The Best New Manufacturing Books To Read In 2025

In the rapidly evolving world of manufacturing, Digital Twins are transforming how we design, produce, and optimize production systems. In less than 100 pages, "Enabling Digital Twins in Manufacturing" offers a comprehensive look into this cutting-edge technology, where virtual models replicate processes and systems in real-time.Do we really need Digital Twins in manufacturing?What is the difference with a Digital Shadow?Is there a recommended approach for a Digital Twin implementation?These are just some questions the book will try to answer.

Whether you're a business leader, engineer, or tech enthusiast, this book uncovers the power of Digital Twins in manufacturing and how they are reshaping the future of industry.

This Is Not “Old School” Manufacturing―It’s a New Beginning! From the brilliant mind of entrepreneur, business owner, and Black generational wealth advocate Karla Trotman, emerges a thought-leadership book unlike any other. As the owner of Electro Soft, a thriving Black-owned manufacturing company founded by her parents, Sheila and James Wallace, Trotman has developed her own lane in electronics manufacturing. Manufacturing’s workforce for decades has been male-dominated, with specific demographics creating its majority.

However, the future of this barrier industry is looking brighter because a new diversified workforce is emerging. At the forefront of this evolution are diverse change-makers like Karla, innovators who see the evolution from a different perspective, offering a fresh take. From ground-breaking viewpoints on industry recruitment strategies, and a game plan for securing much-needed funding for obtaining business ownership, to successful succession planning for a family business, Trotman has filled the pages of this book with actionable steps to benefit professional readers. If you are:. Working in manufacturing and want to level up your journeyA diverse business ownerA woman in businessA recent graduate seeking opportunities on a career path less traveledOr a family needing a solid succession plan with a proven track recordyou will find value in the pages of this book. Trotman prides herself in curating content that aims to teach, entertain, and become a business-building bookcase staple. Instead of the dark, dirty, and dangerous stigma of yesterday’s manufacturing, it’s time to replace it with a modernized vibrant version.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a manufacturing process that has emerged as a viable technology for the production of engineering components. The aspects associated with additive manufacturing, such as less material wastage, ease of manufacturing, less human involvement, fewer tool and fixture requirements, and less post-processing, make the process sustainable for industrial use. Further, this new technology has led to highly optimized product characteristics and functional aspects.

This textbook introduces the basics of this new additive manufacturing technology to individuals who will be involved in the grand spectrum of manufacturing finished products. Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing Technology: Principles, Technologies, and Applications provides knowledge and insight into various aspects of AM and deals with the basics, categories, materials, tooling, and equipment used. It presents a classified and complete description of the most common and recently developed additive manufacturing methods with applications, solved examples, and review questions. This textbook also emphasizes the fundamentals of the process, its capabilities, typical applications, advantages, and limitations, and also discusses the challenges, needs, and general recommendations for additive manufacturing. This fundamental textbook is written specifically for undergraduates in manufacturing, mechanical, industrial, and materials engineering disciplines for courses in manufacturing technology taught in engineering colleges and institutions all over the world. It also covers the needs of production and manufacturing engineers and technologists participating in related industries. Additionally, the textbook can be used by students in other disciplines concerned with design and manufacturing, such as automotive, biomedical, and aerospace engineering.