacturing increased 3.2 percent in the second quarter, extending the 4.0 percent gain in the first quarter. Overall, value-added output for manufacturing rose from $2.206 trillion in the first quarter to $2.219 trillion in the second quarter, a new all-time high. 

Explore gear failure analysis in this hands-on seminar where students not only see slides of failed gears but can hold and examine those same field samples close up. Experience the use of microscope and take your own contact pattern from field samples. 

Former General Motors VP Bob Lutz foresees the end of human-driven cars and the automotive industry as we know it. He expects self-driving cars to completely take over within the next 20 years, with human drivers legislated off the roads.

Telsa is moving to turn around its output challenges with the Model 3, with a new acquisition reported by Bloomberg of a supplier whose focus is on automating production. The automaker acquired Perbix, a supplier it’s been working with for the past few years.

An Ohio community college recently unveiled a new manufacturing job training program with help from Rockwell Automation.

Cuyahoga Community College's Manufacturing Technology Center for Excellence offers programs at the Cleveland facility to certify students in manufacturing production and processes, maintenance awareness, quality practices, and measurement and safety.

When Greg Mark takes his 3D printer to VCs he gets blank stares. The Boston-based CEO of Markforged, a 3D printing company that specializes in printing carbon fiber and metals, has found that few of them could understand his technology.

Today's industrial businesses operate with a unique blend of technology. Walking into some asset-intensive operations, it’s likely you’ll see assets of all vintages, from 50-year-old turbines sitting next to brand new ones, retrofitted with the latest sensors and intelligent controls. With this mix of asset vintages and digital technologies, a complex set of failure modes and asset risks come into play, and it quickly becomes challenging for operators to monitor and track asset health.

The idea of automation in manufacturing and the supply chain is nothing new - since the earliest days of the industrial revolution we have sought to automate tasks with machines, and lower the cost of manufacturing processes. 

Explore the supporting elements of a gearbox that allows gears and bearings to do their jobs most efficiently. Learn about seals, lubrication, lubricants, housings, breathers, and other details that go into designing gearbox systems. 

It won’t have escaped your notice that everyone’s rather excited about the Internet of Things (IoT), smart technology, disruptive innovation and machine learning. They’re just a few of the factors contributing to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a justifiably grand term given the effect it will have on manufacturing.

OPEC says growth in global oil demand will steadily lessen from an annual average of 1.3 million barrels a day between 2016 and 2020, to 300,000 barrels a day by 2035-2040. But it says fossil fuels will remain the main energy source decades from now.

The first company to obtain a permit for fracking in Illinois announced Friday it won't use it, citing market conditions and the state's "burdensome and costly" regulations. Wichita, Kansas-based Woolsey Companies Inc. was given permission in September by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to drill near the southeast Illinois community of Enfield.

The carmaker reveals what it’s been working on in terms of electric, hybrid, and gas-powered vehicles, as well as mobility devices for folks on the go and for those with disabilities.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) said on Tuesday it swung to an operating profit for the second quarter, beating expectations as it rebounded from a mileage-cheating scandal a year earlier helped by cost cuts and favorable exchange rates.

SF Motors have made several moves lately that caught our attention, but it was never clear what kind of electric cars they will be producing since their parent company, Sokon, is known for making commercial vehicles and motorcycles.

As they closed the deal to buy the former Hummer plant in Indiana yesterday, they confirmed that they will be producing ‘premium electric vehicles.'