Process manufacturers live in a highly regulated, risk-averse and occasionally volatile world. Those operational factors are a primary reason why the digitization of process industries have lagged far ...

A row of cutting mills at a Proto Labs manufacturing facility in the U.S. Source: Proto Labs One of the hottest terms to arise in manufacturing lately is the term “digital thread.” Essentially, the ...

They hold together everything from the most delicate watch to the largest bridge. The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these ...