With the craziness of an election year now behind us, we hope you have the chance to relax and spend some quality time with your family and loved ones over the holidays.

We also hope the new administration's stated goal of revitalizing U.S. manufacturing is realized. We believe the manufacturing industry can be the catalyst for an overall economic resurgence in our country. We pray that we truly are entering a new golden age for America.

The implementation of AI, robotic integration and additive manufacturing remained -- or ascended to become -- the latest trends in our industry.

Here at Nelson Publishing, we are proud that our eNewsletters -- Modern Applications News (MAN), Tooling & Production (T&P), and the Manufacturing Center Product Spotlight -- continue to keep up with those trends as we try our best to deliver the latest, most interesting news from our industry. MAN begins its 58th year in January while T&P embarks on its 90th year of serving the machine tool industry!

In what has become our annual tradition, we have put together our "Best of 2024" issue. We have compiled two lists -- the Top 10 Most Read Features and Top 10 Most Read Product Spotlights, as judged by the response of our readers. We hope you enjoy these stories and catch some helpful information you may have missed the first time around.