Engineers at the University of Virginia have developed a system that integrates AI agents that work together to optimize production processes.

The 2024 Assembly Plant of the Year uses digital tools and advanced manufacturing technology to mass-produce dishwashers.

Wearable devices help assemblers navigate complex work instructions.

DUBLIN, Ireland—Eaton Corp. has modernized its manufacturing footprint with smart factories in Juarez, Mexico, and Changzhou, China. 

Not all organizations have the resources, capital or talent required to deploy smart factories.

Networking technology allows an Italian company to improve the performance of sheet metal fabrication equipment.

Schneider Electric’s facility in Lexington, KY, holds the distinction of being named both the Assembly Plant of the Year and a Lighthouse factory.

Because AI is becoming a more commonly built-in component of many managed software suites, there are three issues that manufacturers should consider:

Developing the next generation of manufacturing engineers requires new types of hands-on education. That’s why Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology (SoET) recently built a state-of-the-art facility that features cutting-edge production equipment.

Hyundai recently opened a facility in Singapore that is a 21st century version of Fiat’s famous Lingotto assembly plant in Turin, Italy, complete with a banked rooftop test track.