The listing of sites here does not imply endorsement by TWI, or that they are the best sources of information. The list is updated and links are checked periodically.

Manufacturing industry

• Manufacturing - general including lasers and surface finishing.
• Organisations
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Construction
• Electronics, sensors and microjoining
• Maintenance
• Metalworking
• Offshore
• Oil and gas
• Power generation
• Shipbuilding
• Tubes and pipes

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Manufacturing - General

• Best Manufacturing Practices Center of Excellence [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM) [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Manufacturing Systems Integration Division of the USA National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Waterjet web reference [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Foreign Trade Exchange [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Manufacturing.net [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• EC Enterprise and Industry Industry Sectors pages. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Aerotech Motion Control Systems [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Knowledge Transfer Networks - UK Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) business support currently covers the following areas: Aerospace and Defence, BioprocessUK, Bioscience for Business, Chemistry Innovation, Cyber Security, Electronics, Environment, Food Processing, Grid Computing Now!, Health Technologies, Industrial Mathematics, Integrated Products Manufacturing, Intelligent Transport Systems, Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, Materials, Nanotechnology, Modern Built Environment, Photonics, Resource Efficiency, UK Displays & Lighting and Sensors and Instrumentation. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

• Lasers

• Association of Industrial Laser Users [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Laser Institute of America [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• European Laser Institute [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Eurolaser [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Industrial Laser Solutions for Manufacturing magazine. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Laser Focus World magazine. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Lasers and Laser Applications at Liverpool (Lairdside Laser Engineering Centre and the University of Liverpool). [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

• Surface finishing

• finishing.com [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Surface Finishing Abstracts [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Thermal Spraying and Surface Engineering Association [last looked at on 3 September 2009]

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Organisations

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• SteelConstruction.org - website of The British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Robotics Institute is hosted by Carnegie Mellon University. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Surface Engineering Association combines the MFA (Metal Finishing Association) and the BSTSA (British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association). [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• TechExpo - online exhibition of technology and engineering. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Abrasive Engineering Society [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• UKAEA Fusion [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• TA-Net is a UK network of co-operating technology centres. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]

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Aerospace

• Aerade is a portal to key aerospace and defence information sources. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Hunt Library [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Aerospace Online [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• defense-aerospace.com [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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Automotive

• MIRA The Motor Industry Research Association. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• AISI Steelworks Automotive from the American Iron and Steel Institute Automotive Applications Committee. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The World Auto Steel from the International Iron and Steel Institute. [last looked at on 8 July 2009]
  
  
• SAE International, The Society of Automotive Engineers. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Auto Industry comes from the Automotive Unit of the UK's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.. See also the BIS automotive sector page. [last looked at on 8 July 2009]
  
  
• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Automotive Industry Action Group [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Welsh Automotive Forum [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• ae-plus.com is run by the Automotive Engineer magazine. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Automotives Global [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• RBA Industry Sectors - Automotive [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• EUCAR - The European Council for Automotive R & D [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Foresight Vehicle - UK knowledge transfer network for the automotive industry. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Motorsport Industry Association [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• AUTO21 - Canadian research initiative to promote and develop the automotive sector in Canada. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Facts about Automobile Manufacturers [last looked at on 19 February 2010]
  
  

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Electronics, sensors and microjoining

• The Electronics Manufacturing Guide from Circuit World Online Services. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The SMART Group - European trade association for the advancement of surface mount and related technologies. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• SMTnet - a link between providers and users of the products, services, and information related to electronics manufacturing. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The EPPIC Faraday Partnership consolidates the packaging and interconnection capabilities of the electronics and photonics sector. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• IPC, Association Connecting Electronics Industries. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• International Electrotechnical Commission [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Electrical and Electronics Engineering Virtual Library [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Microscan is a collaboration between EU companies and research organisations, including TWI Ltd, with a view to producing a powerful tool for the total quality control of PCB assemblies. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Sensors is a portal covering sensor technology and applications. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Sensorland.com [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Sensors journal [last looked at on 4 June 2009]

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Maintenance

• Plant Maintenance Resource Center [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• MT-Online is associated with the paper publication Maintenance Technology. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Business Industrial Network [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Reliabilityweb.com [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Maintenance World [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Asset Management & Maintenance Journal [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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Offshore

• Offshore Technology [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Offshore Engineering Information Service [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• ISOPE Online, The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• UKOOA (UK Offshore Operators Association) [last looked at on 4 June 2009]

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Oil and gas industry

• GTI from Gas Technology Institute. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• OGJ Online [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Oil & Gas International [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• American Petroleum Institute [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• dti: Oil and Gas Directorate Includes the UK Oil Portal. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Energy Information Administration - US Department of Energy site. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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Power generation

• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Power Engineering [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Engineering Communities - IET - Power is provided by The Institution of Engineering and Technology. [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• BERR Energy [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• World Nuclear Association [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• If not wind, then what?, from the American Wind Energy Association [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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Tubes and pipes

• Tubenet [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association (TEPPFA) [last looked at on 4 June 2009]

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Construction

• Constructing Excellence [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Construction Industry Computing Association [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Concrete Society [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• The Steel Construction Institute [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Construction Weblinks [last looked at on 4 June 2009]

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Metalworking

• Metalworking.com [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Metal Web News [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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Shipbuilding

• The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology [last looked at on 8 July 2009]
  
  
• The Royal Institution of Naval Architects [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• American Bureau of Shipping [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• International Maritime Organisation [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Lloyd's Register [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  
• Det Norske Veritas [last looked at on 4 June 2009]
  
  

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