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Energy, Industry Focus Areas, Regulations

Energy Department Rejects $200 Million Grant to Microvast

May 24, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

The 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 […]


Regulations

Goods Made with Uyghur Forced Labor Still Likely Entering the U.S., Key Congressional Panel Finds

May 24, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

A 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 […]


Process, Quality Control

AI-Powered Quality Management Improves Part Accuracy and Workflow

May 23, 2023

Via: Metrology and Quality News

Stratasys, a leader in polymer 3D printing, recently announced the launch of its new GrabCAD Print Pro software, with integrated quality assurance functionality from Riven, a recent Stratasys acquisition. GrabCAD Print software manages the print preparation process for Stratasys 3D […]


News

Nvidia and Bristol University build Arm-based supercomputer

May 22, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

It will achieve about 2.7 petaflops of FP64 peak performance and consume less than 270 kilowatts of power, ranking it among the world’s three greenest non-accelerated supercomputers. The project is being led by the University of Bristol, as part of […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas, News

Manufacturer Expansions Bring Millions To Pennsylvania

May 22, 2023

Via: Business Facilities Magazine

Vitro will invest $93.6 million in upgrading its Meadville Plant located in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, and create approximately 130 new high-quality jobs. Vitro’s investment will rebuild and modernize a production line at its Meadville Plant located in Cochranton to support First […]


Regulations

The Biden Administration Just Unveiled “Buy Clean” Guidelines. Here’s What You Need to Know

May 17, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

The 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) […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Rocket Lab Sets Date for 2nd NASA TROPICS Launch to Deploy Storm Monitoring Constellation

May 16, 2023

Via: ASD News

Rocket Lab is preparing to launch the second half of NASA’s TROPICS satellite constellation as early as May 22, just two weeks after successfully completing the first launch Mahia, New Zealand. May 15, 2023 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: […]


Process, Production

Factory Production Rebounds in April After March Slump

May 16, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Production at U.S. factories rebounded in April, led by a firm advance at automakers and suggesting some stabilization in goods demand. Manufacturing output rose 1% last month after downward revisions to the prior two months, Federal Reserve data showed May […]


Regulations

Delaware Overturns Judge’s Ruling Blocking Tesla Dealership

May 16, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Delaware’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 […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Automakers Scramble to Get Into Mining

May 15, 2023

Via: The Wall Street Journal

When General Motors began outlining plans in 2020 to fully switch to electric vehicles, it didn’t account for one critical factor: Many of the battery minerals needed to fulfill its plans were still in the ground. “I remember seeing a […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Renewable Diesel Output Rises as Alternatives Proliferate

May 10, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

U.S. renewable diesel production took a number of steps forward over the past couple of weeks as two more facilities came online and another ramped up, with refiners seeking to meet the burgeoning competition for trucking’s alternative fuel dollars. Alternatives […]


News

March U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders up from February

May 9, 2023

Via: Today's Medical Developments

New orders of manufacturing technology totaled $543.2 million in March 2023, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. March orders were up 16.5% over February 2023 orders and just […]


Logistics, Process, Regulations

Trade Enforcement is Critical to Securing Supply Chains and Supporting U.S. Workers, Witnesses Tell House Panel

May 9, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Members 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 […]


News

Coca-Cola Plans $650M Investment In New York State

May 9, 2023

Via: Business Facilities Magazine

The Coca-Cola Company has selected Monroe County in New York State as the location for a new fairlife production facility. To be built in the Town of Webster, the 745,000-square-foot facility is expected to create up to 250 new jobs. […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

VW Taps Bentley Executive to Fix Software Unit

May 8, 2023

Via: The Wall Street Journal

Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume named a company insider to head the automaker’s struggling software unit as part of a broader overhaul of how the company develops the software for its cars, VW said on Monday. Mr. Blume put […]


News

Fab equipment market growing 4.3% CAGR 23-8

May 3, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

The revenue of top equipment vendors, e.g. Lam Research, Applied Materials or Nikon; is decreasing in 2023 while smaller players are thriving worldwide with soaring revenue. Chipmakers, mostly DRAM and NAND memory (such as Samsung, Micron, SK Hynix, Kioxia) are […]


Regulations

Bipartisan Lawmakers Ask SEC to Crack Down on SHEIN’s Alleged Forced Labor Use

May 2, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Two 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 […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Mapping the inequalities of low-carbon electricity

May 2, 2023

Via: Phys.org

Greenhouse gas reduction, new jobs, new investment opportunities: the benefits of decarbonizing the electricity sector—one of the most polluting—are obvious. However, a transition to lower-carbon electricity production could have a negative impact on some regions, depending on their vulnerabilities and […]


Process, R & D

Nikon Establishes New U.S. Company To Transform the Future of Digital Manufacturing

May 2, 2023

Via: Metrology and Quality News

Nikon Corporation has announced the formation of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing, Inc. which will begin its operation in July 2023. This new customer-centric digital manufacturing solutions company will be based in California, United States, and serve as the global headquarters of […]


Process, R & D

Growing Role of Big Data Usage in Smart Manufacturing

May 1, 2023

Via: Metrology and Quality News

Smart Manufacturing is a generic term being frequently used to describe the use of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and automation to optimize manufacturing processes. This advanced manufacturing approach aims to enhance productivity, efficiency, […]