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    Small & Mid-Size Manufacturers

    Four Marketing Action Items for Manufacturers

    Feb. 15, 2017
    In today’s highly competitive marketplace, meeting customer demand isn’t enough. Small and mid-sized manufacturers must have a continuous pipeline of new sales in order to thrive...
    Parallel Works ldquosupercomputingasaservicerdquo compresses thousands of hours of data analysis into a browserbased resource This view shows a ldquosensitivity analysisrdquo in which different values are tracked for an independent variable impact a particular dependent variable under a stated set of assumptions
    Small & Mid-Size Manufacturers

    Scaling High-Performance Computing to Manufacturers’ Needs

    Feb. 8, 2017
    Every business is shaped by “economies of scale,” the principle that there are operating cost advantages related to its size or (in manufacturing, particularly) production volume...
    Joel Lewis, YSU
    The ExOne SMax has a 1800x1000x700mm 709x304x276in build area LxWxH with a build speed of 212300 ft3hour
    Education / Training

    Humtown Adds Large-Scale 3DP for Sand Molds, Cores

    Feb. 1, 2017
    Humtown Products subsidiary Agile Casting Solutions in Leetonia, OH, cut the ribbon on its new ExOne S-Max printer, one of the largest in the U.S. producing sand molds, cores,...
    Boeing
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    Trade

    US Aerospace Industry: Flying High, Soaring Higher?

    Jan. 31, 2017
    The trade surplus in aerospace products reached $80 billion in 2015 on exports of $140 billion, both record highs.
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    Trade

    Export Compliance: Why SMBs Need to Understand their Role

    Jan. 30, 2017
    Small and midsize manufacturers should consider global and domestic standards early in the product development process.
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    Small & Mid-Size Manufacturers

    Challenges, Opportunities and Tools for Middle Market Businesses

    Nov. 2, 2016
    Understanding the current conditions for today’s mid-sized businesses.
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    Manufacturing Day

    Recognizing the Manufacturing Heroes on Manufacturing Day

    Oct. 7, 2016
    Happy Manufacturing Day, from part of our team (pictured above at NIST MEP in Gaithersburg, Maryland) to all of yours across the country! Countless organizations like MEP Centers...
    Rethink Robotics
    Rethink Robotics Baxter robots place a molded part onto the counting fixture at Donnelly Custom Manufacturing in Alexandria Minnesota
    Robotics

    How One Minnesota Manufacturer Overhauled Its Floor with Robots

    Sept. 30, 2016
    Up in Minnesota, Donnelly Custom Manufacturing opened the door for new tasks for its human employees by bringing in collaborative robots.
    F. Webber/NIST
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    Manufacturing Innovation Blog

    Additive Manufacturing Equals Excitement

    Sept. 8, 2016
    Additive manufacturing, and manufacturing in general, is a great example of interdisciplinary research. No matter your interest, your innovations can potentially lead to processing...