Last December, we urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and thereby avoid putting U.S. exports and manufacturing jobs at risk.

Officially, UTC Aerospace Systems is only 3 years old—the result of a merger between Goodrich and Hamilton Sunstrand. In reality, however, the company’s aerospace roots go back more than a century.

Like desktop computer users, manufacturers know all too well the problem of planned obsolescence. This happens when a new operating system is intentionally designed to be incompatible with various older software programs.

ZHENGZHOU, China—An employee at Foxconn’s electronics manufacturing operation here committed suicide by jumping off a building at the complex. The death comes after Foxconn had worked to improve labor conditions following a series of suicides in 2010 and 2011, mostly at the company’s Shenzhen factory.

LED fixtures and luminaires are challenging to mass-produce.

Data from a traceability system can be used for process improvement, defect resolution and regulatory compliance.

Protecting one's hearing is always a smart thing to do. Hearing-aid manufacturer GN ReSound (GNR) believes that improving one's hearing is just as smart.

Designing an automated, inline system to perform final quality inspection of a large or complicated assembly can be tricky.

NEW DELHI—Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer, is aiming to create at least a million jobs by setting up 10 to 12 assembly plants across India by 2020.

Insulation displacement connectors are a reliable alternative to crimping.