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With help from ARM, WQED expands Inquire Within program to add advanced robotics
By Bill O’Toole, NEXT Pittsburgh Starting with a part-time job as a high school sophomore, Liz Kostandinu has spent 16 years working in libraries across the Pittsburgh region. In that time, she has watched the field undergo seismic shifts as people’s reading lives moved from page to screen. “The face of libraries and library programming […]
Read More...Becoming and Employer of Choice: Workplace Safety Tips to Implement Today
Safety in the workplace is a legal and moral responsibility for all companies. However, prioritizing and protecting the health and safety of employees is also a way to become an employer of choice. Promoting and maintaining a safe environment will allow a company to build a culture where employees feel valued and cared for, as […]
Read More...4 Types of Robots Every Manufacturer Should Know
There is a lot of buzz these days in the manufacturing sector about robots — and how they can help manufacturers address some of the challenges they face in today’s market, such as increased productivity and the scarcity of skilled workers. But what exactly do analysts and automation experts mean when they use the word […]
Read More...DMI Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill, First of its Kind for a PA Manufacturing Facility
DMI Companies is proud to announce that their main manufacturing facility, located in Monongahela PA, is now classified as a zero waste to landfill facility. Spearheaded by an overall corporate vision of a sustainable future and innovative energy efficient product design, DMI is the first manufacturing facility to achieve the TRUE Silver zero waste to […]
Read More...Students partner with manufacturers for video contest
By Eric Morris emorris@heraldstandard.com Students at several area middle schools this school year got to find out what’s “cool” about manufacturing, then they got to tell the world about it. A statewide video contest requiring students to profile companies with the production of short videos introduced teams of middle schoolers to local manufacturers and potential […]
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