The National Safety Council reports that at some point during the past three years Americans became more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash.

On March 16, 1926, Professor Robert H. Goddard was scurrying around a snow-covered field in Worcester, Mass. He was preparing to ignite a small rocket assembly mounted on a metal-framed “launch pad.”

The U.S. Labor Department reports a national unemployment rate of 3.6% for the latest available statistics (May 2019).

In 1956, there was a workshop at Dartmouth College attended by scientists from industry and academia.

I would like to say first, to our readers, advertisers, contributors and partners, THANK YOU! As the new group publisher for the Thermal Processing Group at BNP Media, I’m looking forward to continuing to build on our longstanding brands.

Depending on your source, definitions of the word tariff vary, but virtually all of them include the word “tax” or “duty.” Most etymologists say the word comes from the Italian tariffa, or “list of prices, book of rates,” derived in turn from the Arabic ta’rif, meaning “making known” or “to define.” For convenience sake we will go with Wikipedia’s simple definition: “A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between sovereign states.”

Finished forgings cannot reach their intended markets without the labor of humans.

Forge Fair 2019 will be upon us before we know it (May 21-23 in Cleveland), and it may be a good time to consider some regulations and rules regarding trade shows.

The Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation (FIERF) works to connect educational institutions and the forging industry through future workforce development, promoting the advantages of forged products, facilitating technology transfer and promoting applicable research.

My first full year as the new president and CEO of the Forging Industry Association (FIA) was eventful and exciting!