Assembly & Automation

3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Assembly & Automation | Machining & Tooling | Materials

What’s ‘In’ for Manufacturing? (Hint: It’s Not Neon)

It seems the only time I catch up on the latest clothing fashions is when I seek inspiration online for columns I write pertaining to trends. Each time I do, I’m reminded why I read magazines like MPO and ODT instead of something in the checkou…
Dawn A. Lissy, President & Founder, Empirical 05.23.19
Assembly & Automation | Contract Manufacturing | Machining & Tooling

Meticulous Machinery: Shifting Machining Offerings to Full Service

Machining vendors push to be vertically integrated and automate more aspects of the process to better serve customers.
Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 09.19.18
Assembly & Automation | Coatings/Surface Modification | Contract Manufacturing | Design | Extrusion | Machining & Tooling | Molding | Prototyping

The Right Vendors Foster Growth: Why Firms of All Sizes Need to Outsource

I was working as a product development engineer at AcroMed (a spinal implants manufacturer that was acquired by DePuy in 1998), when I noticed a gap in the medical device industry. There were plenty of companies coming up with great ideas for d…
Dawn A. Lissy, President & Founder, Empirical 05.29.18
Assembly & Automation | Coatings/Surface Modification | Finishing | Instruments | Machining & Tooling | Molding

Avalign Technologies Acquires Thortex & Millennium Surgical

Avalign adds suite of manufacturing services and specialty surgical instruments to orthopedic offerings.
Business Wire 07.25.17
Assembly & Automation

Optimizing the Manufacture of Orthopedic Devices

Electron beam welding offers a beneficial process for joining dissimilar materials and targeting very specific locations.
Online Exclusives Aaron Bailey, Director of Sales - Medical, NN Inc., PEP 05.17.17
Assembly & Automation | Contract Manufacturing

Problem Solving Through Improved Automation (includes video)

A contract manufacturer shares lessons from working with an automation firm to boost efficiency, reduce costs and keep jobs.
Online Exclusives Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 09.01.15
Assembly & Automation

Fracture Prevention Through Automation

Researchers use spreadsheet, treatment codes to ID patients at risk for osteoporosis.
02.14.14