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Supply chain security: local vs global

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Britain is the main source of imports for Ireland, making up more than 20 per cent in 2018 and 2019, despite uncertainty around the UK’s departure from the EU, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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Protecting the digital manufacturing supply chain while promoting innovation

Control Engineering

Manufacturing Supply Chain Insights. Many small and midsized manufacturers assume their limited profile shields them from being targeted in cyberattacks, the opposite is often true thanks to the supply chain. defense industrial base and supply chain. Manufacturing is the No. 2 industry by cyberattack volume.

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Robotics Factory adds five startups to its residency pilot cohort

Robotics Business Review

Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has accepted five companies to its Scale Residency program. Founded in 2018, the computer vision company said its algorithms use cameras to ensure autonomous flights across various platforms. The Robotics Factory is dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling Pittsburgh-area startups.

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IIC’s latest Journal of Innovation edition features insights on IoT trustworthiness

Automation Mag

It also contains information on the role of Software Bill of Materials SBOMs, supply chain security, digital twins and the role of the new ISO/IEC 5055 standard in obtaining trustworthy IoT systems. The latest edition covers IoT trustworthiness, offering additional insights to what was covered in the first edition.

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Airbus marks five years of operation in Canada

Canadian Manufacturing

Since its establishment in Quebec on July 1st, 2018, Airbus says they have contributed more than 4,000 employees outside Europe, generating approximately 23,000 indirect jobs in Canada. “The integration of the A220 programme in 2018 marked a major milestone for Airbus.

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Vietnam’s production of rare earth materials soared in 2022

E&T

From 2008 to 2018, China exported nearly 408,000 metric tons of rare earths, which amounted to 42.3 ASM said a longer-term agreement with the Vietnamese firm, which is ultimately owned by China's government, would provide it with a multi-source feedstock option and additional supply security for its processing plant in South Korea.

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Proton battery promises cheap and sustainable energy storage

Manufacturer's Monthly

“As the world shifts to intermittent renewable energy to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions, additional storage options that are efficient, cheap, safe and have secure supply chains will be in high demand,” said Andrews, from RMIT’s School of Engineering. Andrews said their latest battery’s storage capacity of 2.2