Every day, Ossur Americas assem-bles and ships more than 800 cervical collar packages from its 52,000-square-foot facility in Paulsboro, NJ, to users worldwide. The company also develops, manufactures and assembles millions of prosthetics and other novel medical devices annually at the facility.

5S encourages assemblers to improve their working conditions and helps them to reduce waste, downtime and in-process inventory.

Assembly lines should be arranged to optimize flow and minimize waste.

KWD Automobiltechnik GmbH manufactures side panels and assemblies for various car manufacturers at its Wolfsburg, Germany, plant.

Spanish manufacturer Martisa produces metal parts for the automotive industry at its Barcelona plant.

Shreveport, LA, is home to an Android Industries assembly plant and a General Motors manufacturing plant. Located just 1 mile apart, the two companies work closely together.

For more than a decade, the Coventry, UK-based wing of Indian TATA Group has owned Jaguar and Land Rover—two very different types of vehicles.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Ergonomics consutling firm Humantech has developed an app for the iPhone that enables engineers to determine the NIOSH recommended weight limit for a specific job or task.

Robotics and assistive technologies enable blind workers to produce precision parts and assemblies.