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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing.

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Four Industry 4.0 Tech Adoption Insights from Indiana Plastics Manufacturers

Mold Making Technology

In Indiana, successful Industry 4.0 implementation strategies have been revealed through more than 50 interviews with early adopters, many of which are in the plastics industry. Nationally, Indiana ranks seventh in plastics industry employment, according to the Plastics Industry Association. job functions.

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HP Supply chain and additive manufacturing opportunities in Spain

SMMT

We are facing a global supply crisis, strongly affecting the automotive sector, hindering its production chains and, therefore, its sales. Thus, we have learned that we must evolve towards more diversified supply chains, where components manufacturing sites are closer to assembly lines and consumer markets.

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TactoTek® Adds TracXon Solutions to Enhance the Supply of IMSE® Technology and Expand the Supply Chain to Enable Sustainable 3D Smart Surfaces

i4.0 today

As a TactoTek licensee, TracXon Solutions will design and build IMSE functional films, integrating TactoTek’s design rules to enable the supply of functional films for the development of next-generation automotive platforms with smart surfaces.

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Innovate UK-backed Start-up Launches Ground-breaking Digital Marketplace for Manufacturers to Sell 3D-printable Car Parts

i4.0 today

“Digital technologies are catalysts in delivering a radical transformation to global supply chains by leveraging, among others, the power of automation, analytics and intelligence to improve efficiency, visibility, sustainability and resilience.

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Polymer 3D Printing Market Moves Beyond Prototyping to Hit US$21.1 Billion in 2033

i4.0 today

When it comes to history and awareness, polymer additive manufacturing leads the 3D printing industry. The first type of 3D printing to be invented in the 1980s was stereolithography, while thermoplastic filament extrusion holds the most public recognition amongst additive technologies. billion in 2033. Medical Devices.

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A legacy of innovative manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

To assist Australian manufacturers transition to high-value and locally competitive manufacturing, IMCRC set up four multidisciplinary research programs, the fundamentals of which have remained the same throughout the CRC’s tenure. We lost the last big industry that did this when we lost car production. Industry 4.0