Students in Clemson’s automotive engineering program gain valuable hands-on experience while developing and building their own prototype vehicles.

America was born of automation, and our future is automation.

Check in for the highlights, headlines, and hijinks that matter to manufacturing. These lean news items keep you updated on the latest developments.

As technologies advance and the growing need for employees goes unfilled, a shop that neglects to invest in automation will be left behind any competitor that does.

Think of automation as a lever that can help move your operations forward.

Every company has experienced a period of significant growth – significant momentum. A good exercise for management is to determine that period’s growth velocity and then use it as a benchmark.

In an age of AI and automation, Markus Stolmar makes it clear: people still drive manufacturing. From the shop floor to the CEO, his story shows why human skill remains the ultimate advantage.

Respondents to the 2025 Reshoring Survey of over 500 manufacturers indicated that if trade policies were stable and provided less uncertainty, even if input costs were higher, manufacturers could support more investment in U.S. manufacturing.

Technology utilization and its benefits for achieving operational improvements.

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