Rhode Island businesses are beginning to receive millions of dollars in tariff refunds, but some manufacturers are having trouble accessing the federal system needed to claim the money. About $25 million in refunds has already gone to roughly 30 importers in Rhode...
The inaugural New England M.A.D.E. (Manufacturing Advancement, Development & Expansion) Summit brought manufacturers, business leaders, industry experts and manufacturing support organizations together Tuesday, September 15, at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, Rhode...
Quality Magazine's latest coverage of the ISO 9001:2026 revision digs into the substance behind the update, framing it as more than a routine documentation refresh. A central focus is climate change: Clause 4 now explicitly requires organizations to determine...
In a recent TechStrong TV conversation, Value Stream Mapping pioneer Jack Maher argues that manufacturing's classic Lean toolkit—value stream mapping, Kanban, and process analysis dating back to the 1950s—is entering a new phase. Maher discusses how detailed value...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the familiar challenge of getting ketchup out of a bottle to explain how “non-Newtonian” fluids behave—and why that same science could unlock better ceramic 3D printing. In a recent Taking Measure blog...
AI gets talked about like it’s already running the factory floor. For most small and mid-sized manufacturers, that’s not reality. The promise is big—autonomous systems, seamless digital operations—but the day-to-day still looks a lot like it always has. What’s changed...
IndustryWeek’s article “We Needed Automation to Reshore Our Supply Chain” describes how TAC Industries, a Springfield, Ohio-based manufacturer that produces cargo nets for the U.S. Air Force, used automation as the key lever to bring critical hardware sourcing back...
On June 25, something meaningful happened at New England Institute of Technology. A group of graduates walked across the stage—not just to mark the end of a program, but to make a step toward entirely new careers. They’re the latest cohort from the Polaris/NEIT...
"Are your evacuation drills a herd of people all headed to the front door because that's closest to the muster point, or do they reflect the chaos that will accompany a real event?" - Ken Hayes, Polaris MEP Project Manager The National Safety Month spotlight on...