Today’s car buyers typically order a number of custom options for their vehicles at the time of purchase. In turn, the automaker must identify and track each vehicle throughout the production process to ensure that all options are installed. Volvo Car Corp. uses RFID tags to meet this challenge.

Industrial, commercial and residential builders have relied on Uponor Inc.’s cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe for more than 30 years.

 The miniaturization of consumer products presents a double challenge to machine builders.  

Although only 7 years old, Ideal Power (IP) is a major player in the multibillion-dollar electronic-power-converter market.