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How Do Recycling Facilities Sort Different Kinds of Plastic?
How Do Recycling Facilities Sort Different Kinds of Plastic? Recycling facilities handle a wide variety of plastics that often look similar as they move quickly along sorting lines, making it challenging to keep material streams clean and high value. NIST’s “How Do...
Pawtucket Manufacturer’s Forum Provides Lively Conversation and Insights
On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, various manufacturers gathered at the Cooley Group’s Pawtucket headquarters for a stimulating conversation on the current state of Rhode Island manufacturing. The Pawtucket Manufacturers’ Forum, presented by Polaris MEP and the Pawtucket...
How Can Companies Improve Sustainability Efforts?
How Can Companies Improve Sustainability Efforts? Supply chain sustainability is quickly moving from “nice to have” to “must have” for manufacturers that want to stay on preferred supplier lists. In a feature for Material Handling & Logistics, Indrani de Silva...
The Toll of Tariffs
The Toll of Tariffs In 2025, factories and manufacturers were hit with the sudden and unexpected expense of higher tariffs. For many, this threw businesses into turmoil as they struggled to find materials, which in turn caused supply chain disruptions, and increased...
AI in Manufacturing: What’s Now—and What’s Next?
AI in Manufacturing: What's Now—and What's Next? IndustryWeek’s coverage by MIT Professor Wojciech Matusik spotlights artificial intelligence as a transformative force in manufacturing, pushing adoption beyond experimentation to everyday business impact. AI-powered...
Overconfidence in Cybersecurity Strategy Puts Supply Chains at Risk
Overconfidence in Cybersecurity Strategy Puts Supply Chains at Risk New research from NCC Group [link: https://www.nccgroup.com/] highlighted in Material Handling & Logistics News reveals a troubling gap between perception and reality in supply chain...
Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns
Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns In her Manufacturing.net article, “Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns,” Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, explores how the next wave of...
Shedding Light on the Future of Metal 3D Printing
Shedding Light on the Future of Metal 3D Printing NIST’s Brian Gutierrez spotlights a cutting-edge method that could reshape the future of metal 3D printing by harnessing the power of laser light reflections—known as caustics—during fabrication. In his feature,...
Companies seek ‘next-generation’ makers at Manufacturing Day 2025
PBN explores the benefit of Manufacturing Day 2025 for manufacturing leaders. Polaris MEP thanks PBN author Jacquelyn Voghel for attending RI's Future in the Making sponsored by General Dynamics Electric Boat, Nautilus Defense, New England Institute of Technology...
Hundreds of Rhode Island Students Explore Local Manufacturing Careers at Manufacturing Day 2025
Students rotated through hands-on activity stations. PROVIDENCE, RI — Despite the gloomy weather, Rhode Island's next generation of makers gathered at Farm Fresh Rhode Island on October 8th for the fourth annual Manufacturing Day Career Exploration Experience, hosted...
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