Believe it or not, there is good news out there regarding the economy. In fact, if you were to browse through the news section of our website, you can find several large investments in U.S. manufacturing – as well as the resulting creation of jobs – since the start of the year.

Additive-manufacturing and 3D-printing solutions provider Stratasys got a helping hand from industry giants Boeing, Ford and Siemens when developing its latest 3D printing technologies.

Lindberg/MPH shipped an electric-immersion aluminum holding furnace to a leading automotive parts supplier.

The need for lighter and safer vehicles increases the demand for stronger steels in automotive bodies. Aerospace components have many of the same demands but on a more rigidly controlled level with a wider variety of materials.

We continue our look at the diverse industries that use fasteners. In April, we touched on general fastener information and the equipment used to heat treat fasteners. We discussed the aerospace and medical industries, and this article picks up where we left off.

Are we thinking rightly when making business decisions about purchases? Back in our May 2007 editorial, we made the case that buying domestically manufactured vehicles supports our industry because local heat treaters – captive or commercial – are positively affected.