Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 12, 2025

Source (all figures): Gardner Intelligence After a steep drop in April with business activity jolted by on-again, off-again tariff policy, May saw a return to some stability and a Metalworking Index reading of 48.8. The Metalworking Index recovers some lost ground in May at 48.8.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing 52

Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Returning to the show is the RBR50 Pavilion and RBR50 Awards Dinner that will honor the winners of the annual RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards. . “Our aim with this release is to enable anyone to experiment with fine-tuning 0 to their own robots and tasks,” Physical Intelligence said. Daniela Rus, director of MIT CSAIL.

Sourcing 109

Sourcing Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence 109

Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 18, 2025

Our manufacturing sites also have a zero waste to landfill policy. As with all decisions relating to capital investment for the future the business case and return on investment needs to stack up. The cost of the energy transition when multiplied across all local manufacturers is high often with long-dated returns.

Manufacturing 85

Manufacturing Supply Chain Freight Logistics 85

SMMT

JUNE 4, 2025

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Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Automotive 52

SMMT

JUNE 6, 2025

The latest SMMT data published this week shows the UK’s new car market moved in the right direction in May, with a return to overall growth and EV uptake on the rise – but bolder ambition is needed to drive the economic growth and decarbonisation the country needs. Consent I agree to the SMMT Privacy Policy. Email address. Company. *

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Automotive Manufacturing 52

i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The research shows that companies leading the way in IT cost optimisation and innovation are twice as likely as others to see an improved return on investment (50% vs 26%), report higher profitability (35% vs 23%), and faster time to market (43% vs 26%). A similar percentage have established governance, compliance, and security policies.

Compliance 52

Compliance Automation 52

Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Prices Index returned to expansion (or ‘increasing’) territory, registering 54.8 The New Orders Index remained in contraction territory, registering 47.1 percent, 1 percentage point higher than the 46.1 percent recorded in September. The October reading of the Production Index (46.2 percent) is 3.6 percent, up 6.5

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Beverage Apparel Electronics 52

Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 28, 2025

Alco Prevention, based in Montreal, offers consumers electronic breathalyzers, breathalyzer rentals for corporate events, training programs, intervention policies and procedures as well as drug screening tests. The company is in discussions with additional distributors in North America and elsewhere.

Electronics 52

Electronics Manufacturing 52

SMMT

MARCH 21, 2025

While the measure would incur a temporary cost to the Treasury, the returns would be significant, with higher volumes of EVs directly boosting businesses across the wider industry infrastructure providers, insurance and energy services, the maintenance sector and the second-hand market. Consent I agree to the SMMT Privacy Policy.

Automotive 52

Automotive Manufacturing 52

Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 14, 2025

” GM has informed Unifor that CAMI Assembly will initiate temporary layoffs starting April 14 with workers returning in May for limited production. “Procurement and industrial policy go hand in hand. After that, production will temporarily cease with operations idling until October 2025.

Supply Chain 59

Supply Chain Manufacturing Automotive Compliance 59

AU Manufacturing

AUGUST 3, 2022

Every dollar spent on transmission will return more than twice this in benefits to customers. The stakeholder feedback also reinforced the need for policy reform and support to better address social licence and community benefit issues. To read the full report, click here.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 2, 2025

No matter where you stand on trade policy, theres no denying that manufacturing is in a challenging moment. And for those actively tracking ROI, the returns are significant 92% report seeing more than a 10% return on investment. Starting small is the right place to start even if its one machine and one dataset.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Bottleneck Manufacturing Prototype  52

Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2024

September 2024 brought unique business deals, exciting events, and even the return of a robotics industry veteran. China bets on robots for rapid growth, says IFR At its recent Third Plenum, China mapped out the direction of its economic policies. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report this past month. Read more.

Robotics 116

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Automotive 116

E&T

MARCH 30, 2023

The government was required to present one such scheme after a court ruling found that the country's net-zero strategy is "unlawful", as it failed to show how the policies included in the plan would contribute to achieving the legally-binding 2050 emissions targets.

Sourcing 119

Sourcing Manufacturing 119

Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The industry has prolonged its post-Covid correction as consumers return somewhat to pre-2020 buying habits. However, Interact Analysis expects recently announced stimulus policies in China to boost domestic demand over the next few years. Increasing discontent in Europe and the U.S.

Robotics 59

Robotics Robotics Sourcing Automation 59

E&T

JUNE 27, 2023

But Gilad Myerson, executive chairman of Ithaca Energy, which has the bulk of its investment in the North Sea, has warned that such a ban and existing taxation policy were putting off investors and threatening energy security.

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E&T

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Energy markets and policies have changed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, not just for the time being, but for decades to come,” said IEA executive director Fatih Birol. Even with today’s policy settings, the energy world is shifting dramatically before our eyes.”. C rise by the end of the century. C in 2100.

Energy Optimization 81

Energy Optimization 81

E&T

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The body, which is formed from 46 UK wildlife conservation charities, identified a raft of missing policies that have still not been implemented by the government despite being promised. When it does follow through, the policies are so dramatically watered-down that they bear little resemblance to the ambition of the original promise.

Form 85

Form 85

AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Our policy submission focuses on the opportunity for the NRF to ensure that Australian R&D capability is supported to success and to the generation of economic benefit for all Australians,” the CRA official added.

Sourcing 98

Sourcing Manufacturing 98

Cisco Manufacturing

APRIL 27, 2021

Additionally, it is critical that manufacturers engage with the right vendors and explore developing joint solutions, understand financial commitments, and how they should gauge the return on investment. Policy/Access. Reliable and Scalable Infrastructure. This will help contain the impact of any potential breaches. Final Thoughts.

Industry 4.0 124

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 3D printing Artificial Intelligence 124

Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2024

Isaac Lab provides support for RL through wrappers to different libraries, which convert environment data into function argument and return types. Boston Dynamics is using Isaac Lab and NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin to enable simulated policies to be directly deployed for interference, simplifying the deployment process.

Robotics 119

Robotics Robotics Function Sourcing 119

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MARCH 18, 2025

However, 72% of companies enforcing return-to-office policies have seen higher attrition due to poor user experience. The Future of Workplace Management The workplace management industry is evolving, with adaptability becoming essential post-pandemic.

Robotics 52

Robotics Robotics Automation 52

Dinesh Mishra

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For 2025, the expected results should include a return to a positive range, but with very moderate increases. However, looking beyond, the fear that the new US administration may decide to implement a new tariff policy on goods related to our production puts us on alert and forces us to carefully consider our internationalisation activities.

Robotics 52

Robotics Robotics Automation Manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 9, 2024

Comment from Innes Willox – Chief Executive of the national employer association Ai Group Today, we are focussed on guiding policy makers and industry through the big three challenges as we settle into the 21st Century economy. Finding the right people to turn the collected data into insights or monetary returns is proving to be a challenge.

Industry 4.0 92

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence 92

SMMT

MARCH 23, 2023

Skills Bootcamps are free training courses that last up to 16 weeks and the courses are available to people new to HGV driving, or those returning to driving. Logistics UK said the announcement is very welcome news for logistics businesses, particularly SMEs – who make up 99% of the industry, and traditionally operate on low margins.

Logistics 98

Logistics Advanced manufacturing Form Automotive 98

AU Manufacturing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Raising the nation’s manufacturing profile requires long-term policy and co-investment from the government as well as private sources. It broadly moves activities out of agriculture into textiles, followed by electronics and/or machinery manufacturing.”. billion to the economy. To read Harvard’s ECI report in full, visit – [link].

Manufacturing 131

Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing Benchmarking Form 131

Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 5, 2024

Elias Bitar/stock.adobe.com The iconic NSW made Tangara trains are set to receive critical upgrades as the NSW Government forges ahead with a Future Fleet Program to return domestic manufacturing to NSW and build the next generation of Tangaras right here. We can’t rebuild an entire sector overnight – but we have to start somewhere.

Compliance 105

Compliance Manufacturing 105

AU Manufacturing

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Government policy can support this through time-based feed-in tariffs and controllable chargers.”. He added: “Another important consideration for Labor’s incoming strategy is the inclusion of a policy to ensure alignment of interest with network operators. At off-peak times, the network can actively charge the battery.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2025

Source: Comau While policies around alternative energy sources may shift, overall energy demand is still leading to growing interest in automation. “We also offer training and business modeling for the installers to understand the ROI [return on investment],” said Clement. Last year, Comau S.p.A.

Robotics 69

Robotics Robotics Sourcing Automation 69

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 14, 2022

Science and the scientific community will play a vital role in guiding evidence-based policy for the Albanese government,” Husic said. . National Science Week is a key part of the government’s approach to science engagement and inspiring Australians to pursue a career in STEM. .

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 6, 2022

To help navigate this transition, Ai Group has developed a policy report: Australia’s new trade agenda. China’s ongoing COVID-zero policies are disrupting the factories central to global value chains. Governments are directing industrial policy toward securing critical products, such as semiconductors and critical minerals.

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Form Value chain Pharmaceutical 98

The Guardian Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Plus letters from Bruce Tofield and Jon Bloomfield David Edgerton rightly draws attention to the emphasis so often placed on startup companies in UK industrial policy – or at least in political gestures towards the manufacturing sector ( The woes of startup Britishvolt should shock the UK out of its Brexit self-delusion, 11 November ).

Aerospace 67

Aerospace Manufacturing 67

E&T

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While more rotating by the spacecraft could mean bits of science data are occasionally lost, the team believes the plan will enable the Voyagers to return more data in the long run. One of those missed commands wound up garbling the AACS status report before it could reach engineers on the ground.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2025

For example, Diffusion Policy leverages diffusion models, the same technique that underpins AI image generators, to generate robot behavior. Setting aside safety, the return on investment (ROI) of robotics is usually dependent on throughput, and time spent on error resolution destroys throughput. In robotics, determinism is critical.

Robotics 83

Robotics Robotics Automation Artificial Intelligence 83

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 10, 2025

To facilitate frictionless adoption among its customers, SuccessKPI has bolstered its robust security positioning with a GenAI policy that ensures that customer data is explicitly excluded from testing and development activities, reinforcing data privacy.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Automation Compliance Logistics 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 11, 2022

Raising the nation’s manufacturing profile requires long-term policy and co-investment from the government as well as private sources. It broadly moves activities out of agriculture into textiles, followed by electronics and/or machinery manufacturing.” . billion to the economy. . To read Harvard’s ECI report, click here. .

Manufacturing 104

Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing Sourcing Electronics 104

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 19, 2023

The rise in industry assistance comes amid a global return to overt industry policy, as fears about supply chain disruptions continue. The world’s largest economies are increasingly engaged in policies to favour selected domestic industries through subsidies, local content rules and trade barriers.

Supply Chain 74

Supply Chain Form Compliance Sourcing 74