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Conferences

Association of Equipment Manufacturers Annual Conference

ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

November 18-20, 2020
Why should you attend this year’s conference? Network with industry leaders and peers, Learn how to leverage the latest trends and technologies to positively impact your business, Hear from several industry executives as they explore how they are preparing for future opportunities and challeng...

Connecting Manufacturing Professionals to Real Solutions

CONNECTING MANUFACTURING PROFESSIONALS TO REAL SOLUTIONS

December 01-03, 2020
Manufacturing & Technology connects manufacturers with innovative solutions and insights from top industry experts to help them successfully navigate today’s rapid digital evolution. Presented by IndustryWeek, the trusted voice in manufacturing leadership.

Defense Manufacturing Conference

DEFENSE MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE

December 07-10, 2020
You are invited to attend the Defense Manufacturing Conference scheduled for December 7-10, 2020 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. The DMC Conference will be conducted simultaneously with the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages DMSMS Conference.

Houstex

HOUSTEX

February 23-25, 2021
HOUSTEX has been good for us. We’ve gotten quite a bit of traffic at our booth. We’ve seen a lot of our current customers, but we were very excited to see a lot of new customers come by. Even our competitors came by the booth. We’ve shared a little bit with them, they’ve shar...

AME International Conference

AME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

October 27-29, 2020
For more than three decades, the AME International Conference has brought together continuous improvement practitioners from across the globe to share, learn and grow together in the world’s largest gathering of lean professionals. This year, to safeguard the health and safety of our community...

Rethink

RETHINK

October 27-29, 2020
Find out how other manufacturing leaders are dealing with disruption, and gain practical solutions you can implement at your own facilities. Join the MLC for Rethink, a high-caliber virtual summit. Rethink is your chance to connect with peers, engage with suppliers, and gain knowledge to help you ad...

American Manufacturing Summit 2020

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2020

October 22-23, 2020
The Manufacturing Summit serves as an annual platform to exchange ideas around the impact of market dynamics and new technologies for current and future manufacturing, operations and supply chain leaders. This year’s Summit creates an opportunity to examine key case studies around how workforc...

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2020

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2020

October 20-22, 2020
COVID-19 has changed the way businesses, economies, and societies are operating. Working in close contact with our attendees and sponsors, Generis found it essential to provide an environment for the Manufacturing community to collaborate and share best practices in how to overcome current challenge...

 

Webinars

NOV 17, 2020
PRINCIPLES OF LEAN MANUFACTURING
This webinar provides an introduction to the newest interpretations of the principles of Lean Manufacturing, along with the methodology to implement those notions into a modern manufacturing or service environment. Covered topics include, elimination of waste, improved material flow, 5S wo...
NOV 18, 2020 | 9:30 PM
5G IN THE FACTORY: HOW 5G IOT AT THE EDGE CAN ELEVATE YOUR MANUFACTURING BUSINESS STRATEGY
The manufacturing industry supports more than 13 million jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Eight years from now, ABI research predicts that this industry will account for nearly 25% of all revenue for 5G ultra-reliable low-latency use cases (URLLC). In this webinar, T...
DEC 01, 2020 | 1 PM
ARE WE THERE YET? THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROBOTS AND VISION
Automated machine vision used to be really difficult and expensive. Then the “thing” happened that we knew would happen: computers caught up, memory caught up and our applications became very stable and reliable. Robots have had a similar path. Now we are seeing manufacturers i...

DIGITIZING AIRBUS’ GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN THROUGH APIS
An Airbus A380 is made up of 7 million different pieces with each piece coming from different parts of the world including Germany, Spain, UK, and France. Assembling the final plane requires support from various IT and operations teams. Leveraging legacy supply chain technology to support ...
PROPELLING U.S. MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH CYBERSECURITY INNOVATIONS
Manufacturing systems, supply chains, and processes are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to NBC News, the manufacturing sector in the U.S. lost nearly $240 billion in revenue and 42,220 manufacturing jobs from 2002 to 2012 due to cyber-attacks.
SPEED, PRECISION AND CONNECTIVITY FOR FACTORY 4.0
Increasingly, additive manufacturing is being integrated into new production processes. 3D printing technology is being applied for end-use parts, increasing in connectivity, and becoming an all-encompassing solution for modern manufacturing facilities. Learn from BigRep and Bosch Rexroth ...
HOW TO BE BLOCKCHAIN READY FOR 3D PRINTING
Are you looking to understand Blockchain and its impact on 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing? OEMs and Service Bureaus are only starting to make sense of this new technology now. Start determining how this can help you gain a competitive edge.
DESIGN THE MADNESS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
The heightened freedom of design that is inherent in 3D printing is taking all kinds of industries by storm, including aerospace, medical, and automotive. But how do we actually define this elusive Design for Additive Manufacturing practice? Is it just another flavor of design for manufact...
GENDER INCLUSION IN MANUFACTURING
Alison and Dennis talked about the state of the manufacturing industry in Canada, clarified misconceptions, shared the latest research and best practices from our Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Best Workplaces for Women, took questions, and discussed what the industry is doing to bri...

RESOURCES

The benefits of applying textures to injection molds are well known — they allow companies to curate the aesthetic of a product and avoid expensive post-processing operations. Designers can cont...

Medical device manufacturers face unique challenges when it comes to product development because they’re trying to break into a very heavily regulated market with a lot of oversight. Since medic...

The auto move manufacturer had incurred significant financial losses and struggled in denying methods in which they could optimize their excising operons and align with corporate Industry 4.0 incaves....

There are different tracking technologies typically used in a production facility. Depending on the amount of data transmitted and the complexity of implementation each have corresponding price points...

Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction, and paper. We employ some 26 000 people in more than 30 countrie...

As with other manufacturing techniques, the 3D printing process can be challenging and demands a level of expertise and familiarization. This guide aims to help designers produce quality and cost-effe...

After the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ground the world to a halt in the first few months of 2020, it created both new challenges for the manufacturing industry and exacerbated those that had existed fo...

That experience demands a platform supported by increased connectivity and cloud infrastructure. The industry will require immense computing and processing power for all the information that AVs rely ...

Stefaan Motte, Vice President of Materialise’s software department, discusses our ongoing partnerships with other members of the 3D printing community to standardize machine language and bring t...