Motor Authority Fisker has recruited a former top manufacturing executive at Toyota and Volkswagen to help lay the groundwork for production of an electric SUV to rival the Tesla Model Y.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Sumitomo Corp of Americas is allying with Bell, a provider of vertical lift aircraft and one of the companies in the up-and-coming air mobility industry. Together, Sumitomo Corp. and Bell will conduct market research, improve upon existing technologies and build new businesses to provide high-quality services at affordable prices within the air mobility space.
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IndustryWeek Addressing the skills gap starts by sparking interest in manufacturing, says one of the nation’s most recent industrial success stories, Steve Staub
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AGMA Financial markets enter the new year facing increased volatility, but will that slow growth? Economic data has been mostly good, especially jobs numbers. A slowdown does not imply that a recession is on the horizon. Hear the very latest economic data affecting the gearing industry. AGMA's economists from IHS Economics will review current market conditions and present their outlook for the general economy, key sectors, mechanical power transmission and the user markets for your products.
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Supply Chain Digital First announced in 2017, Nokia’s ‘Factory in a Box’ solution is a disruptive new project to provide modular and flexible production in a mobile, demand-centric way. Housed in a shipping container, it can provide manufacturing solutions such as 3D advanced manufacturing, robotics and augmented reality.
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AGMA This year’s AGMA networking event, May 7-8, will allow you to have a hands-on experience on some innovative emerging technology. The presentations on May 7 will be at MxD (formerly DMDII) where you will see the Industrial IoT manufacturing floor and be able to see and touch new technology. One of the tours the next day is Argonne National Laboratory where you will see new research in transportation.
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Manufacturing.net While small business hiring declined in March compared to February, wage growth remains steady across small offices in the United States.
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Manufacturing.net The U.S. manufacturing sector lost 6,000 factory jobs in March, mainly driven by employment losses in motor vehicles and parts. This follows a small gain of 1,000 jobs in February.
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Manufacturing.net Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. announced it acquired Baker Industries Inc. and related assets. Baker is a privately held Detroit, Michigan-based provider of custom tooling, parts and fixtures primarily serving automotive and aerospace markets.
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Tech Crunch The BMW Group and Microsoft announced they would team up in a new effort called the Open Manufacturing Platform, aimed at developing and encouraging more collaborative IoT development in the manufacturing sector, focusing on smart factory solutions and building standards to develop them in areas like machine connectivity and on-premises systems integration.
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AGMA Gain a basic understanding of steel and its properties. Learn to make use of steel properties in an application and understand the potential that different steel and heat treatment options can offer. Explore how performance of the material depends on how the steel is produced.
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PR Newswire Flexiv Ltd. has ushered in a new generation of industrial robots with the launch of its new robot, Rizon, the world’s first adaptive robot combining direct force control with advanced AI. This paves the way for greater performance and broader scope of robotic tasks across multiple industries including manufacturing, healthcare, retail and more.
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Crain’s Cleveland Business In this week’s Special Report, we explore topics from past and present manufacturing in Northeast Ohio.
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Forbes Some industry reports say Additive Manufacturing (AM) will render all other manufacturing obsolete. While that’s almost certainly overblown, at least for the foreseeable future, there’s no doubt that additive for production manufacturing has arrived.
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3D Printing Industry Siemens has strengthened its additive manufacturing partnership with EDAG Group, a German-based provider of automotive engineering services. Together, the partners developed the Next Generation Space frame 2.0, a modular aluminum structure with bionically designed and additive manufactured nodes.
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IndustryWeek Manufacturers face challenging business landscapes as industries converge, data proliferates and virtually everything becomes interconnected. New digital companies are establishing themselves in traditional markets, and changing customer expectations are driving established companies to expand into new areas.
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Manufacturing Global The global workforce is experiencing a generational shift: By 2020, millennials will represent the largest generation in the workplace, at 35%, while the share of baby boomers will drop to 22%.
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Advanced Manfuacturing From commuter jets to communications satellites, the aerospace industry continues to embrace non-traditional manufacturing processes.
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International Mining Normet, the fast-growing and highly innovative technology company from Finland is internationally renowned for its exceptional underground operation concepts.
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