By applying cutting-edge tools and production systems, the plant has achieved a 17 percent boost in productivity and a 30 ...

Smart factories represent an evolution from traditional manufacturing, transforming automated processes into fully digital, interconnected, and adaptive production ecosystems. Leveraging advanced ...

Smart factories are not just the future—they’re the only way forward for midsize manufacturers determined to stay competitive and profitable. As global competition, labor shortages, and rising costs ...

TRUMPF, a high-tech company offering manufacturing in the fields of machine tools and laser technology, has opened its new smart factory in Farmington, Connecticut. Following a May 20 ribbon-cutting, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The manufacturing industry is undergoing a transformation as it embraces Industry 4.0, and ...

For decades, Connecticut — and much of the United States — has wrestled with the thorny problem of how to rebuild its once vibrant manufacturing industries in the face of lower-cost competition from ...

NEW YORK and DAEJEON, South Korea, Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Korea Innovation Foundation (INNOPOLIS), currently operating ...

When a business leader at Rolls-Royce wants cash for smart factory upgrades, they need to appear on Dragon’s Den. Okay, not the actual reality series where entrepreneurs compete for the attention and ...

Advancements in environmental sensing have played an important role in smart factories, automobiles, medical wearables and other end equipment in which electrification is becoming more common. In ...

The Smart Factory Innovation and Technologies (Smart FIT) Lab is more than just a space filled with advanced equipment. It's a hub for innovation, learning, and research: A place where students, ...

Part IV of a four-part series. Machines used to be dumb. They didn’t make decisions, nor could they learn anything new. That is changing rapidly. With the integration of software and sensors, a ...