Category: Production

May 12, 2023

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503), a global leader in factory automation solutions, today announced a strategic investment in Clearpath Robotics, the parent company of autonomous mobile robot leader, OTTO Motors. With more than 4 million hours of production experience, OTTO […]

May 10, 2023

Leading packaging and robotic automation company, RMGroup, recently installed an automated pouch line at US-based Buckman’s Inc., one of the largest suppliers and distributors of swimming pool chemicals, water treatment chemicals and ice melt products in the Eastern US. The […]

April 21, 2023

The Montana-based clothing company Duckworth produces the most luxurious wool-layered outdoors garments in America, if not the world. Duckworth bills itself as the only 100 percent, American-made wool manufacturer in the United States, and is popular among folks who prefer […]

April 4, 2023

H2 Green Steel and global leading mining company Anglo American have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on low carbon steelmaking value chains. The companies will study and trial the use of premium-quality iron ore products from Anglo […]

March 22, 2023

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries, according […]

March 1, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed the 86 U.S. manufacturing plants to earn the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2022, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. Together, these plants […]

February 27, 2023

Kansas generated nearly $7.5 billion in capital investments last year. Contributing to that number was Panasonic, which announced a $4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in De Soto in November 2022. “My administration has made Kansas a state where […]

February 15, 2023

Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance representing the U.S. battery ecosystem, convened by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by Argonne National Laboratory, released today an action plan to accelerate the creation of a robust domestic manufacturing base and comprehensive […]

February 13, 2023

Ford announced today it will invest $3.5 billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Michigan, which will add a second battery technology to Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) lineup. The plant – dubbed BlueOval […]

January 30, 2023

Memory-chip prices, which dropped steeply over the past year, are expected to keep falling in the first half of 2023, putting more pressure on an industry that has already cut investments and jobs. Average prices for the two main types […]

January 25, 2023

The South China Morning Post has reported that China has published a new ‘Robot +’ Application Action Plan laying out 10 industries where it wants to use more robots, as the country rushes to automate sectors from manufacturing to agriculture […]

January 24, 2023

Iprobably don’t need to remind readers of this blog that the conventional wisdom for decades from much of the American elite was that offshoring U.S. production was totally the way to go. The thinking went that as long as the […]

January 19, 2023

‘Origami’ is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of origami is to transform a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture using intricate and strategic folds. But paper isn’t the only material that can be used […]

December 29, 2022

Covid-19 issues in China are still hampering manufacturing of Apple Inc.’s AAPL 3.14%increase; green up pointing triangle iPhone, but production is beginning to catch up to demand for the more-expensive Pro models, according to analysts and people involved in the […]

December 16, 2022

Hempitecture has established the first nonwoven manufacturing facility of its kind in the United States in Jerome, Idaha. The Sun Valley, ID-based company is a nonwoven materials manufacturer that uses biobased, carbon-capturing inputs to create healthier, high-performing products. The new […]

December 14, 2022

The biggest part of the $143 billion support package spread over five years is the 20% subsidy on equipment purchases which copies the 25% subsidy for investment in fab offered under the US Chips Act. The China subsidy not only […]

December 14, 2022

Microsoft Corp.’s $1 billion climate innovation fund is betting on a battery startup valued at more than $3 billion that is trying to dramatically improve power and charging time of electric vehicles. Group14 Technologies is getting $214 million from investors—just […]

December 7, 2022

Formic, accelerating the adoption of automation across American manufacturing, today announced the introduction of Formic FlexTM – a unique service offering that recognizes the shifting needs and changing requirements that manufacturers face. Formic FlexTM enables manufacturers to subscribe to robotic […]

December 5, 2022

Tesla Inc. plans to lower production at its Shanghai factory, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign demand in China isn’t meeting expectations. The output cuts will take effect as soon as this week, said the […]

November 29, 2022

“The short-term outlook for semiconductor revenue has worsened,” says Gartner vp Richard Gordon, “rapid deterioration in the global economy and weakening consumer demand will negatively impact the semiconductor market in 2023.” Global semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $596 billion […]