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Manufacturing Today
 
December 19, 2025
 
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WATCH: The miniature V12 is a technical marvel in and of itself.

 

 
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This is a pivot, not a quit.

 
This undated photo provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation on Dec. 18, 2025, shows the Mississippi River Bridge, also known as the Black Hawk Bridge, in Lansing, Iowa.

The bridge, which closed in October, was the only one for about 30 miles in each direction.

 

Combine traditional quality controls with new digital solutions for results like: 454% 3-year ROI, +$3.25M annual revenue, 28% fewer manufacturing errors & $2.32M savings on materials in 9 months. Optimize your Quality Management strategy with TrakSYS.

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Maximize the performance of your rotating equipment with XT770. Align to ANSI tolerances, measure misalignment of horizontal and vertical machines, including soft foot, track thermal growth, and pipe strain, and document the results.

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Firehawk’s DCMA-rated rocket system integration facility in Crawford, Mississippi

Firehawk will continue to build the engines and propellant for missiles and rockets.

 
Keel Gratiot Large Machining Facility.

The new machines will be installed in a recently expanded 160,000-square-foot facility in Michigan.

 

EXAIR’s engineered Air Nozzles reduce noise levels and air costs. Air savings, compared to open copper tubes or pipes commonly used for blowoff, can be as high as 80%. Less compressed air means less noise. The typical noise level reduction is 10 dBA.

 
Nicholas Clark, a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State and one of the inventors of LionGlass, molds a piece of glass after removing it from a forge in the team's research lab.

LionGlass cuts the carbon footprint of glass manufacturing in half.

 
Anduril facility.

Anduril will provide propulsion for Boeing's offering in the Army’s midrange interceptor competition.

 

Generative AI (GenAI) saves time, processes data, and increases worker productivity during the implementation of new tools and technologies. Here are five key areas throughout the industrial enterprise where GenAI knocks over implementation hurdles.

 
Ransomware

Despite significant improvements, the report found that more than half still paid the ransom.

 
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They offer versatile mounting options and wide measurement ranges.

 

Manufacturing continues to be the most highly targeted sector - surpassing healthcare, education and finance when it comes to ransomware attacks. Here's some insight on the latest hacking trends, and how you can identify, defend and respond to them.  

 
Industrial Hack Andrey Popov

Understanding the ramifications of hackers reaching through your network to touch real-world assets.

 
Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023.

Many believe the 55-year-old law has become mired in red tape.

 

Start future-proofing your talent strategy today. Discover how a four-part framework can help manufacturers move beyond a siloed, static approach and overcome labor shortages to build a flexible, agile workforce.

 
A battery production engineer at Nunam assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 8, 2024.

Recycling and repurposing batteries is key to reducing reliance on imports for hard-to-obtain metals.

 
Lockheed Martin's Vectis.

Skunk Works aims to have the Vectis flying by 2027.

 
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The deals were worth billions.

 

 
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