Toyota goes back to basics: humans take over from machines to improve manual skills
Toyota Motor Corp. has always been considered the frontrunner in implementing innovative technical solutions across its manufacturing operations. Known for its manufacturing prowess in...
Is 3D printing the cure to America’s manufacturing woes?
3D printing holds the key to unlocking hundreds of thousands of jobs, industry insiders said.
According to the article on Fox Business, experts closely affiliated...
New Zealand’s manufacturing activity continues expansion in March
Activity in the manufacturing sector has expanded in New Zealand for the 19th consecutive month in March as the BNZ-Business NZ seasonally adjusted performance of...
General Motors to invest $449 million in plug-in hybrid manufacturing
General Motors Co. (GM) has announced its plans of investing $449 million at two Michigan factories to support production of its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet...
Make way for The Micro: the first truly consumer 3D printer
It took just 11 minutes for a team of young, innovative engineers from Bethesda, Maryland, to reach their Kickstarter goal of $50,000 and secure...
Lafarge and Holcim agree to a merger of equals
The world's two largest cement makers, Swiss-based Holcim and France's Lafarge, have agreed on the terms of a merger that would create the most advanced...
U.S. companies created 191,000 new jobs in March
The ADP Research Institute® has released its National Employment report on Wednesday, which showed that the U.S. economy created nearly 200,000 new private-sector jobs...
Ex-BP boss Hayward could take role of chairman at Glencore Xstrata permanently
Former BP chief executive Tony Hayward is one of the three shortlisted candidates for the chairman position at commodities trading and mining firm Glencore...
Stratasys acquires two additive manufacturing companies
Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS), the global leader in 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire...
Euro manufacturing on road to recovery
Euro-area manufacturing seems to be showing encouraging signs of recovery after it had registered a steady growth of 53.0 points in March, which is...
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Navigating energy price volatility with predictive intelligence
Energy price volatility has become a structural feature of modern electricity markets rather than a temporary disruption. For energy-intensive manufacturers and large commercial operators, fluctuating wholesale prices are reshaping how energy costs are managed, making reactive approaches increasingly inadequate.
