Karen Hawthorne

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November 2022 / 2022 / Current

Where Would You Like To Go?

Written by Karen Hawthorne

You are driving along in your car, or, more accurately, your car is driving you along. You have set the car to fully autonomous so that you can lay back on the mattress which folds out for these trips, and it’s zipping along in electric-powered near silence. You were in a bubble gum-pink mood so that’s what you set your car’s color to before pulling out of your driveway with the plan to get caught up on that Netflix series that you haven’t had a chance to watch while you are on your way to your destination.

2022 / September 2022

High-tech Innovation for the Critical-Missions Market

Liburdi

Written by Karen Hawthorne

For more than 30 years, Liburdi has been a leader in the development of advanced technologies to serve time-sensitive and mission-critical industries such as aerospace, nuclear, oil and gas, and energy.

2022 / September 2022

The Reshoring Boom

Here and Now

Written by Karen Hawthorne

Who doesn’t want to see the local economy come back stronger than ever post-pandemic?

2022 / August 2022

The Time is Now

Investing in Next-Gen Tech

Written by Karen Hawthorne

Like many businesses today, yours may be wrestling with the realities of automation, sustainability, supply chain management, and a rapidly increasing choice of new materials and their promises to improve product development and deliver higher profits.

2022 / July 2022

Greener, Cleaner Robots

A Skilled Trades Revolution

Written by Karen Hawthorne

Industrial robots have had their place in the manufacturing world for decades.

2022 / Eco-friendly Methods & Materials / April 2022

For the Greater Good, and the Bottom Line

Sustainability Makes Sense

Written by Karen Hawthorne

The U.S. Energy Information Administration says manufacturing consumes 20 percent of the country’s annual energy output, about the energy in 3.6 billion barrels of crude oil. That’s the kind of big statistic that warms the heart of American manufacturers, but how do we sustain it?

March 2022 / 2022 / Automation

Second Generation Leader Helps Guide Family Machine Shop to New Levels

Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing

Written by Karen Hawthorne

In a marketplace that has been filled with uncertainty, global upheaval, supply chain issues, inflation, acts of nature and more, strong leadership is needed more than ever. And while that’s true for any size company, it is certainly a necessary element for a second generation machine shop located in the rust belt of Indiana fighting for relevancy and growth.

2022 / February 2022

Upskilling Canada’s Biomanufacturing Workforce

Canadian Advanced Therapies Training Institute (CATTI)

Written by Karen Hawthorne

Astronauts go through extensive training to contend with zero gravity and the realities of space navigation. Interestingly, the preparation is not so different for people who produce cell and gene therapies for delivery to patients. Theirs is a field of challenging complexity where health and lives are in the balance and as such, there is rigorous training in protocols and standards for everything from product development to mass-market manufacturing.

December 2021 / In Focus / 2021

Up For Any Challenge

Cassidy Manufacturing

Written by Karen Hawthorne

Reshoring parts manufacturing may be better for your bottom line than you think, says Sean Cassidy, founder and CEO of Cassidy Manufacturing. “If you take an offshore component, you can truly double or maybe triple the price if you add in all the unseen costs.”

November 2021 / 2021 / Automation

Machine Vision

Seeing is Believing for Industry 4.0

Written by Karen Hawthorne

It’s likely you have unlocked your phone using the built-in facial recognition software, or maybe you have added dog ears or cat whiskers to a favourite headshot in your image gallery. Or better yet, maybe you’ve driven a Tesla and used the autonomous driving feature.