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As part of National Welding Month in April, ESAB awarded $5,000 to support welding programs at Princeton High School and Lovelady High School, part of the Princeton Independent School District, through its ESAB Future Fabricators Charlie Monschke Welding Education Grant.

Heather Wade is our 2026 Quality Professional of the Year, as well as the president of the Heather Wade Group.
 

It is an exciting time to be in manufacturing. Across the globe, the industry is reinventing itself through artificial intelligence, automation, and data analytics that improve speed, visibility, and precision.

Manufacturers have long understood the promise of AI’s potential, especially for improving product quality, growing employee productivity, and reducing errors on the plant floor. 

In metal additive manufacturing, “traceability” has become a badge of seriousness. We can trace powder batches. We can trace build jobs. We can trace post-processing steps. We can trace inspection results. Great. 

Automation promises efficiency, cost savings, and fewer errors. What it cannot do is fix a broken process.

Nikon Corporation (Nikon) has launched the NEXIV VMF-K6561, the latest addition to its NEXIV 3D Confocal series.

Gage multiplexers consolidate measurements from multiple instruments into a single output (USB serial, keyboard wedge, or RS-232), simplifying data capture in quality labs and production. 

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) officially announced the release of GigE Vision 3.0, which is now available for download on the A3 website along with licensing information.

Today’s aviation, defense, and space organizations navigate three converging trends: faster technology adoption, increasingly distributed supply chains, and rising expectations for risk-based oversight.