Custom metal fabricator moves away from batch-and-queue

Humanetics Precision Metal Works, No. 22 on the The FABRICATOR’s 2022 FAB 40 list, might be the only custom metal fabricator in the world to have a lipstick room. No surprise, the room has nothing to do with lipstick. The space houses a fabrication cell with two turret punch presses, a laser cutting machine, along with a few brakes and a machining center. A decade ago, though, that room had everything to do with lipstick...



Tech Execs Not Confident in Supply Chain Security

With the double challenge of keeping supply chains robust and secure, a new survey from ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control) Association examined IT professionals’ key concerns around security challenges and how their organizations are responding to them...



LEGO to build a (real) solar power plant on its new factory site in Virginia

The LEGO Group has announced plans to build a $1 billion dollar factory in Chesterfield County, Virginia, complete with a solar facility to power the factory. The company’s goal is for its first U.S. factory in over 16 years to be completely carbon neutral.

“The location in Virginia allows us to build a solar park which supports our sustainability ambitions and provides easy links to...