DETROIT – LIFT announced that it has begun developing a Digital Twin Smart Factory Showcase at its Corktown facility in conjunction with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Siemens Digital Industries to provide a demonstration sandbox for manufacturing companies and economic developers to explore smarter manufacturing technologies. The Digital Twin Smart Factory Showcase – a
DETROIT - The world around us is changing at blistering speed. Welcome to the ‘Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’. We are smack dab in the middle of incredible changes that are causing our physical, digital, and biological worlds to merge. In this vastly altered reality, age-old rules no longer apply, especially when it
SOUTHFIELD — America’s deep, sometimes societal and political divisions, along with U.S. manufacturers’ lack of significant numbers of non-white middle and upper management positions, are holding the sector back in global markets, according to five business leaders Smart Manufacturing magazine gathered recently to discuss race and ethnicity in manufacturing management. This underrepresentation of people of
ANN ARBOR - Rob Luce, VP of the SME Education Foundation, explains how his manufacturing-focused group will use $6 million from the state of Michigan for its PRIME initiative, which offers manufacturing education and career-readiness opportunities to high school students. PRIME is already in 17 Michigan high schools. With the state money, Luce wants to
TRAVERSE CITY — Awareness and use of the latest manufacturing technology is getting a boost in northwest lower Michigan from a $275,000 Michigan Economic Development Corporation grant. The Northwest Industry 4.0 Consortium received the grant to further the awareness and integration of Industry 4.0 practices in the region. The Consortium members are the Alliance for
JACKSONVILLE BEACH - NewSight Reality, Inc. announced the successful demonstration of breakthrough core technology at the heart of its Transparent Optical Module in collaboration with United States Special Operations Command in advancing the development and capabilities of TOM. NSR's TOM display engines will enable the Augmented Reality market to finally meet the objectives of normalized
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Manufacturing Institute’s Center for Manufacturing Research partnered with the American Psychological Association to examine best practices for worker retention among manufacturers and explore the factors that affect retention. Featuring both leadership and worker perspectives, the Manufacturing Engagement and Retention Study analyzed why manufacturing workers stay with their employers and what contributes
TROY - Automation Alley’s 2021 Tech Report, now available, was prepared with support from Automation Alley’s Industry 4.0 academic and corporate partners and highlights several real-world Industry 4.0 success stories and features executive summaries and action items on the most pressing Industry 4.0 topics for small and medium-sized enterprises, including: Holistic Industry 4.0 Adoption AI,
TROY—The Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator has made a $110,000 investment in Detroit-based Andonix, creators of the Safely Pass app to give organizations digital tools to monitor workplace safety and health—including daily staff screenings required for manufacturing employers during the pandemic. “Andonix is poised for growth in a variety of manufacturing environments, and this should
ANN ARBOR - Automation Alley CEO Tom Kelly joins MITech TV co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to talk about how the technology networking group has expanded from Southeast Michigan to the entire state to help foster innovation in manufacturing. On this segment also appear Industrial Hemp Association of Michigan President Dave Crabill and Treasurer
