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Bigger, Better Plans for Manufacturing Day 2015

H undreds of events are planned

for this year’s edition of Manu-

facturing Day as supporters

continue efforts to improve the public

image of manufacturing. At the end

of July, the number of planned events

nationwide already exceeded 330,

according to the event’s web site,

www.mfgday.com.

While Manufacturing Day is officially slated for Friday,

Oct. 2, many organizations will hold #MFGday15 events

throughout the month. Companies host students, teachers,

parents and others at open

houses to demonstrate

manufacturing technology

and discuss careers in

manufacturing.

“Manufacturing Day has had rapid acceptance by manu-

facturers of all sizes and industry sectors,” said Ed Youdell,

president and CEO of the Fabricators & Manufacturers As-

sociation, International (FMA), one of the co-producer groups

providing support for Manufacturing Day.

The co-producers are confident

that the tally of events this year will

exceed 2250, Youdell said. There

were 1679 registered Manufacturing

Day events in 2014.

“We are confident that this grass-

roots movement is reaching deeper

into the education community, which

is critical for the industry’s future,”

said Jennifer McNelly, president of the Manufacturing Institute,

another one of the co-producing groups. “One of the most im-

portant things Manufacturing Day can do is to introduce edu-

cators and America’s youth to

manufacturing and the career

opportunities it provides.”

SME, the SME Education

Foundation and Tooling U-SME are proud to be gold sponsors

of Manufacturing Day. Throughout October, SME will support

the event through its chapter activities and events, the Founda-

tion’s PRIME school network and Tooling U-SME. SME will also

host a 5K run near its headquarters in Dearborn, MI. Visit sme.

org/mfgday for more information.

Organizers are looking to exceed 2250 Manufacturing Day events in 2015.

New Institute to Focus on Photonics

A sixth public-private manufacturing

institute will begin operations with

more than $610 million in funding. The

Manufacturing Innovation Institute for

Integrated Photonics will be based in

Rochester, NY, the White House said in

late July.

Photonics is the use of light to

transmit information. The Research

Foundation for the State University of

New York will be the lead organization of

the new institute. The photonics group

will receive $110 million in federal funds,

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with more than $500 million from other sources, including

universities and companies.

The manufacturing institutes are part of the National

Network for Manufacturing Innovation, or NNMI, an initiative

of the Obama administration. NNMI is intended to spur ap-

plied research developments and workforce development in

manufacturing. The photonics institute is a consortium of 124

companies, non-profit groups and universities.

The manufacturing institutes are designed to bring

companies and academic organizations together to develop

new manufacturing technologies and processes faster. Other

institutes concentrate on areas such as 3D printing and

lightweight materials.

The photonics institute will be supervised by the US De-

fense Department. According to a White House statement,

Rochester was selected to be the home base of the photon-

ics group because the area has companies already develop-

ing related technology.

Nine institutes have so far been authorized. The Obama

administration wants funding to increase the NNMI to 16

institutes by the end of 2016. The administration’s goal is for

45 of the institutes to be established over a decade.

— Senior Editor Bill Koenig

US Auto Sales Cruise Toward Record Year

US sales of light vehicles could reach an all-time high in

2015, based on the industry’s performance through the

first seven months of the year.

Total light vehicle sales increased 4.5% through July to 10

million units, according to Autodata Corp. Light truck sales

gained 10.7% to 5.4 million during that period. Car sales

declined 1.9% to 4.6 million.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, which ad-

justs for seasonal factors, averaged 17 million through July,

with the SAAR that month reaching 17.55 million units.

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year with 17-17.2 million in unit sales, which would put it

somewhere in the top five years of auto sales.

The industry’s best year of auto sales was set in 2000,

with 17.4 million cars and trucks sold., followed by:

• 2001—17.17 million vehicles sold



• 2004—16.91 million vehicle sold

The increase in sales is being driven

by low gas prices, relatively low unem-

ployment and new models.

Manufacturing Research Conference Creates Buzz, Draws Crowd

About 500 manufacturing students,

researchers and other profession-

als from around the world visited the

University of North Carolina Charlotte

from June 8 to 12 to discuss the latest

in international manufacturing re-

search and celebrate the cutting-edge

work underway in the technology of

making things.

They were there to attend two co-

located events, the 43rd SME North

American Manufacturing Research

Conference (NAMRC) sponsored by

NAMRI/SME, and the ASME Manu-

facturing Science and Engineering

Conference (MSEC) sponsored by their

Manufacturing Engineering Division.

The collective event is regarded as the

premier international forum for applied

research and industrial applications in

manufacturing and design.

In all, 120 papers were presented

during NAMRC sessions of the confer-

ence, with eight fast-tracked to SME’s

Journal of Manufacturing Systems and

12 fast-tracked to SME’s Journal of

Manufacturing Processes.

During the event, the North Ameri-

can Manufacturing Research Institution

of SME installed its new board, which

will remain in place through the close

of NAMRC 44. That event will be held

from June 27 to July 1, 2016, hosted

by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

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The new NAMRI president is Ste-

ven R. Schmid, PhD, CMfgE, PE, an

associate professor of aerospace and

mechanical engineering at the University

of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN). SME of-

ficials thanked Shreyes N. Melkote, PhD,

FSME, and a professor in the George W.

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineer-

ing at the Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta), for his service and contribution to NAMRI SME.

The president-elect for the 2015–2016 NAMRI SME

Board of Directors is Dean L. Bartles, PhD, FSME. Bartles is

currently the chief manufacturing officer and executive direc-

tor of the Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation Institute

in Chicago, a UI LABS collaboration. The complete 2015–

2016 board can be viewed at www.sme.org/namri-bod/

The complete NAMRC 43 program can be viewed

at http://tinyurl.com/NAMRC43program, and access to

NAMRC proceedings can be found at www.sme.org/namri.

NAMRC 44 is now seeking original papers that report the

latest in basic and applied research in these key areas:

TRACK 1 Manufacturing Systems – General Submission

TRACK 2 Manufacturing Processes – General Submission

TRACK 3 Additive Manufacturing

TRACK 4 Cyber-Physical Systems in Manufacturing

TRACK 5 Manufacturing Education and Workforce Devel-

opment

TRACK 6 Research Implementation – Application Op-

portunities

In addition, papers can be submitted for the Ranga

Komanduri Memorial Symposium – Advanced Manufacturing

Processes and Materials.

The deadline for the call for papers is Dec. 1. Please visit

www.sme.org/namri for updates and the link to submit papers.

Contacts for the NAMRC 44 conference include Jaime

Camelio, professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the host

school, Virginia Tech; the Scientific Committee chair, Albert

Shih, professor of Mechanical Engineering, the University of

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Michigan (Ann Arbor); and the Scientific Committee co-chair,

Lihui Wang, professor of Sustainable Production Systems,

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden).

As with SME’s NAMRC 43, the 2016 conference will

again be co-located with the MSEC,

produced by the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers and their Manu-

facturing Engineering Division.

— Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Johnson Controls to Spin Off Automotive Unit

Longtime automotive supplier John-

son Controls Inc. plans to spin off

its automotive unit, which accounts for

more than half of its revenue.

The auto unit will become a sepa-

rate, publicly traded company. Johnson

Controls disclosed the decision July 24

when it reported earnings for its fiscal

third quarter. Johnson Controls said it

expects to complete the separation in

12 months.

Bruce McDonald, vice chairman and

executive vice president of Johnson

Controls, will become chairman and

CEO of the new company, according

to a statement. Johnson Controls said

on June 10 it was exploring “strategic

options” for separating the auto unit,

which makes auto seating and interiors.

The unit generated $22 billion of the company’s $42.8 billion in

revenue for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2014.

The Milwaukee company will concentrate on its build-

ing efficiency and power solutions businesses. The latter



includes production of automotive batteries. The building

efficiency unit produces heating and air conditioning sys-

tems as well as systems for management and security of

buildings. Exiting the auto seating and interiors business will

“drive more profitable growth,” Johnson Controls CEO Alex

Molinaroli said in June.

— Senior Editor Bill Koenig

New President at EMCO Maier

EMCO Maier /

EMCO Mecof

Corp. (Novi, MI), part

of the EMCO Group,

Hallein, Austria, has

named Gary Hulihan

its new president,

effective June 1,

2015, according

to Stefan Hansch, EMCO Group CEO.

Hulihan will report to Hansch.

Hulihan has held key positions with

German-based machinery manufacturers

including EMAG, Ex-Cell-O and eldec.

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MC Machinery Opens Subsidiary in Mexico

MC Machinery Systems (Wood

Dale, IL), a subsidiary of Mitsubi-

shi Corp. and supplier of its manu-

facturing machinery, said it opened a

subsidiary in El Marqués, Querétaro,

Mexico. MC Machinery Systems de

Mexico will serve the country’s demand

for the EDM, fabrication, milling, and

turning machines built by Mitsubishi

and the brands MC Machinery repre-

sents. The operation will include a full

service and support department. An

onsite warehouse will stock OEM-quali-

ty consumables and service parts.

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Events

The Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS),

slated to be held Sept. 28–Oct. 1 at the International Centre

in Mississauga is expected to draw 10,000 professionals.

CMTS is poised to unveil Canada’s largest display of industry

equipment and technology geared towards helping manu-

facturers maintain a competitive advantage and prepare for

growth. More information at www.cmts.ca.

RÖHM Products of America, a division of the German-

based RÖHM Group, will celebrate the grand opening of its

new North American manufacturing and headquarters facility

in Suwanee, GA, on September 23 and 24. The Oktoberfest-

themed event will bring in company dignitaries from overseas

and include an in-depth look at the new facility, technology

seminars, a private tour of the ZF Wind Power Plant, and,

of course, traditional German fare. RÖHM’s new 32,000 ft2

(2973 m2) facility is three times larger than its previous loca-

tion in Lawrenceville, GA, allowing the company to manufac-

ture in the US and expand its service and support operations

across North America. Registration for the two-day Oktober-

fest event is open at www.rohmgrandopening.com.

Mazak Corp. invites those involved in the metalwork-

ing industry to attend its DISCOVER 2015 technology and

education event, taking place October 27–29 and November

3–5 in Florence, KY. The leading machine tool builder plans

to spotlight new technologies and trends that will drastically

change how part manufacturers operate, including uncon-

ventional ways to drive operational efficiency via additive

manufacturing, CNC technology and the Industrial Internet

of Things (IIoT) concept. More than 30 of the latest Mazak

machine tools will perform real-world cutting demonstrations

throughout the event. Additional DISCOVER 2015 details,

including registration information, are available at www.Maza-

kUSA.com/DISCOVER2015.

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