Robert Schoenberger

Cleveland

Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Director at IndustryWeek

Magazine editor, giant nerd.

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Articles

Guiding a Manufacturing Business through Tariffs: Webinar Recap

1 week ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

Joining Homkes on the panel were Chuck Orzechowski, CEO of the Chief Operating Officer Business Forum (COO Forum) and Chris Azur, president of Warwood Tool, a West Virginia manufacturer of hammers, axes, crowbars and other industrial hand tools. During the hourlong session, panelists discussed communications strategies, planning options, inventory management and motivating teams. A few key pieces of advice emerged.
So That Happened: The Robots Are Coming for Your Burger-Flipping Job

1 week ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger |Anna Smith |Jill Jusko |Geert De Lombaerde

Making products and selling them is so 20th Century. It’s as backwards as manufacturing your goods in your own facilities instead of sourcing everything to sometimes-unreliable global supply chains. No, smart, modern companies know that as-a-service is where it’s at. Why own anything when you can shift all capital expenditures to operating line items?
Slate's Minimalist Electric Pickup: A Throwback to Affordable Vehicles

3 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

Part of the Slate philosophy is to not install on the car what customers can bring themselves. Instead of installing the complex wiring and equipment needed for a sound system, it comes with a universal cell-phone mount for the dashboard, and users can put wireless Bluetooth speakers in the glove compartment.
Nano Dimension explores ‘strategic alternatives’ for Desktop Metal

3 weeks ago | smartindustry.com | Robert Schoenberger

What you'll learn:Nano completed the purchase of Desktop Metal for $179 million just at the beginning of April after a long, contentious process. Throughout 2024, deal sizes shrank, leading to the July 2024 Nano Dimension/Desktop Metal merger announcement. Nano Dimension executives promised to provide more details during an earnings call later this month.
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships Regain Funding, for Now

4 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

President Donald Trump’s administration is restoring funding to Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) programs that it cancelled at the beginning of the month, reversing a decision that drew widespread condemnation from the manufacturing community.
Podcast: Inside John Deere’s Waterloo plant - A model for 5G in modern manufacturing

4 weeks ago | plantservices.com | Robert Schoenberger |Dennis Scimeca

Key takeawaysJohn Deere built an in-house 5G network to support smarter, more flexible manufacturing operations. 5G offers lower latency and better device mobility than Wi-Fi in dense factory environments. Technical storytelling helps bridge the IT/OT divide in advanced manufacturing systems. Smart factories need both the right tech and the right talent to manage complex systems like 5G.
Manufacturing Business Confidence Plummets in April

4 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

Manufacturing pessimism has spiked dramatically in April as industrial producers deal with changing tariff plans and try to assess how global trade policy will impact their costs and operations in the coming months. Several surveys released this week show huge swings in business confidence between January, when most manufacturers had a positive outlook for near-term conditions and the full year, and April, when sentiment changed for the much, much worse.
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships Face Uncertain Future as Trump Pulls Funding

1 month ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

President Donald Trump’s administration will not renew contracts offering federal support for 10 Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) programs, pulling millions of dollars in funding that small- and mid-sized manufacturers had used to support their operations. And, the April 1 decision is likely the first step in cutting funding to the entire national MEP network as the 10 states cut had contracts that expired at the end of March.
Opportunities and Challenges from Tariffs: Production Pulse

1 month ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on all imports to the United States, rising to as high as 49% for some countries, promise to upend the manufacturing landscape, forcing many producers to look for new suppliers and creating dramatic opportunities for companies that already have their production here.
Siemens Completes $10 billion Purchase of Altair

1 month ago | industryweek.com | Robert Schoenberger

Spending $10 billion to do some things that you’re already doing? Siemens on Thursday announced it has completed its purchase of simulation software specialists Altair Engineering for that eye-popping sum. The German manufacturing technology behemoth already provides simulation via Simcenter and other products, but buying Michigan-based Altair will provide some immediate benefits.