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EWI Announces New Chief Executive Officer Industry leader Stephen Kelly hired to succeed longtime CEO who is retiring Columbus, OH/Buffalo, NY - EWI, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, announced the appointment of Stephen “Steve” Kelly as its next President and Chief Executive Officer, following a comprehensive national search led by the organization’s Board of Directors. Kelly...

At EWI, our focus has always been on helping manufacturers solve real problems and move advanced technologies from concept to production. In 2025, that mission translated into meaningful progress across research, technology development, and knowledge sharing to support industries navigating increasingly complex technical and economic challenges. Throughout the year, our teams worked closely with partners...

Tele-manufacturing™ combines advanced robotics, sensing, control systems, and digital communication to enable remote execution of manufacturing tasks. This approach addresses challenges around skilled labor shortages, physically demanding work, and the need for more flexible industrial processes. EWI engineers have demonstrated these principles with a tele-polishing system using a FANUC CRX collaborative robot and a Logitech...