Empire State Development Announces Launch of Initiative to Further Support Innovation and Growth for Manufacturers in Western New York
Shift 2.0 Program Will Assist Manufacturing Companies with Technological Improvements and Innovation to Increase Productivity and Employment January 11, 2023 — Empire State Development (ESD) today announced Buffalo Manufacturing Works, operated by EWI, will build on the success of the Shift program, with Shift 2.0, which is designed to move small to medium-sized manufacturers from […]
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Automation to Preserve Jobs
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI When first developed, collaborative robots were sometimes viewed as just another fad. By now it’s become clear that collaborative robots – cobots – are both useful and affordable. Further, despite some initial beliefs that they would destroy manufacturing jobs, there are increasing indications that cobots can help companies address immediate […]
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ESG: How EWI Lends Manufacturers a Hand
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI It’s inescapable. Walk into a board meeting. Meet with a potential customer. Read the business news. ESG has emerged as a hot topic in manufacturing (and elsewhere), so I want to talk about it. But first, so we’re on the same page, let’s spell it out. At its […]
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EWI’s New Joint Industry Program to Advance the Hydrogen Economy
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI I got pretty excited a year or so ago talking about the “new” hydrogen economy, but noted at that time that delivery likely would be the primary challenge to such an economy taking hold. Since then, it has become clear that part of the response to addressing this challenge […]
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Offshore Wind Energy: On the Edge of Opportunity
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI Global climate change. International accords. Electric vehicles. Blue hydrogen. Green hydrogen. Carbon capture and storage. CO2 recycling. Carbon emissions trading. The news discusses these and many other energy-related issues, information, and ideas on a daily basis. It can be hard to keep up with what’s new, what’s possible, […]
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Getting Advanced Manufacturing Technology onto the Factory Floor
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI Although the who, what, when, and where frequently change, one constant at EWI is the why. Our mission to deliver innovative technological solutions that enhance competitiveness in manufacturing is the why that guides everything we do. We approach that mission in three separate, interrelated steps: Step 1: Identify the best options to solve manufacturing challenges. […]
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One Piece of the Manufacturing Workforce Challenge Puzzle
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI The existence of a manufacturing workforce shortage is old news. I wrote about it in a December 2019 blog, and it wasn’t new news even then! But what we’re hearing now from the manufacturing community echoes what we’re all hearing, reading, and seeing more broadly — the pandemic has […]
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NYSTAR Innovation Summit
NYSTAR Innovation Summit November 8-9, 2021Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York Henry Cialone, President and CEO of EWI, will speak as part of panel called “Technology Driven Industry Change.” This session will feature companies and experts on harnessing sensors, data, the Industrial Internet of Things, and AI to enable agile production, predictive maintenance, and other […]
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How Data Science Can Increase Efficiency in Metal Stamping
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI Metal stamping has a long history. While there have been changes around the margins, the materials and technologies involved in the process had been substantially static until a decade or so ago. That was when, driven primarily by the needs of the auto industry, lighter-weight, higher-strength steel entered […]
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Transforming Tele-Welding from a Cool Idea to an Even Cooler Reality
By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI I’ve been at EWI for more than 15 years, and I’m still like a kid in a candy store any time we play a role in turning an abstract concept into an actuality — a functional technology that adds a new tool to our collective manufacturing arsenal. It […]
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