In 2021, the private and federal push for domestic supply of essential goods propelled reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) job announcements to a record high. Projections from Reshoring Initiative® 1H 2022 data show reshoring and FDI continuing these gains.

FARO® Technologies, Inc., announced the acquisition of UK-based GeoSLAM, a leading provider of mobile scanning solutions with proprietary high-productivity simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) software to create 3D models for use in Digital Twin applications.

The American Society for Quality, ASQ, will be hosting “Quality—Then and Now, it’s joint inspection division and greater Houston section conference Sept. 29-30 at Sheraton Houston-Brookhollow Hotel in Houston, TX.

The Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF) announced 13 outstanding women leaders who make up the 2022 class of Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductees.

Xiris Automation Inc. announced that Polytec GmbH of Waldbronn, Germany has been appointed an official distributor of Xiris Weld Inspection Systems for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The Women in Manufacturing® Association (WiM) announced the launch of the International Women’s Network (IWN), which aims to connect the association’s growing number of international members and deliver them opportunities to connect, share information and support one another.

NIST has awarded $3.7 million in grants to help address barriers to widespread adoption of metals-based additive manufacturing through measurement science research. Additive manufacturing typically creates parts and components by building them layer by layer, based on a 3D computer model. Most metals-based additive processes form parts by melting or sintering material in powder form.

Viking Plastics announced it has yet again been honored with receiving the 2021 GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award. 

Evident, a new wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus comprised of its former Life Science and Industrial divisions, released new objectives for OEM integrators and Olympus industrial microscopes that combine a high numerical aperture and long working distance, providing exceptional flexibility in various inspection applications.

Nano Dimension Ltd. announced that it has signed and closed a definitive agreement to acquire Formatec Holding B.V, which includes its two subsidiaries - Admatec Europe B.V. and Formatec Technical Ceramics B.V.