E&T

JULY 10, 2023

If you were a kid during the 1970s, ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ was peak TV and, arguably, James Bond’s closest cultural competitor. After all, the first programmable production line robot, Unimate, entered service at General Motors in 1961, 12 years before Austin arrived on screen. But it is becoming a controversial one, too.

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

New Orders and Production Contracting; Backlogs Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Faster; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting. Electronic components still a major supply chain issue, particularly if the component you need is not the current hot technology.”

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Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Could you give us a brief updated overview of the sector? Based on our data, in 2022, over half a million new robots were installed, corresponding to 5% more than the installations recorded in 2021. In Europe, 71,000 new robots were installed in 2022. What about robotics consumption in Europe and the US and what about Asia?

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While some steps can be intensive, the overall process is much more straightforward than you might think. To help, our blog breaks down everything you need to know about how to find and bid on government contracts. There are also readily available resources for SMMs to utilize when bidding on their first government contract.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 25, 2024

Investing in new technology and digital transformation The buzz around increasing investment in new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), cloud technology and digital twins has put digital transformation investment at the top of the list for 2024 trends in North American manufacturing. trillion by 2030.”

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E&T

JULY 11, 2023

If you’re a man and you can’t quite believe the statistics about sexual violence, then go back to the women in your life and ask them. Is it because it hasn’t happened, or they just haven’t told you, says Lucrezia Spagnolo, founder of VESTA, a platform to help survivors of sexual assault. You are terrified of your abuser.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

Strategies to overcome challenges include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms, digital transformations of the shop floor, and making the most of the increasing practice of reshoring and nearshoring of critical manufacturing activities, among other initiatives. He was addressing a SPARK 2022 panel. “We

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 26, 2022

October 17th, 2022. Happy to be here with you today. DH: Thank you, hello I’m Daniel Harms, as Cris said, CEO of the Americas. One of my main areas of focus has been in transformation and we’re looking forward to sharing a little bit with you now about where Optimas is going in the future. FND: Thank you, gentleman.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion) and grew over 32% in fiscal 2022-23 (as stated by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India – ACMA 1 ). The Indian auto component industry clocked the highest-ever turnover of over ₹5 lakh crore ($69.7 Amongst PVs, SUVs are preferred, especially by urban customers. There is massive C.A.S.E

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E&T

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As you may (or may not) have noticed, Apple and the music industry has been heavily promoting 'Spatial Audio' as a new approach for more immersive listening. However, the number of plays of spatial audio tracks on Apple Music has, according to Apple, quadrupled in 2022. It's like the early days of CD.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 24, 2022

While there is so much uncertainty in the economy, not only in the United States but globally, one area that continues at a healthy rate of growth and implementation is the digitalization taking place in the manufacturing sector. For instance, orders of manufacturing technology dipped slightly in May 2022 to $441.2

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 10, 2023

Share your moldmaking experience and how you began working together to form NextGen Mold Technologies. In the spring of 2022, the NextGen Mold Technologies team had 20 people. Why did you purchase an existing shop versus starting one from scratch? Photo Credit, all images: NextGen Mold Technologies Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

With Christmas right around the corner, MoldMaking Technology is gifting you, our readers, with an annual top-viewed article series covering products, profiles, tips and case studies, available each Monday leading up to the new year. 1, 2022 to Nov. 28, 2022): Cutting Tools. Additive Manufacturing. Mold Materials. Hot Runners.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For example, the text prompt ‘Engineering and technology’ input into Midjourney produced a selection of images, one of which you can see opposite. And what does the technology mean for human artists working in video games, music, films or TV? Are their hard-​won creative skills being devalued and their jobs put in jeopardy?

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

The original mold manufacturing facility covers 51,000 square feet, while the newly acquired Development Center, purchased in 2022 and currently under refurbishment for scientific sampling and manufacturing cell fabrication, spans over 120,000 square feet. “We want to be their first call and we don’t care what they call us about.

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SMMT

AUGUST 18, 2022

inch digital touch screen instrument cluster providing a minimalist look. When it comes to expanding our dealer network, we look for partners with a solid track record, not only in sales and customer service but in aftersales too. Can you provide any details about the Maxus electric HGV tractor unit due to launch in the UK in 2024?

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Foley

JULY 11, 2023

It is (perhaps) only a slight exaggeration to suggest we may see a day in the not-too-distant future when our coffee makers do so as well. Agility and resiliency remain essential attributes for manufacturers in 2023. Manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.”

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E&T

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ask any researcher, CEO or founder and they will tell you that entering competitions is important to attract attention and win funding. In October 2022, UKRI announced the winners of almost £14m in combined backing from its latest funding opportunity under the ‘Made Smarter’ innovation challenge, the ‘Sustainable Smart Factory’ competition.

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