Manufacturing

ELFA forecasts generally positive economy and solid capital investment with building headwinds and moderated growth by year end.

ELFA president noted demand, abundant funding in the credit markets and quality portfolios as contributors to a healthy equipment finance sector in 2018.

Organizations to collaborate on promoting work of Pittsburgh robotics companies and research institutions across the nation.

Modules highlight 18 transformative technologies that will help digitize operations to create better quality products at lower costs.

Lessons learned in the early personal computer market can help inform the ongoing innovation in the industrial robotics market.

Entrepreneurs vie for $10,000 cash award, spotlight at the April 8-11 Automate show and conference.

Industry veteran brings more than 23 years of experience in sales, service, product development and management.

Frost & Sullivan market analysis suggests passive RFID still has a competitive edge over active RFID, but technological advancements are helping to close the gap.

Global leaders combine software and hardware to co-develop solutions for digital supply chain operations in factories, warehouses and retail.

Food and beverage will account for nearly half of all new demand, and 16% of new box sales will come from the rapidly growing e-commerce segment.

Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) and Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. (TMHU), to become Toyota Material Handling.

Modern's cover stories in 2018 profiled some of the companies whose success is emblematic of a thriving industry.

Manufacturing output for the month of December finished 2018 on a downward slide, according to the monthly manufacturing Report on Business, which was released today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The report’s key metric, the PMI, dropped 5.2% to 54.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth). Even with the decline, the index has now grown for 28 consecutive months, with the overall economy now having grown for 116 consecutive months.

Optimism for the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors, in 2019, is firmly intact, albeit not at the same level as 2018, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was released this week.

With new business, leadership and investor, the provider of self-driving industrial vehicles plans enhanced production and innovation to meet growing demand.