The latest Additive Manufacturing Consortium event held at ORNL earlier this month was definitely time well spent. With an overflow crowd and topic paper presentations from across industry, academia and several government agencies, it was clear that this organization has reached critical mass, and will continue to play a leading role as metal AM applications and acceptance continue to […]
Read MoreIt’s all in the numbers. Let’s start with 2013. That’s the year we took a serious step towards reducing our energy consumption by participating in an American Electric Power savings program for businesses. As part of a roof upgrade, we installed three solar arrays on top of our company headquarters. The resulting power generation and […]
Read MoreBuffalo Manufacturing Works is operated by EWI EWI is pleased to announce the addition of three new Associates to our New York team: Nadine Powell, Robert Herbeck and Alexander Kitt. In addition to their roles within our new Buffalo operation, the three will support the activities and growth of Buffalo Manufacturing Works, part of Governor Andrew M. […]
Read MoreKudos to Technology Leader Jerry Gould, 2014 winner of the Elihu Thomson Resistance Welding Award from the Resistance Welding Manufacturing Alliance.The award, presented last week in Atlanta at FABTECH’s AWS Award Ceremony, is given annually for outstanding contribution to the technology and application of resistance welding. As Tech Leader for our Resistance and Solid State Welding group, Jerry’s […]
Read MoreOne of our own EWI Associates, Miranda Marcus, has published a first-person, myth-busting essay about the concerns many women have when considering a career in engineering. Her piece appeared last week on BuzzFeed: In my graduating class of 28 engineers, only 2 were women. It’s not a pretty statistic. These are the perceptions that are […]
Read MoreOn October 3rd, EWI hosted its second annual Open House. More than sixty curious guests from Columbus and central Ohio visited our labs to learn about the applied research and development we do to bring cutting-edge technologies to manufacturers worldwide. The Open House was held on Manufacturing Day, a national day designated by the manufacturing industry to educate […]
Read MoreEWI’s laser technology leader Stan Ream was featured and interviewed about his breakthrough patent on High-Powered Reflective Focusing Optics (HPRFO) for welding with a high-powered, solid-state laser in the July 2014 issue of The Fabricator. The technology allows for relatively long, uninterrupted stretches using high laser power, specifically 13 kW – without the need for […]
Read MoreIt is amazing what a little drive, ambition, and perhaps fear can do… EWI engineer Marc Purslow completed his epic cross-country bicycle journey late last month. It started with a desire to do something big that mattered. Back in August 2013, he decided to ride his bicycle across the country – all the way from […]
Read MoreEWI will hold its inaugural oil and gas industry-focused workshop this September 15-16, at the Houston Marriott Energy Corridor in Houston, TX. The Global Oil and Gas Technology Workshop, sponsored by the EWI Strategic Technology Committee (STC) for Oil & Gas, will bring together leaders across the oil and gas industry in an open forum in which they […]
Read MoreThe new EWI New York office is ramping up! According Buffalo Business First, the City of Buffalo is buzzing about the opportunities EWI brings to the region as leader of a new advanced manufacturing hub. One local executive referred to EWI’s arrival as the beginning of “a Buffalo renaissance where the finished products are knowledge and technology […]
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