by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) | Jun 11, 2025 | Economic / Global Trends
General Motors Co. will invest some $4 billion over the next two years in U.S. manufacturing plants. The automaker said Tuesday the new investment will increase American production of both gas and electric vehicles at the Detroit automaker’s sites in Michigan, Kansas... 
by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) | May 28, 2025 | 3D Printing
Gone are the days of babysitting parts through four different machines, across four different setups and praying nothing shifts along the way.What’s replacing it is far more streamlined—and much more strategic.Multitasking machines are no longer just nice-to-haves or... 
by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) | Jan 6, 2025 | Economic / Global Trends
Economic improvement in the United States will continue in 2025, according to the December 2024 Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Supply Chain Planning Forecast, released today.“Manufacturing’s purchasing and supply executives expect to see overall growth in... 
by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) | Jul 27, 2023 | Workforce
Manufacturers continue to navigate a challenging economic environment, grappling with inflation and supply chain disruptions. Amid these challenges, however, there’s an opportunity to focus on the industry’s greatest asset—its workers.Shiftboard recently published our... 
by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) | Jul 20, 2023 | Sustainability
A British entrepreneur is taking plastic pollution from the ocean and recycling it into engineering-grade materials for additive manufacturing (AM) applications.The 0rCA line from Fishy Filaments Ltd., Cornwall, England, is a family of materials in filament, pellet...
