Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Efficiency is critical for businesses to remain competitive, so these bottlenecks can be extremely damaging. AM makes the supply chain independent from consumer demand and reduces waste.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Amid widespread reports of panic buying and the government drawing up plans to use the army to get petrol to pumps, the UK’s fuel supply chain crisis appears to be deepening by the day.

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E&T

AUGUST 24, 2022

In a survey of businesses, 69 per cent said they expected their energy costs to increase in the next three months, with almost a third anticipating rises of more than 30 per cent. But they do need autumn to be the moment that government grips the energy cost crisis.

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SMMT

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Smaller businesses recorded a 108.6% However, BEV uptake grew by less than the overall market for the first time since the pandemic, meaning October is the first month to see BEV market share fall year on year since May 2021, primarily attributable to supply challenges. 1 In the year to date, the market is down -5.6%

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 15, 2024

PARIS — Business leaders are starting 2024 with an increased level of optimism about their organization’s future growth compared to 12 months ago, according to a report. Customer experience, innovation, talent and skills, sustainability, and supply chains are strategic business areas set to benefit from increased investment.

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E&T

AUGUST 18, 2023

Tower was very excited to join Intel to enable Pat Gelsinger’s vision for Intel’s foundry business,” said Russell Ellwanger, Tower Semiconductor’s CEO, in a written statement. “We In June last year, US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo warned that the global semiconductor crisis was likely to last deep into 2023.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 25, 2022

The CSIRO is advancing Australia’s advanced manufacturing capability by providing free research and development support to help businesses develop new products or services through a new Innovate to Grow program. per cent of all businesses in Australia.”.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

JANUARY 20, 2021

New research from Orange Business Services found that the supply chains in 40% of multinational corporations were unable to cope with the crisis created by the pandemic.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hans Beckhoff, founder, owner and managing director of German giant Beckhoff Automation, has seen a lot in the past 40 years of steering the family-owned business. While the nature of the pandemic took many by surprise, Hans Beckhoff said that the company saw some kind of crisis as inevitable. We will see a big boom coming.”.

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i4.0 today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Including a number of production and energy efficient enhancements it has taken to assist domestic OEMs meet sustainability KPIs, reduce supply chain risks, manage stock holdings, spur UK engineering innovation, increase value and maintain production continuity. Balancing the ‘rightshoring’ benefits. Evidenced during the pandemic.

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SMMT

JULY 27, 2022

uplift in overall output this year, with firmer recovery to follow as supply chain issues recede. 403,131 units were built, representing the weakest first half since the pandemic-ravaged 2020 and worse than 2009 when the global financial crisis decimated demand.1 Battery electric vehicle production increases by 6.5%

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Business conditions in the global manufacturing sector have made a gloomy turn in September, according to JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). In a statement, IHS Markit cited one positive result that came from the easing of supply chain delays, which were largely due to cooling demand. .

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This immediately raises concern over the current water scarcity crisis, and how over $58 trillion can be easily lost in the coming decades. There is an increasing realization that the Climate Crisis is not just an Energy Crisis but also a Water Crisis.

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E&T

MAY 17, 2023

In the document, the company described the agreement between the UK and the EU as a “threat to our export business and the sustainability of our UK manufacturing operations”. Stellantis, which employs more than 5,000 people in the UK, was responding to an enquiry into the supply of batteries for EV manufacturing in the country.

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E&T

JANUARY 19, 2023

The deals have been struck between the Crown Estate and companies including BP, Total and Germany’s RWE, and were greenlit by then-business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng in July 2022. The leases have now been signed for the six wind farms, which have a generation capacity of 8 gigawatts (GW).

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Supply Chains Insights. The pandemic has put a spotlight on supply chain issues when demand for critical products went up and the supply side couldn’t keep up. To help fix this problem, robotics and automation were brought on the scene. Since over 98% of suppliers in the U.S.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan introduced a £110m scrappage scheme last month to help those on lower incomes, disabled people, charities, sole traders and small business to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles. Typically, only petrol vehicles registered after 2005 and diesels registered after 2015 comply with the rules.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“Manufacturers are adopting AMR technology at a staggering rate as the world moves forward from the supply chain crisis inflicted by the pandemic and it’s never been more important to launch complete, out-of-the-box solutions accelerating production automation projects,” said Kyle Hable, group product manager, OMRON Robotics and Safety Technologies.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

JULY 28, 2020

Businesses across every industry have faced unparalleled disruption to their operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But more recently it seems that volatility has become a permanent state of being - whether it’s driven by the climate crisis, geopolitical tensions or a global pandemic. It’s clear that businesses are keen to tackle the challenge of innovation head-on and are looking to reap the rewards by getting on the front foot.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 13, 2023

The damage to manufacturing supply chains is reportedly significant, as production slowed in the lead up to the strike and will take even more time to get back up and running. “While we are relieved this current crisis appears to be over, the work of manufacturers is not done.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MAY 10, 2023

Top business leaders from Japan and South Korea announced on May 10 that they will use a fund meant to underscore the two countries’ burgeoning ties to strengthen their cooperation in energy, industry and other sectors. million) in March. ” Tokura and Kim will each head an organizing committee for the fund.

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E&T

APRIL 13, 2023

Last month, it was revealed that Softbank is considering new royalty payments for device manufacturers based on software especially compiled to run on Arm chips - an extension to the existing royalty payments collected for Arm supplying the silicon in the first place.

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Automation Mag

JULY 14, 2023

The damage to manufacturing supply chains is significant, as production slowed in the lead-up to the strike and will take even more time to get back up and running. While we are relieved this current crisis appears to be over, the work of manufacturers is not done. While the strikes at the ports in B.C.

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MEM

JUNE 8, 2023

According to Aggreko, manufacturers’ energy supply is in a precarious position and potential site blackouts, connection delays and rising grid fees are compounding these troubles. The report gives prominence to microgrids, gas-powered generators, combined heat and power, and energy storage as bridging solutions.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

That remark, attributed to former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson during the sterling crisis of 1964, applies almost as well to the economic policymaking witnessed in the UK in late 2022. This means that businesses can deduct 100 per cent of the costs of qualifying plant and machinery up to £1 million in the first year.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 27, 2022

They held an executive conference for their clients that highlighted the current era of digital transformation , global inflation and how they are handling the ongoing supply chain crisis. At the end, Lenze CEO Christian Wendler announced their new product: Nupano. In 2023, Lenze is projected to be a one-billion-dollar company.

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SMMT

JUNE 22, 2023

As automotive businesses, and indeed the wider economy, continue to face significant economic challenges – inflation, a cost-of-living crisis and, as we have seen again, rapidly increasing interest rates, this year’s theme of industry resilience is particularly timely.

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E&T

JULY 28, 2022

Cyber attacks are increasingly a major technological and financial headache for businesses and national governments. Earlier this year, the UK government’s own ‘Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022’ revealed that 39 per cent of UK businesses had identified at least one cyber attack on their operations in the previous 12 months.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 27, 2023

turned a profit in its latest quarter despite the ongoing supply chain issues plaguing the aviation sector, as the business jet maker notched slightly more deliveries at higher prices. Chief executive Eric Martel said 2023 marks the third straight year of supply chain issues. Bombardier Inc. billion from US$1.25

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Canadian Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

One of the lessons from the global financial crisis in 2008-2009, he said, was that countries would have benefited from a more gradual withdrawal of stimulus because of spillover effects. Central banks generally worry when people and businesses expect inflation to remain high because those expectations can feed into even higher prices.

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E&T

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Onshore wind could have been designed as the perfect solution to the climate and energy crisis. Backing onshore wind is one of the best solutions to the energy crisis, as projects can be up and running within a year of getting planning permission. This was an absolute no-brainer from the start.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The report also calls on the sector to build out renewable energy supply to global grids to allow EV’s to reach their full carbon reduction potential through green charging. I believe it is, and that the climate crisis is a shared responsibility, and we must look beyond tailpipe emissions.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It was back to business-as-usual at Automechanika Frankfurt , the largest trade fair for stakeholders across the automotive aftermarket value chain. Client interactions offered an understanding into how a new set of strategic imperatives is shaping stakeholder responses and introducing innovative business models. Top Takeaways.

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SMMT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In 2024, the business plans to install additional fuel bunkers across its network, increasing its use of HVO fuel to more than 24 million litres, and with the effect of a full year, the firm says the carbon savings impact will be even greater.

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MEM

JUNE 27, 2023

Crucially, the whitepaper offers insights about how a variety of technologies enable manufacturing and engineering businesses to make things smarter and greener, while powering growth and creating new highly skilled jobs. But it also has a colossal impact on our environment.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It comes as businesses across the region mark National Manufacturing Day on Thursday, September 28. The Made Smarter adoption programme was launched in Liverpool to help businesses digitalise, decarbonise, and drive growth. My message to any other manufacturing businesses in the North West is that you can do it too.

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