Almost all U.S. manufacturers offer health benefits to their employees, but the rising cost of those benefits is impairing their ability to hire workers, battle overseas competitors, develop new products, and invest in assembly technology.

When a medical manufacturer approached Allied Automation to build a system to assemble an adhesive applicator, the company knew how to get the job done.

Centricity Corp. has developed a machine that feeds and assembles springs and other tubular parts.

When Reno, NV, startup Mariah Power went looking for a manufacturer to build its new wind turbine for residential use, automotive supplier MasTech leapt at the opportunity.

New technology gives impact wrenches the ability to measure torque and angle.

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. has opened its new headquarters in Thornton, CO. Expected to hire some 200 people during the next two years, the facility was built to launch full-scale production of thin-film photovoltaic modules.

Sometimes, it’s the machine you don’t sell that wins you business.

Systems integrator Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing (Madison, WI) can’t lay claim to building a better mousetrap. However, it did find a way to build mousetraps better.