You don’t need to gaze into a crystal ball to ascertain what’s on the horizon for manufacturing as the innovations of tomorrow are being made possible today through greater adoption of transformative technologies. Many are a cluster of technologies under the umbrella of Industry 4.0, which is often...
The RAPID Manufacturing Institute is pleased to announce its schedule of conference topicals at AIChE's upcoming 2019 Spring Meeting in New Orleans. Our complete schedule is available for download below. If you have any immediate concerns or questions, contact Ashley Smith-Schoettker for more...
Depending on which survey or poll you read, manufacturers are either on the edge of despair over the workforce and attracting viable candidates or euphoric over tax cuts and improved capital spending. However, the real state of manufacturing in the process industries today is far more balanced and...
In mid-July, we reported that the RAPID Manufacturing Institute underwent two different peer reviews by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). One was a closed DOE Peer Review held in Golden, CO; the second was part of the DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) Peer Review held in Washington, DC,...
RAPID’s networking and poster session at AIChE’s 2018 Annual Meeting surpassed expectations. Over 120 RAPID members and supporters converged on our session to view 38 posters and engage presenters on their projects. Breakthrough technologies and novel equipment models are not often easy to...
RAPID continues to carve out the landscape of how and in which industries modular and chemical process intensification can enable step changes in energy efficiency, capital and operating cost factors, environmental emissions, commercial project execution and market penetration. As part of this...
On October 10, 2018, the Manufacturing USA network including the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, came to Washington, DC to brief 150 members of Congress and members of the general public on their progress. Manufacturing USA also released the 2017 Annual Report which featured each institute and its...
