The Federal Reserve yesterday announced that a solid rebound in American manufacturing, particularly in vehicles, following two months of declines, had helped push overall industrial production up in July. The data from the Federal Reserve report revealed that a...
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End of the Chinese dream?
After a period of almost constant and unparalleled growth, heavy industry in China is facing up to a mini-crisis with Samsung Electronics moving to Vietnam and the Japanese government paying companies to leave China as more and more manufacturers are deciding to leave...
Chinese automotive industry back to normal
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology agency said last week that the country's automobile sector is back to normal, with both output and sales in May increasing more than 50 percent from April. Major suppliers SAIC Motor and SKF concur. SAIC, which...
Danone manufactures bottles from captured carbon
The French food manufacturer Danone & chemical manufacturing company LanzaTech have announced that they have made a stunning technological breakthrough with bottles made from captured carbon Danone has always been a dynamic manufacturer but its focus has...
Epson Robots launch new GX-4 and GX-8 robots
Epson Robots has recently unveiled six new robots which are capable of working with 4 kg and 8 kg payloads and have arm lengths that range from 250 mm to 650 mm. The Selective Compliance Assembly (or Articulated) Robotic Arm (SCARA) robots can perform assembly, pick...
Formlabs unveil dental academy of the future
Formlabs announced it has launched Formlabs Dental Academy, a new educational platform dedicated to advancing 3D printing in dentistry with online and in-person courses, step-by-step guides, webinars, and more. The platform includes free and paid courses designed to...
Semiconductor chip shortage continues to hold back automotive industry
In what has been a challenging period for the automotive industry, Toyota has warned that its profits may fall by a fifth over 2022 due to increasing energy costs and raw material prices following the various supply chain disruptions of the past two years. Paul...
Predictive Manufacturing as a service – gamechanger?
It is estimated that top fortune 500 manufacturing enterprises lose almost $1 trillion to unplanned downtime every year, a sum that represents nearly 8% of their annual revenue. Here we will look at how the introduction of Predictive Maintenance as a Service might...
Introducing ANYmal – the autonomous robot dog
Perhaps in the factory of the future man will have a new best friend in ANYmal, an autonomous robot dog designed by ANYbotics. In the company’s mission statement ANYmal is described as being an autonomous, four-legged robot capable of solving industrial inspection and...
MIT Semiconductor Laboratory project gets the green light
Gilbane-Exyte Joint Venture have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a Compound Semiconductor Laboratory – Microsystem Integration Facility at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts. The funding for the $279 million...
