AUTOMATION AS A COMPETITIVE TOOL After years of watching U.S. manufacturing move overseas to countries with low labor costs and seemingly endless capacity, the U.S. reshoring movement has officially begun. No longer content to suffer [...]
October 6th is National Manufacturing Day, a day set aside to celebrate modern manufacturing and inspire the next generation of workers to get excited about new opportunities and trends in manufacturing. Manufacturing is changing, and [...]
A CHANGING LANDSCAPE It’s no secret that manufacturing is changing. As technology improves and automation continues to make manufacturing more efficient, the rising tide of U.S. manufacturing must change too. There’s been a lot of [...]
While manufacturing has been going strong in recent months, manufacturers in the plastics industry are busy preparing ourselves for a changing future. Because the truth is, change is coming whether we like it or not. [...]
NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION These days no manufacturing production is completely devoid of automation, but new opportunities pop up daily to automate additional processes. This can help speed up your production, improve part consistency [...]
THE FREQUENT SCENARIO A few years back you worked your butt off to find a manufacturer that could provide you with high quality products without sacrificing efficient production. You asked all the right questions to [...]
ECONOMIES OF SCALE Once upon a time, the key to maintaining a competitive edge as a manufacturer rested almost solely on ensuring economies of scale; the faster and more cheaply you were able to produce, [...]
