Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q3 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ with the lowest level of optimism among NAM members (65.1%) since Q2 2020. The NAM conducted the survey from August 17 to August 31, 2023.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JUNE 1, 2023

MISSISSAUGA — Every megawatt-hour of electricity used to make PepsiCo products, will soon be matched with renewable energy from Canadian sources. The Canadian operations transition will secure the benefits of over 160,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity from renewable sources annually. ”

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 23, 2024

Honda Canada is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant near its auto manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont., Senior sources with information on the project confirmed the federal and Ontario governments will make the announcement this week, but were not yet able to give any dollar figures.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

Robotics investments reached about $418 million in November 2023 as a result of 40 funding rounds. November’s $418 million was the lowest monthly funding amount through the first 11 months of 2023. With the November investments, robotics funding for the first 11 months of 2023 totals approximately $12.1

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This news relates to its 2023 IoT & Edge Developer Survey. What’s clear is that developers are actively building production solutions leveraging open source technologies to tackle today’s IoT challenges across industrial, agricultural, and municipal settings.” I’ve been sitting on additional news from The Eclipse Foundation.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MAY 8, 2024

TORONTO — Lactalis Canada released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. “Our 2023 report highlights the tangible gains we have made in improving our performance towards our ESG goals,” said Mark Taylor, President & CEO of Lactalis Canada. Contributed over $2.7

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 28, 2023

Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q2 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ mounting concerns over the onslaught of unbalanced federal regulations and the threat that poses to sustaining manufacturing investment, job creation and wage growth.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 3, 2023

The latest annual SME Compass Report by fintech SME lender Banjo Loans, found 70 per cent of Australian small businesses believe 2023 will be a year of revenue growth for them. Perhaps as expected, this staffing demand is led by healthcare, hospitality and manufacturing. SMEs tell us that recruitment is a challenge.

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ATS

MAY 10, 2023

Share The manufacturing outlook for 2023 is best described as cautiously optimistic. That component of the manufacturing industry outlook is derived from several underlying — and in some cases, ongoing — industry and macroeconomic factors that may threaten sustained growth in the near term. So, why “cautiously”?

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 12, 2024

One of South Australia’s leading manufacturers, Kimberly-Clark Australia (K-CA), has diverted 100% of waste away from landfill through reuse and recycling initiatives at its Mill in Millicent. Additionally, the company is now exploring the opportunity to use green hydrogen as an alternative energy source too. Image: Photographee.eu/stock.adobe.au

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Canadian Manufacturing

MARCH 24, 2023

In addition to implementing a comprehensive industrial strategy for Canada, the members of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition have outlined four priorities they want addressed in the March 28 budget. Manufacturers employ 1.7 Manufacturers employ 1.7 Total manufacturing sales hit a record high of $718.4 billion in 2021.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Source: A3 After two years of record sales, North American robot orders declined by 30% in 2023, said the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. The organization said it expects the slowdown, particularly in automotive manufacturing, to continue until the second half of 2024. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based

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Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 19, 2023

TruMatic 5000 boosts productivity and part quality while reducing energy consumption Ditzingen, Germany, October 17, 2023 – TRUMPF is poised to launch its TruMatic 5000 manufacturing cell with the new SheetMaster at Blechexpo in Stuttgart. The system also palletizes and sorts parts without human intervention.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2023

2023 has been full of exciting innovations within the robotics industry. As 2023 comes to an end, let’s look back at some of the biggest trends in the robotics industry this year. As 2023 comes to an end, let’s look back at some of the biggest trends in the robotics industry this year.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 4, 2024

involved in connected transportation solutions, released its 2023 Sustainability and Impact Report , “Trust. The transportation industry is one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions with a tremendous opportunity in the near term to make a positive impact. TORONTO — Geotab Inc., Transparency. Transformation.”

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We covered 25 acquisitions in 2023, which was down significantly from the 50 we covered in 2022. Below are eight robotics acquisitions, in chronological order, that stood out to us in 2023. In late November 2023, the European Commission shared an update on its investigation into the deal. Ocado paid roughly 2.8% Not a bad start.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 7, 2023

Now that 2023 is here, the manufacturing industry must brace for the impact of this inflation. Written by: ECI Solutions’ staff contributors Forecasted to fall by the end of 2023, inflation’s decline will largely depend on domestic inflationary pressure, with wage growth being a significant factor.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Photo Credit: Reshoring Initiative According to the Reshoring Initiative ’s latest 1H 2023 report, announcements made regarding the first half of 2023 and foreign direct investment (FDI) were in line with 2022’s record reshoring rates — upwards of 300,000 jobs are expected to be announced by year-end.

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Fastener News Desk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the 13th consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ®. A Manufacturing PMI ® above 48.7 percent, 2.8

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Photo Credit: Reshoring Initiative According to the Reshoring Initiative ’s latest 1H 2023 report, announcements made regarding the first half of 2023 and foreign direct investment (FDI) were in line with 2022’s record reshoring rates — upwards of 300,000 jobs are expected to be announced by year-end.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

Photo Credit: Thinkstock The Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF) announces the election of 21 members to its 2023 Board of Directors, whose terms begin on April 1, 2023. First-term members of the 2023 WiMEF board are: Kori Carlson, president, Brooklyn Tool Co.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern Machine Shop’s editors and columnists covered a lot of ground in 2023. Modern Machine Shop’s Top 10 Articles of 2023 Tips for Designing CNC Programs That Help Operators. Despite enhancements to manufacturing technology, there are still issues today that can cause programs to fail.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

NEWS PROVIDED BY: Institute for Supply Management 02 Oct, 2023, 10:00 ET New Orders and Backlogs Contracting; Employment and Production Expanding; Supplier Deliveries Faster; Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting TEMPE, Ariz. , Oct. Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M.,

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 7, 2023

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The May Manufacturing PMI ® registered 46.9 manufacturing sector shrank again, with the Manufacturing PMI ® losing a bit of ground compared to the previous month, indicating a faster rate of contraction. percent, 0.2

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 23, 2024

Illinois-based fasteners distributor Optimas developed its manufacturing and distribution roles to function together. Wood Dale, IL-based fasteners manufacturer and distributor Optimas Solutions made two strategic hires expected to help further support the company’s complementary direct manufacturing and distribution business strategy.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It’s worth your time following the variety of database products that may help you in your manufacturing digital transformation. To be effective, organizations need the ability to collect, process, and analyze high-volume data from different sources in real time—a process that is extremely challenging. This release is from MongoDB.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 17, 2023

Industrial transformation insights Hannover Messe’s theme for the 2023 event is industrial transformation. For many manufacturers, industrial transformation is about being more open from a product perspective and giving engineers more flexibility. The workers might not be there, but the demand remains strong.

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Cisco Industrial Automation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I am consistently asked by our customers: How can manufacturers contain customer satisfaction without excessive overstock? How can manufacturers better predict the output of manufacturing? Could there be a link between IT-OT infrastructure and manufacturing visibility and resiliency?

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Mexico production center will complement world-class fastener manufacturing facilities in Wood Dale, IL, and Droitwich Spa in the United Kingdom and continue the company’s near-shoring efforts to minimize supply chain risk.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Wintriss booth at FABTECH 2023. Wintriss Controls Group had a successful FABTECH show from September 11-14, 2023 in Chicago, where it received tremendous interest from attendees about the latest, advanced features in its SmartPAC PRO Press Automation Controller and ShopFloorConnect ® OEE and Data Collection Software.

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Automation Mag

MARCH 10, 2023

It is critical to continue chipping away at all the barriers preventing or discouraging women from entering Canada’s manufacturing industry. The discussion centred around how the Canadian manufacturing industry is working to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace.

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Fastener News Desk

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in January for the third consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® . TEMPE, Ariz. , Feb. The report was issued today by Timothy R.

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 21, 2023

Manufacturing Day helps show the reality and future of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, educators, parents, caregivers and community leaders.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Harry Moser has been a tireless crusader for bringing manufacturing jobs back to the USA. This is news of a first half 2023 Reshoring plus Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) job announcements. manufacturing after decades of offshoring. The Reshoring Initiative’s 1H 2023 Report contains data on U.S. supply chains.

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Fastener News Desk

MARCH 31, 2023

Report 2023 features the latest information you need to stay informed and expand your knowledge of the constantly evolving AM industry. The 28th annual report takes a deep dive into the growth of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, with insights from 10 industry sectors. To access Wohlers Report 2023 , visit [link].

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At FABTECH 2023, TRUMPF Inc.’s s President and CEO Lutz Labisch took a look back at 100 years of TRUMPF, highlighted the company’s fiscal year 2022/2023, and offered a glimpse into the future. has broken ground to expand its local manufacture and sheet metal assembly of fabricating machine tools in Farmington, Conn., TRUMPF Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

Source: Adobe Stock The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today announced that the continuation of its cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology Program. manufacturing through automation and workforce development through 2028. “We

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