Cordless tool manufacturers and their battery suppliers are focusing part of their R&D efforts on recharging technology. As a result, today's battery chargers are faster and smarter than ever.

More welding equipment is now equipped with digital power supplies, microprocessors and servocontrollers that monitor all joining process variables and parameters. As a result, assemblers have more opportunities than ever to join plastic parts with much higher quality, tighter tolerances and fewer problems.

While they are stronger, lighter and more popular than ever, cordless tools are still restricted by battery power, weight and durability. But, new battery technology is allowing cordless tools to become more efficient.

Tata Motors Ltd. (Mumbai, India) just unveiled the 21st century version of the “people’s car,” the NANO. Ironically, this year also marks the centennial of the original "people's car," the Ford Model T.

Medical device manufacturers continue to consume more plastic than ever. ASSEMBLY recently asked two experts at a leading material supplier to comment on current market conditions.

By mimicking the brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, researchers have created a new type of composite plastic that’s as strong as steel, but lighter and transparent. It could be used in microelectromechanical devices, microfluidics and biomedical sensors.

When selecting plastic for medical devices, engineers are faced with more options-and more questions-than ever.

When a Chinese-made cookie press breaks down on the countertop assembly line, a trusty old product from Pennsylvania comes to the rescue and saves a Christmas tradition..

Have you heard the one about the three robots hanging out in a department store window? Believe it or not, it's not a joke.

The largest automaker in Iran, Iran Khodro Industrial Group, has just proposed that Islamic nations manufacture a “collective brand” of car to boost their economies, reduce dependency on Western countries and meet increasing local demand.