May 31, 2019

The Houston region saw the third-highest job creation rate among the nation's 12 largest metropolitan areas in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land area saw robust…

Mar 20, 2019

More than 5,400 manufacturing professionals from around the country descended on the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston last week for the biennial HOUSTEX event, held February 26-28. There, visitors interacted with more than…

Mar 15, 2019

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HOUSTEX, the Southwest's leading manufacturing trade show, once again returns to Houston, Feb. 26-28, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The show will bring an exciting mix of manufacturing products, services, and…

Mar 15, 2019

Root Level Technology, a cloud strategy partner specialized in programming and development, today announced plans to attend the 2019 HOUSTEX conference. An industry-leading manufacturing trade show, HOUSTEX 2019 will take place February 26-28 in Houston,…

Mar 12, 2019

More than 5,400 manufacturing professionals from around the country descended on the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston last week for HOUSTEX 2019, held February 26-28. There, visitors interacted with more than 280 exhibiting…

Feb 05, 2019

(SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 5, 2019) ― HOUSTEX, the Southwest’s leading manufacturing trade show, once again returns to Houston, Feb. 26-28, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The show will bring an exciting mix of…

Oct 10, 2018

Manufacturing technology is evolving every day at a very rapid pace. But with jam-packed days and busy lives how do we know which manufacturing technology is right for us? We here at SME know that…

Sep 05, 2018

The East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy will open for high school technical courses next week, officials said Thursday. The academy, which is housed in a former Brew Honda dealership in Longview, was previously scheduled to…

Jun 08, 2018

Closed-loop manufacturing is a strategy for increasing revenue and reducing costs that relies on data from all parts of an organization. The data is used to inform development teams of improvements that can be made…

May 09, 2018

The Smart Manufacturing Report Series helps manufacturers consider, evaluate and execute strategies to become strong entities as the industry shifts to integrated and flexible advanced manufacturing technology and tools. The top two challenges for manufacturers…

May 07, 2018

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — Some high school students are learning to make robots and three-dimensional items using laptop computers and other technology. At the Lawrence County Career and Technical Center, members of one class…

Jan 04, 2018

It was a banner year for Texas manufacturing in 2017, as the state recorded production levels not seen since before the recession. Every month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveys Texas manufacturing executives about…

May 05, 2017

Dear Tim Cook, On behalf of SME, thank you. Thank you for standing up for manufacturing. Thank you for investing your financial strength in the manufacturing industry that truly drives local, national and global economies.…

May 04, 2017

In a column for The Huffington Post (5/4, Holt, Contributor) Proto Labs President and CEO Vicki Holt writes that “for businesses looking to operate more efficiently and competitively, digital manufacturing models have the potential to…

Feb 14, 2017

SME recently completed a Q & A with Richard Neff, BAAM Sales Manager at Cincinnati Incorporated, to discuss Big Area Additive Manufacturing. BAAM is a unique part of the additive manufacturing industry. What significant achievements…

Feb 14, 2017

(HOUSTON, Feb. 14, 2017) – SME’s HOUSTEX event returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from Feb. 28 to March 2. The event brings together Southwest manufacturing leaders to explore and evaluate new…

Feb 13, 2017

The Modula Lift will be featured as a new product at HOUSTEX 2017! In today’s world of automated storage systems, the Modula Lift  is one of the most advanced, dynamic, and flexible solutions available. By…

Jan 19, 2017

HOUSTEX, a manufacturing trade event that brings together leaders of Southwest manufacturing to explore and evaluate new technologies, makes its return to Houston Feb. 28 to March 2 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.…

Dec 02, 2016

Baylor University’s Institute for Family business (IFB) honored H&R Mfg. and other 2016 Texas Family Business of the Year Award winners and finalists in an awards banquet Friday, November 4 at the Meyer Conference Center in…

Sep 22, 2016

Striking Big An oil company might have just made one of the biggest energy discoveries in the past decade, finding a new field in West Texas that contains about three billion (yes, billion) barrels of…

Sep 13, 2016

(CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2016) – AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and SME have announced a major new partnership for a series of regional co-branded trade shows focused on the manufacturing technology industry. The collaboration encompasses the…

Sep 08, 2016

Because Texas is indeed the ‘Heart of Manufacturing,’ that is the theme for this year’s HOUSTEX Student Summit, sponsored by SME, which endeavors to introduce area high school students to the merits of a variety…