From educational partnerships and AI to Boeing’s striking machinists, the topics that grabbed hold of the IndustryWeek manufacturing community this past week spanned a wide range. See for yourself: Here is the Top 10 most-consumed content on IndustryWeek.com over the past seven days.
Manufacturers, Liberal Arts Colleges Have Reasons to Collaborate: Their mutualistic strengths and needs can make them good partners in small-town America.
Trump Wants More Tariffs. Is that a Good Idea for US Manufacturing? With the election rapidly approaching, we examine the signature manufacturing economic policies of candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to see what’s at stake for the companies that make things in the United States.
How Ford Uses AI for Quality Control: The automaker's advanced manufacturing director discusses vision systems and other AI technologies used by Ford engineers to boost quality.
Five Predictions for the 2030 EV Battery Market: Which battery chemistries will pull ahead - and how should OEMs proceed?
Boeing Machinists to Vote on New Contract Wednesday: The new contract offers a 35% raise over the lifetime of the contract, shy 5% of union demands. (Includes update.)
IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Winners: Lessons in Operational Excellence: Representatives of Raymond Corp, Sandvik Coromant, Intertape Polymer Group and Toyota Material Handling discuss how they achieve and maintain operational excellence in manufacturing.
Hurricane Helene Exposes a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Vulnerability: Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
How 3D Printing Fits into Manufacturing, For Real: It’s time to stop talking about what additive manufacturing *could* do for large manufacturers and focus on successful production deployments.
Bankruptcy Plot Twist and Five EV Predictions: IW's Weekly Reads: Also, getting serious about additive on the production floor and how Ford uses AI in quality control.
Auto Parts Maker Accuride Files for Chapter 11: The company’s financial backers are looking for buyers for parts of the wheel and wheel-end manufacturer.
