If you missed it, check out the IMTS spark interview with Jim King, President and COO, Okuma America Corp. He talked about a number of subjects, including the growth of transformative technologies, his expectations for rebuilding supply chains...
Season’s greetings, and warm wishes to your family from ours at AMT! As we approach the full height of the holiday season, I want to express our gratitude and appreciation to you, our members. This year has shown the importance of community and...
If Paul Ericksen managed the supply chain, could Rome have been built in a day? But seriously, Ericksen has some colossal achievements, notably as part of his 30-year-career with John Deere and the launch of its tractors into The Home Depot...
With participants’ safety in mind, IMTS turned this year’s Miles For Manufacturing 5K Walk/Run event into a virtual affair. Launched in October 2020 and running through March 2021, M4M invites members of the manufacturing community to register and run...
Professor Eric Wooldridge is passionate about teaching CAD-CAM and 3D Printing at Somerset Community College (SCC) in Somerset, Ky. He encourages mistakes because, “That’s how students improve.” He is implementing the state’s first Rapid Response...
So you’ve hit the Reset button. Now what? Gisbert Ledvon, Director of Business Development - Machine Tool at Heidenhain Corporation, advises companies to use this time to OPTIMIZE their organization:
For decades supply chains have stretched and become opaque as companies chase cheap labor offshore then import products to sell in the U.S. market. But since 2010, more companies are considering U.S. manufacturing due to rising Chinese wages...
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. trade deficit with China alone cost 3.7 million American jobs between 2001 and 2018. The United States has gone from being the world’s manufacturing powerhouse, responsible for the lion’s share of...
As the coronavirus pandemic made it increasingly clear that IMTS would not be possible this year, AMT and Gardner Business Media (GBM), together with Map Your Show (MYS), went into high gear, reimagining every aspect of the IMTS experience to make...
One of our favorite community-building events we host is the Miles for Manufacturing 5K Run/Walk (M4M), sponsored by IMTS. But like many other group-focused activities, we’ve had to adapt to current conditions. While we can’t all gather to run a 5K in...