CONCORD, MA - Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) customer Denis Manning and his BUB Enterprises racing team have set the motorcycle world land speed record, recapturing a title Manning

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA - Registration is now open for the East Coast's largest annual manufacturing event. EASTEC returns May 25 to 27, 2010, to the Eastern States Exposition in West

BOULDER, CO - As the global market for electrified vehicles grows rapidly over the next several years, lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in a variety of chemistries will be the technology

COLUMBIA, MD- November marks the second month in a row that the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) crested 50 and that mirrors the trends identified in the Purchasing Managers’ Index. The

DETROIT - Fritz Henderson has resigned as chief executive officer of General Motors and government-appointed chairman Ed Whitacre has taken over temporarily. “This does not come entirely as a shock,”

TEMPE, AZ - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the seventh consecutive month, say the nation’s

NATICK, MA - Cognex Corp. has signed a supply agreement with the German automaker BMW AG. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Cognex will supply DataMan handheld and In-Sight

DEARBORN, MI - The SME Education Foundation has been honored with the 2009 Project Lead The Way Patriot Award. The award is presented annually to an organization which has contributed

DEARBORN, MI - As employers across the country continue to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many manufacturers are facing an ironic dilemma. As they eliminate positions-mainly repetitive, assembly type

BARRINGTON, NJ - Edmund Optics (EO) announces that Monash University, Victoria, Australia, has been awarded the top prize of S$5,000 (SGD) in the Edmund Optics University Bursary Program for 2009,