WAUKESHA, WI—Husco International, a manufacturer of hydraulic and electromechanical control systems for automotive and off-highway applications, has received a Human Resources Award from the Milwaukee Business Journal.

To improve ergonomics, Waupaca Foundry is using an innovative adaptive technology to support workers who manually grind castings.

MUNICH—Industrial robots in Europe are on the rise: Manufacturers in the European Union’s 27 member states installed almost 72,000 robots in 2022, a 6 percent increase from 2021, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

In January 2023, Spanish multinational Meltio, a wire-laser metal 3D printing technology manufacturer, together with Phillips Corporation, a global manufacturing solutions leader based in the US, worked together to install a metal 3D printing solution to manufacture spare parts and repair tools on onboard US Navy ship, the USS Bataan. 

In 1828, Joseph Kuhn, a blacksmith from the small town of Eckartswiller, France, began manufacturing livestock weighing equipment at his village forge.

LEXINGTON, NC—Siemens Mobility, the largest manufacturer of passenger train cars in the U.S., will build a $220 million advanced manufacturing and rail services facility here. The factory will create more than 500 new jobs.

Whether you’re chopping vegetables for soup, pruning a tree in the back yard, or filleting a freshly caught fish during a camping trip, a sharp blade is vital for efficiency, quality and safety.

Initiated in 2004, the Assembly Plant of the Year award showcases world-class production facilities in America and the people, products, and processes that make them successful. 

RACINE, WI—After more than 260 days on strike, roughly 1,100 CNH Industrial workers in Wisconsin and Iowa are going back to work after a new contract was voted on and signed Jan. 21.

RACINE, WI—UAW members who have been on strike since May at CNH Industrial factories in Wisconsin and Iowa voted down a tentative labor contract on Jan. 7, the United Auto Workers union said.