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Burgeoning Freight and Logistics Demands to Fuel Recovery of China’s Commercial Truck Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

This was attributed to, among factors, decelerated economic growth, reduced trade transactions, subdued manufacturing activities, pandemic effects, rising crude oil prices, a volatile real estate sector, stricter emission standards, and shrinking market demand. Commercial truck sales in China plunged from 3.7 million units in 2021 to 2.4

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Tech Tuesdays: Sorbothane marks 40 years of shock and vibration innovation

Design World

In honor of Sorbothane’s anniversary, we discuss the unique history of the company, including how the material was developed for insoles to support runners and then became essential for industrial industries to protect vital cargo and equipment. We’re facing the same challenges that all companies are right now with supply chain issues.

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Make it British: Supporting Sovereign UK Supply Chain for Connected and Automated Mobility

i4.0 today

The grants, as part of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility: Supply Chain competition, will help 43 British companies across 13 projects seize early opportunities to develop self-driving technologies, products and service ready for the connected and automated mobility market.

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A National Rail Service Operator and an Automaker Find Synergies in Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Second Life Use

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Kia will dispatch its old batteries via the DB logistics network – DB Schenker and DB Cargo – to energy storage startup, Encore. Manufacturing and sales of these systems are set to start in 2023. From a business, environmental and economic perspective, it signifies a win-win situation.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

To drive down harmful emissions, engineers are taking inspiration from nature to come up with greener technologies, including helping current forms of transport, from cars to planes, evolve and move towards net-zero. Electric car sales are accelerating. They gradually find good solutions by following the best trails.

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Charging an EV from pole to pole

E&T

Ramsey explains that “we’ll be taking our charging with us in the form of a trailer-mounted 5-kilowatt static wind turbine that we will tow behind us. His ‘road to Damascus’ moment came “about a decade ago”, when as a manufacturing executive in the oil and gas business he’d been given the task of researching renewable energy.

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PLC module coordinates real-time data in coal shipping application

Control Engineering

Reducing environmental impact, costs and processing times are high priorities across the supply chain. However, an inability to know or control real-time status and real-time routing can lead to inefficiencies, taking the form of missing customer commitments, lower capacities, higher costs and avoidable shutdowns.