Rose Bikes uses flexible carts to assemble 120 different models.

The mini subs play a pivotal role in deep sea exploration.

Vertical integration once thrived on the Southwest Side of Chicago.

Automation helps German machine builder produce control panels quickly.

KERNERSVILLE, NC—Deere & Co. will build a 115,000-square-foot assembly plant here to increase production of its Kreisel Electric brand of batteries and charging equipment electric tractors and off-road vehicles.

WAUKESHA, WI—Husco International, a manufacturer of hydraulic and electromechanical control systems for automotive and off-highway applications, has received a Human Resources Award from the Milwaukee Business Journal.

To improve ergonomics, Waupaca Foundry is using an innovative adaptive technology to support workers who manually grind castings.

MUNICH—Industrial robots in Europe are on the rise: Manufacturers in the European Union’s 27 member states installed almost 72,000 robots in 2022, a 6 percent increase from 2021, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

In January 2023, Spanish multinational Meltio, a wire-laser metal 3D printing technology manufacturer, together with Phillips Corporation, a global manufacturing solutions leader based in the US, worked together to install a metal 3D printing solution to manufacture spare parts and repair tools on onboard US Navy ship, the USS Bataan. 

In 1828, Joseph Kuhn, a blacksmith from the small town of Eckartswiller, France, began manufacturing livestock weighing equipment at his village forge.