Design World

JANUARY 3, 2024

Greene Tweed recently introduced the new Canted Coil MSE (metal spring energized) sealing solution, designed to further reduce power loss and improve precision movement without sacrificing leakage control or durability. The seals offer broad chemical compatibility and resistance to extreme temperatures, pressure, and wear. Greene Tweed devoted two years of design development and in-house testing… The post Greene Tweed introduces its latest Canted Coil MSE sealing solution appeared first on

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 3, 2024

Indiana-based Matrix Integration has been asserting itself as the AI integration partner of choice for your IT needs. I get a lot of these sort of releases. This one seems to offer a few quality tips. “We have been leveraging AI tools in our strategic partner software suites for clients for several years. Customers turn to us for support in fine-tuning the automation capabilities within these suites to make critical decisions in their infrastructure,” said Tim Pritchett, engineer operations mana

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Compliance Automation Manufacturing 147

Design World

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will host a new talent development event, the PTDA 2024 Industry Immersion Conference, in Hollywood, Fla., on February 29, 2024. This intensive program is designed to help those who are new to the power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) industry grow interpersonal skills, networking capabilities, and industry essentials for… The post PTDA hosts the 2024 Industry Immersion Conference for new talent development appeared first on De

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Automation World

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apera AI focuses on using artificial intelligence to provide control over robotic gripping, pick points and simulation during commissioning.

Artificial Intelligence 147

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

An MIT research team, led by Nataliya Kos’myna, recently published a paper about its Ddog project. It aims to turn a Boston Dynamics Spot quadruped into a basic communicator for people with physical challenges such as ALS, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries. The project ‘s system uses a brain-computer interface (BCI) system including AttentivU.

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Automation World

JANUARY 3, 2024

ABB’s energy reviews of industrial electric motors indicate potential 2.1 TWh lifetime savings.

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Plastics Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

Experts say the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite-intensive structure stood up well to a fire caused by a collision, allowing all 379 passengers and crew to escape via a single emergency ramp.

Composites 115

Composites 115

Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

NEO Battery Materials Ltd., a silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries, announces the completion of the R&D Scale-Up Centre relocation from Yonsei Engineering Research Park to Gyeonggi Technopark (GTP) in Ansan Science Valley. TORONTO — NEO Battery Materials Ltd., a silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries, announces the completion of the R&D Scale-Up Centre reloc

Supply Chain 111

Supply Chain Lead Time Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing 111

E&T

JANUARY 3, 2024

UK-based renewables generated over 90TWh of energy in 2023, which is more than enough to power all of the UK’s 28 million homes, an analysis has found.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

Spin Master Completes Acquisition of Melissa & Doug, A Trusted Brand in Early Childhood Play (CNW Group/Spin Master Corp.) TORONTO — Spin Master Corp., a global children’s entertainment company, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of U.S.-based Melissa & Doug, a brand in early childhood play, for $950 million.

Manufacturing 107

Manufacturing Compliance 107

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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E&T

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to reports, BT has still not removed all Huawei equipment from its core networks, despite the deadline for removal being pushed back almost a year.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nick Salisbury – Director, Blackcomb Helicopters (CNW Group/Blackcomb Helicopters) VANCOUVER — Blackcomb Helicopters announces the appointment of Nick Salisbury as a Director of each of the Blackcomb Helicopters companies effective January 1, 2024. This is Blackcomb’s first new director appointment since McLean Group ownership started and reflects both their high regard of Nick and their desire for an outside perspective.

Aerospace 105

Aerospace Manufacturing 105

E&T

JANUARY 3, 2024

New rules to make all new cars and vans zero-emission by 2035 have been introduced in Britain today.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 3, 2024

The WA EV network has reached the halfway mark with the opening of Synergy’s Jerramungup electric vehicle (EV) fast charging site. Hyden’s EV fast charger is the 26th site to open out of 49 planned locations throughout Western Australia. Synergy and Horizon Power are installing the charging stations along key travel routes, averaging less than 200 kilometres apart.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

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Control.com

JANUARY 3, 2024

We conclude the data flow project with the step of developing a business intelligence dashboard to present machine data, at a reliable schedule, to a leadership or maintenance team.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

Air Canada notched the worst on-time performance among large airlines in North America in 2023, according to a new report, even as the carrier surged back to profitability. The country’s biggest carrier landed 63 per cent of its flights on time last year, placing it last among the continent’s 10 largest airlines. That means roughly 140,000 planes rolled up to the gate late — more than 15 minutes after scheduled arrival.

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Supply Chain Aerospace 105

Plastics Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

The first such program in a US hospital, facilitated by medical device OEM Baxter, diverted more than six tons of waste PVC-based IV bags from landfill.

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Automation Mag

JANUARY 3, 2024

General Motors (GM) has named Marissa West as the senior vice-president and president of its North American operations, effective January 2. West has been serving as the president and managing director of GM Canada since March 2022. GM shared in a press statement that she has led the company’s Canadian operations through a tremendous period of growth with a focus on electrification, innovation and diversity.

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As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sparc Technologies Limited announced the appointment of Nick O’Loughlin as managing director, effective from 29 January 2024. Nick has been with Sparc in a part-time role since January 2022 as General Manager, Renewable Energy, where he has led Sparc’s involvement with the Sparc Hydrogen JV, as well as Sparc’s sodium ion battery project with Queensland University of Technology.

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Manufacturing 98

Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 3, 2024

For over 30 years, the Turkish company SELSA has been supplying international clients in the automotive industry with high-quality components. With five new STUDER cylindrical grinding machines, it has now significantly expanded its business field. Cem Dizdar, managing director of SELSA, recounts how his family fled former Yugoslavia for Turkey during the war, a move that no one could have imagined would lead to them founding one of the country’s flagship companies in the machining sector.

Automotive 98

Automotive Manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 3, 2024

Electro Optic Systems Holdings announced that it has secured an additional contract to supply Remote Weapon Systems (RWS), valued at approximately A$25m, to a Western European Government. EOS announces today that its Defence Systems business has secured an additional contract to supply RWS units to a Western European Government, including spares, training and related services.

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Manufacturing 98

NIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

Without a basic grasp of financial concepts at the C-suite (executive) level, small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) may be limited in their ability to compete in an increasingly crowded marketplace. This is why financial literacy is near and dear to my heart. As a former manufacturer myself, I understand how SMMs impact the way we live, work and play.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Tasmanian Government has signed up to the new National Skills Agreement, which will enable access to up to almost $285 million in Commonwealth funding for Tasmania. The five-year National Skills Agreement (NSA), which will take effect from January 2024, was developed under principles agreed by National Cabinet and will embed national cooperation and strategic investment in the Tasmanian vocational education and training (VET) sector.

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Manufacturing 98

Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

VANCOUVER — HydroGraph Clean Power Inc., a commercial manufacturer of nanomaterials, announced that its flagship graphene product, FGA-1, has been successfully trialed in Hawkeye Bio’s biomedical sensor aimed at the early detection of lung cancer. The global biosensor market is expected to reach US$60 billion by 2032. HydroGraph’s graphene, the third company to be certified globally by the Graphene Council, was selected by Hawkeye Bio based on the purity and consistency of its graphene.

Pharmaceutical 85

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 85

NIST Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

5x5 ― the confirmation of a strong and clear signal ― and the place to make your voice heard and drive public safety communications forward.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

VANCOUVER and WINNIPEG — Ballard Power Systems announced the signing of a new Long-Term Supply Agreement with NFI Group Inc., an independent bus and coach manufacturer. The agreement marks a new phase in the established partnership between Ballard and NFI, focused on deployment-level volumes of fuel cell powered buses across all of NFI’s major brands including New Flyer, Alexander Dennis, and MCI.

Compliance 81

Compliance Sourcing Manufacturing Supply Chain 81

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Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

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The Fabricator

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association and the Association of Metals Processors and Distributors have awarded their 2024 Steel Executive of the Year honor to Geoff Gilmore, president/CEO of Worthington Steel.

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Manufacturing 64

Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

CALGARY — CEMATRIX Corporation a North American manufacturer and supplier of cellular concrete products announces that it has signed $6.2 million in new contracts, bringing its total contracts announced since the beginning of the fiscal 2023 year to $63.3 million. “These new contracts add to the momentum built throughout the year which has delivered record growth in 2023 for CEMATRIX,” stated Jeff Kendrick, CEMATRIX President and CEO.

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Form Manufacturing 80

The Fabricator

JANUARY 3, 2024

Navico Group, a division of Brunswick Corp. and supplier of integrated systems and products for the marine and RV industries, is investing $32.7 million in its Lowell, Mich., operations.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 3, 2024

TORONTO — Aimia Inc., a holding company focused on long-term global investments, confirms that its Bozzetto Group subsidiary has closed the previously announced acquisition of 65% of StarChem S.A. for $24 million, with a potential earn-out of $12 million. The purchase price was funded entirely from Bozzetto’s existing credit facility and Bozzetto’s cash on hand.

Manufacturing 80

Manufacturing Compliance 80

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