Innovation

Stay up-to-date on manufacturing innovation issues -- including news, trends and best practices in R&D, process improvement, product development and intellectual-property protection. Also, learn how to incorporate the latest materials, innovative technologies (e.g., nanotechnology) and design strategies (e.g., design for manufacturing, or DFM) into your manufacturing operations.

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Is Your Intellectual Property Under Attack?

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Corporate Culture

What Does It Take to Get from Startup to Growth? Risk Tolerance, Mentorship, Access

July 13, 2023

Apples To Oranges

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What's the Difference Between a Prototype and a 'Minimum Viable Product'?

Sept. 16, 2022

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Accelerate Manufacturing Innovation with Data-Driven Insights

Sept. 6, 2022

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Corporate VC, at its Best a 'Beneficial Virus,' Booms as Source of Innovation

July 13, 2022

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Growth Strategies

Breakthrough or Expensive Dud? What Product-Centric Design Can Teach Us

June 23, 2022

A passion for serving customers must be balanced with reasoned considerations of what is best for customers and the company, particularly over the long term.

Ideation

Corporate Culture

When Ideation Is a Waste of Time

April 19, 2022

Without a vision, the first step in the innovation process will be all over the place.

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Biden's Budget, Building Boom and Intergenerational Innovation: IW's Weekly Reads

April 1, 2022

Catch up with the most-read content on IndustryWeek.com over the past seven days.

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Biden Budget Proposal Includes Manufacturing Spending (Slideshow)

March 28, 2022

$5.8 trillion spending proposal calls for investments in worker training, cybersecurity, supply chain systems and research.

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Emerging Technologies

Over a Decade in the Making, Plans for MIT Semiconductor Research Facility Take Shape

Feb. 9, 2022

The $279 million project will be funded by the US Department of Defense.

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Technology and IIoT

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: What you Measure Matters

Feb. 1, 2022

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Technology and IIoT

Slovak Flying Car Receives Official Certification

Jan. 25, 2022

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Alcoa Details Possible $600M in R&D Spending Plans Through ‘24

Jan. 20, 2022

Companies and governments fund innovation in early stages and close to deployment. But, paying for the middle part of technological development remains challenging.

Outlook 2022: Innovation Funding Urgency Grows

Dec. 30, 2021

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Emerging Technologies

New Process Could Bring Rare-Earth Relief

Dec. 23, 2021

‘Selective separation,’ now in development at MIT, has potential to alleviate critical metals shortages.

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Growth Strategies

Small Manufacturers Win with a Startup Mindset

Dec. 17, 2021

A look at three companies that succeeded at innovation by reframing how they think about risks.

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Supply Chain Initiative

A Look at China’s Unethical Business Practices

Dec. 15, 2021

Most companies understand that manufacturing in China exposes their companies to a high risk of theft of intellectual property.

Collaboration

Supplier Relationships

Sourcing and Product Design Work Better Together

Dec. 14, 2021

Sustainability gains, cost reduction are among the benefits of bringing suppliers into the design process