While the timeline for economic recovery in the manufacturing industry is still unclear, industry leaders continue to look for strategic ways to ensure greater supply chain resiliency, make technology and other investments better positioned after the recovery, and take advantage of possible legislative support.

Engineers at ATI Industrial Automation are used to designing sensors for tough conditions, but nothing compares to Mars subzero surface temperatures and rugged terrain. The ATI Space-Rated Force/Torque sensor plays a key role in Perseverance’s efforts to gather samples from the Red Planet’s surface—a key element in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program.

Want more of the IMTS Network’s Road Trippin’ with Steve visit to Joe Gibbs Racing?  Let’s take a deep dive into vinyl film wrapping. It takes many steps to transition a race car from one race to the next. Customizing the body for a specific race or sponsor is just one, and vehicle wrapping techniques—applying a vinyl film instead of paint—dramatically simplifies this step at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Move from pandemic reactions to concrete actions and build a disruption-proof business. Use insights from Deloitte’s postelection poll of more than 350 U.S. executives in the energy, resources, and industrial sectors to guide your next steps.

Last month, President Biden issued an Executive Order to assess America’s supply chain and four classes of products where American manufacturers rely on imports. AMT VP Tim Shinbara is encouraged by the common language legislators and industry are speaking.