Orion RED has fabricated several sets for the Academy Awards. For the 2011 ceremony, the company was asked to create an elegant, crystal-studded “Winners Circle” in which the honorees would receive their Oscars. The project involved building a 15.5-foot circular stage studded with more than 40,000 Swarovski Elements crystals.

Fast-cure adhesives are a great way to reduce assembly costs, but only in the right applications.

A lean initiative helps one U.S. manufacturer stay competitive and keep assembly onshore.

Hernon Manufacturing has developed an adhesive-based process for putting a logo or other identifying mark on bullets.