Looks can sometimes be deceiving in a positive way. A good example is the t:slim insulin pump made by Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.

ASSEMBLY magazine has been around since 1958. In that time, we’ve had lean years and great years. We’ve changed our name three times, and we’ve been bought and sold at least five times. We’ve survived tidal shifts in both U.S. manufacturing and publishing. (If you had told me 26 years ago that I would be spending 30 minutes a day on something called Twitter…)

ROCKY HILL, CT—Henkel Corp. will host two seminars on adhesives for medical device assembly. The seminars will be held Sept. 19, in Novi, MI, and Oct. 1 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

ATLANTA—Researchers at the Georgia Tech are studying remoras—a fish that attaches itself to sharks—to develop a reversible adhesive for medical and industrial applications.

STANFORD, CA—Stanford University researchers have developed a new adhesive that enables the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries last five times longer than earlier designs.

ROCKY HILL, CT—More than 40 Loctite distributors across the country will hold open houses this fall to highlight their newly updated equipment showrooms.

For mass-production on assembly lines, UV- and light-curing adhesives offer significant advantages over other joining methods.

The latest generation of pressure-sensitive adhesives and converted materials offer great potential for product improvement. They hold the key to better product performance, greater manufacturing efficiencies, better staff utilization, and ultimately across-the-board cost reduction.

ADELAIDE, Australia—Electrolux has implemented a vision-guided robotic assembly cell to improve the production of oven doors.

CARLSBAD, CA—Systems integrator Automation GT has built a multistation automated assembly system to make syringes. Designed for use in a Class 10,000 clean room, the system includes robots, vision systems and dispensing equipment.