Design for Manufacturing Forum | Design-driven Manufacturing Transformation | Connecting product developers, industrial designers, engineers and manufacturers for a more decentralized, leaner manufacturing ecosystem

Toronto | March 2020

Manufacturing is not "the Old Economy"

more in Urban Manufacturing Factory Floor

Dystil Racing intended to make 3D printed race parts for motorcycles | Toronto, September 2019

Shadow Robot builds hands for robots | London, December 2017

'Everything in design and manufacturing is a graph' | London, March 2018

'You're done when there aren't any more problems' | Toronto, October 2019

'We seem to cluster less in Toronto than Brooklyn or San Francisco' | Toronto, July 2016

'Manufacturers want to work more closely with their customers' | London, July 2018

upcoming events

Design for Manufacturing Summit #23
Birmingham | TBD
March 11, 2021

Design for Manufacturing Summit #27
Toronto | Jam Factory
October 22, 2020

Design for Manufacturing Summit #26
London | Old Street Gallery
October 1, 2020

industry news

Digital Thread and Files? | Beyond PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Blog | June 1, 2020

5G Switches Introduced by the University of Texas Claim Improved Battery Life and Processing Speeds | All About Circuits | May 31, 2020

Hong Kong on borrowed time as China pushes for more control | Canadian Manufacturing | May 29, 2020

NYS Manufacturing and Tech News 5.25.20 | FuzeHub | May 29, 2020

Saddle Creek modernizes warehouse operations with Zebra Technologies | Smart Industry | May 28, 2020

Centric Software’s Easy Digital Collaboration with Personal PLM | WhichPLM | May 28, 2020

Contract manufacturing: A matter of quality, values and competence | | May 27, 2020

80 percent of manufacturing costs are determined in the first 20 percent of the product design process. Design has the key to take cost and waste out of manufacturing

Digital design, fabrication and collaboration tools are catalysts for transformation of the manufacturing industry, creating new opportunities for the next generation of manufacturers

Design for Manufacturing Forum brings together product developers, industrial designers, engineers, makers and manufacturers for a more decentralized, leaner manufacturing industry