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As of 2018, the global aircraft manufacturing industry was worth $840 billion dollars, growing 4% over the previous five years, while the global aircraft MRO market is estimated to reach $96 billion dollars by 2025. Significant growth in the aircraft manufacturing industry is spurred by increased…

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The aerospace industry is subject to a multitude of guidelines, regulations, and best practices directing the manufacturing, certification, operation and maintenance of aircraft. For manufacturers and MROs, it can be overwhelming to keep all these requirements in mind. Following are key aerospace…

From leadership to inspection to production, successfully manufacturing and maintaining aircraft to meet deadlines or up-time requirements while ensuring overall safety can be challenging. There are several challenges that aviation companies must consider in order to stand out among competition and…

When you hear someone talking about working in a "confined space," that doesn't just mean that they are working in tight quarters. "Confined space entry" is actually a tightly (pun intended) defined term that comes with a certain set of safety requirements for personnel. In order for an area to be…

2018 was a busy and profitable year for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers. What lies ahead for the commercial aerospace and defense (A&D) industries in 2019? From major OEMs to small but innovative companies, let’s look at the five biggest trends impacting growth--as well as the largest-looming…

2018 was filled with innovations for construction companies, engineers, and homeowners alike. As we look to the rest of 2019, what trends are already beginning to impact the construction industry? Here are seven of the most promising construction trends for the year.

How do you get light in a dark tunnel? That was the problem a customer faced on a recent generator stator rewind project for a large turbine.

While natural gas has been in the news for eroding market share from coal fired power generation plants, coal plants still provide almost 1/3 of all electricity in the U.S. And these plants have complex handling systems for all that coal, whether is it unloading, sorting, storing, or transporting…

Do you have an upcoming maintenance project for boilers or fired heaters? Do you need to find simple, rugged lighting solutions that are highly portable, and provide excellent project lighting in these usually dark areas? With the size of the modern fired heaters on industrial sites, getting light…

LED lighting is suitable for almost every situation, including aircraft construction and maintenance. Aircraft construction entails work that must be performed in a lot of dark and tight spaces where typical lighting sources will not be effective. Temporary and portable LED lighting, especially…

We trace the origins of Ericson Manufacturing back to one event - the successfully granted patent for the first rubber safety hand lamp to our founder Edward Oscar Ericson. The date listed on that patent is December 3, 1918 - 100 years ago.