July 6, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingPresident Joe Biden’s “Bidenomics” tour brought him to West Columbia, S.C., Thursday, where he announced solar equipment provider Enphase Energy’s $60 million investment across all its U.S. manufacturing lines, alongside its manufacturing partner Flex. Enphase anticipates that its West Columbia […]
July 5, 2023
Via: Electronics WeeklyIn the semiconductor industry that’s a particularly difficult question to answer. There are plenty of VCs around who will support a good idea for an IC. If a good idea for an IC transforms into a designed product then there […]
June 28, 2023
Via: The Wall Street JournalPotential new restrictions on the sale of artificial intelligence semiconductors to China could come with a hefty long-term cost for the American chip industry—and another setback for U.S. relations with Beijing. The potential export controls would prevent Nvidia NVDA -1.81%decrease; […]
June 21, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingA bill just introduced in the U.S. Senate would expand restrictions on the foreign manufacture of breakthrough technologies discovered by publicly funded research. The Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 builds on a law that passed as part of […]
June 20, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingMembers of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) team hit Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge Members of Congress to support brand new legislation designed to equip American workers and manufacturers with new trade tools to take on some of […]
June 14, 2023
Via: Tech TimesThe European Parliament has recently approved new regulations to significantly improve the design, production, and waste management of batteries sold within the European Union (EU). EU Regulations to Improve Battery Lifecycle and Performance The legislation covers all types of batteries […]
June 7, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingAmerica’s steel industry made a spectacular turnaround at the start of the decade after facing years of layoffs and plant closures due to surging unfairly traded imports. But labor and business leaders warned the Congressional Steel Caucus on Wednesday morning […]
Industry Focus Areas, Medical, Regulations
June 1, 2023
Via: MedTech DiveFDA inspectors concluded their assessment of iRhythm’s facility in Cypress, Calif. in August 2022. The FDA visit led to a Form 483 later that month. iRhythm took steps to address the concerns raised in the 483 but its actions failed […]
Logistics, Process, Regulations
May 30, 2023
Via: Electronics WeeklyEarly last week, China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, after a meeting m Korean Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun, said the two countries had agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on semiconductor industry supply chains. However, a Korean government statement on the […]
Energy, Industry Focus Areas, Regulations
May 24, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsThe Biden administration has canceled plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery manufacturer amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the company’s alleged ties to China. Texas-based Microvast was one of 20 companies to win preliminary grants […]
May 24, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingA number of products “produced or manufactured wholly or in part with Uyghur forced labor may continue to enter the United States” despite new efforts to halt these imports, according to a policy proposal approved Wednesday by the Select Committee […]
May 22, 2023
Via: Electronics WeeklyChina’s cyberspace regulator said that Micron had failed its network security review but did not say on what grounds. As most of Micron’s China sales are to consumer chstomers it may not hit Micron particularly hard. “We firmly oppose restrictions […]
May 17, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingThe General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday issued new “Buy Clean” pilot guidelines for the procurement of substantially lower embodied carbon construction materials, including steel. These requirements will apply to 11 GSA projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) […]
May 16, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsDelaware’s Supreme Court on May 15 overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers. In a ruling last year, a Superior Court judge determined that […]
Logistics, Process, Regulations
May 12, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingThe COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain shortages that followed exposed just how vulnerable the offshoring of critical manufacturing had left the United States. One of the most frustrating things about those crises was that United States itself was to blame, […]
May 10, 2023
Via: Electronics WeeklyA number of vocal proponents of a UK semiconductor strategy seem to be asking for money without exactly specifying where it will be spent or why, once spent, it would do any good. They threaten to relocate to the US […]
Logistics, Process, Regulations
May 9, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingMembers of Congress headed to a container ship terminal in Staten Island on Tuesday — “the birthplace of Pete Davidson,” as hometown Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) described it — for a special field hearing to examine how trade is impacting […]
May 4, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingTake a look down any neighborhood street, and you’re sure to find a bounty of cardboard boxes nestled by front doors, holding the fruits of online purchases that took only a click or swipe to make. It’s a system that […]
May 4, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingMembers of Congress continue to raise concern about Chinese companies SHEIN and Temu’s alleged use of forced labor, and now leaders of a key congressional committee are looking into allegations surrounding iconic Western brands Nike and Adidas as well. Reps. […]
May 2, 2023
Via: Alliance for American ManufacturingTwo dozen Members of Congress wrote to the SEC on Monday to ask the agency to mandate that online retailer SHEIN “certify via independent verification” that it does not use forced labor as a condition for its potential Initial Public […]