WASHINGTON—Rep. John Garamendi, D-CA, has introduced two bills that would require the federal government to buy American-made products when spending for transportation and energy-related projects.
CHICAGO—The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) released the final installment of a four-part series of white papers detailing ways to revitalize U.S. manufacturing.
A Siemens gas turbine is 36 feet long and weighs 280 tons—and yet its parts are machined to tolerances of a few thousandths of an inch. ASSEMBLY magazine's editor-in-chief goes behind the scenes to see how this engineering marvel is made.
