by FactoryFuture | Jun 30, 2016 | Energy & Environment, Latest News, news
Siemens are the driving force behind a new private initiative to launch electric trucks in an experimental test recently carried out on a Swedish motorway, as reported by manufacturing.net. Electric trucks powered by overhead lines can now travel on a 2 km section of...
by FactoryFuture | Jun 14, 2016 | Company News, Latest News
Apple, the US new technologies giant, is presently confronted with a small problem – what to do with its surplus solar energy? Since the manufacturer is generating too much solar energy for its own needs and consumption, Apple has asked the US government for...
by FactoryFuture | Jun 9, 2016 | Company News
The INSEE ( l’Institut Nationale de la statistique et des études éconimiques), the French census board for statistics and economic studies, have today published the latest data pertaining to the number of people employed across the different work sectors over the last...
by FactoryFuture | Jun 3, 2016 | Company News
The American supermarket giant, Walmart, with its superstores right across North America, announced yesterday that it was testing a system of drones within its warehouses in an attempt to help manage stocks and inventory. If the result of the trial is...
by FactoryFuture | Jun 2, 2016 | Factory 4.0, Latest News
On Wednesday, the US state of Washington unveiled a plan to lead the fight against industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. If this plan is accepted, Washington will join twelve other states who have already taken similar measures. The plan requires...