i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With the 2009 expiration of a key Stratasys patent that covered thermoplastic filament extrusion technology, desktop filament printers were taking off, buoyed by new disrupters like Makerbot. There will be additional consideration of the energy sources used to power energy-intensive printing technologies.

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 1, 2024

In the last eight months, the Supplier Deliveries Index has recorded its eight lowest readings since March 2009 (43.2 The July composite index reading reflects companies continuing to manage outputs down as order softness continues. The Employment Index dropped further into contraction, registering 44.4 percent, down 3.7 percent, 0.3

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Fastener News Desk

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

percent recorded in December; the last two readings are the index’s lowest since March 2009 (43.2 However, 26 percent of sector industries had a composite PMI ® calculation of below 45 percent in January (a stronger indication of industry sluggishness), down from 35 percent the previous month,” says Fiore. percent is 0.5

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 7, 2023

percent recorded in April; this is the index’s lowest reading since March 2009 (43.2 The May composite index reading reflects companies continuing to manage outputs to better match demand for the first half of 2023 and prepare for growth in the late summer/early fall period. The Supplier Deliveries Index figure of 43.5

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

percent; this is the index’s lowest reading since March 2009 (43.2 With Business Survey Committee panelists reporting softening new order rates over the previous seven months, the December composite index reading reflects companies’ slowing their output. The Supplier Deliveries Index reading of 45.1 percent is 2.1

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Dinesh Mishra

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In 2009, after completing the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, I moved to China to establish and head LMW’s greenfield project for manufacturing textile spinning machinery. Image 1: source: DMG Mori. October, 2019 Link Q4. This led to his promotion to Vice President – Supply Chain Management.

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Plastics News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Many have eyed hydrogen's tantalizing potential as an abundant and pollution-free energy source for transportation and beyond. Jules Verne described a method in which "water will one day be employed as fuel," and wrote hydrogen and oxygen will "furnish an exhaustible source of heat and light" in his 1874 novel The Mysterious Island.

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