Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 30, 2024

With this technology on the factory floor, Highlands has experienced a vast improvement in the quality of their welds, has mitigated skills-based hiring and staffing shortages, and has greater visibility into robotic downtime and productivity levels. In an industry where downtime can cost $260,000 per hour , this was a game changer. “We

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Today are proud to be partnering with the Smart Factories Summit on 4 April 2024 in Chicago, IL, USA. Amidst the rising tide of material and labor costs, organizations are doubling down on investments in smart factory initiatives to gain a competitive edge. Solutions at Smart Factories Summit in Chicago appeared first on i4.0

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Federal Government is boosting advanced manufacturing by supporting the expansion of the Factory of the Future in Adelaide with a $10.1 Husic said the Factory of the Future would work with over 200 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to build their technological capabilities and help them gain a foothold in critical supply chains. “We

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By bringing together diverse technologies and device manufacturers on the Factory Floor Lab, Betacom, Google Cloud and Ingram Micro aim to accelerate manufacturers’ automation and digitalization initiatives by demonstrating complete solutions that are available today. manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how the factory floor has changed thanks to automation and how the connected worker benefits. Connected worker insights Connected worker platforms enhance factory productivity by providing real-time data, enabling rapid decision-making, predictive analysis and seamless integration with other factory systems.

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SMMT

APRIL 25, 2024

1 32,626 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches left factory lines, up 18.6% This means reducing energy costs, upskilling our workforce and maintaining free and fair trade deals, the result of which will allow us to attract further investment to improve productivity and decarbonise automotive manufacturing and its supply chain.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This documentary about the last remaining co-operative factory in Croatia is a rare example of a production that’s as radical as its subject: all the people featured are sharing in the film’s profits The walls of ITAS, the last remaining co-operative factory in post-socialist Croatia, are lined with reminders of faded glories.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 30, 2024

Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute’s new report, “ Taking charge: Manufacturers support growth with active workforce strategies ,” examines the workforce challenges that manufacturers are facing as well as the investment and skills likely required to drive continued growth across the industry.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

He goes on to say, and I agree, “Rockwell’s aims for Clearpath, and particularly for OTTO Motors, are more wide-ranging than just warehouses, and they intend to expand deploying on factory floors.” This shows the company is still firmly on the factory floor making things better for operations.

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

million in funding to help Flinders University expand the Factory of the Future in Adelaide. . The state-of-the-art facility will help develop a dedicated workforce to bridge skills gaps in digital and advanced manufacturing technologies,” Husic said. . The federal government has allocated $10.1

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 21, 2023

During the last few years, collaborative robots, or cobots, have made significant inroads toward creating a truly flexible and automatic workforce in the factory setting. Conventional industrial robots also require careful consideration for the safety of people in the factory space where the robot works. Image: TRUMPF Group.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins today visited Nestle’s Campbellfield factory with Pascoe Vale Girls College students to announce an investment of $840,000 to deliver targeted initiatives to help students ‘try a trade’, provide mentoring for women employed in these industries and help them progress to senior positions.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 26, 2024

RoboticsCareer.org is a key driver to filling the manufacturing workforce gap and making these important careers more accessible,” stated Lisa Masciantonio, chief workforce officer at the ARM Institute. manufacturers large and small, train and empower the workforce, strengthen the U.S. Petersburg, Fla.,

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 31, 2023

Redzone is a leading workforce collaboration and connectivity solution company acquired by enterprise and MES software company QAD. These new data from QAD Redzone found that 700 factories raised their overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by an average of 21 points after just one year of using these types of tools.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 15, 2024

Apollo moving a tote at the Mercedes factory. Apollo can autonomously navigate the factory floor and avoid obstacles. Credit: Apptronik Apptronik today announced that leading automotive brand Mercedes-Benz is testing its Apollo humanoid robot. Credit: Apptronik Automotive manufacturing is the leading adopter of robotics worldwide.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 30, 2024

The expanded factory and distribution centre is now 41,000 sq.-ft. We are excited they have made the decision to expand their operation here and believe their choice speaks volumes about our city’s healthy business environment and exceptional workforce.” They can’t wait for conventional construction.” of inventory.

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NIST

AUGUST 5, 2022

The manufacturing community has long struggled with finding skilled workers, citing, among other things, the misperceptions that manufacturing jobs underpay, are monotonous and involve working in dirty factories. According to Bill Padnos, workforce development manager with the

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 28, 2023

This pilot program will introduce high school students to essential advanced technologies in industry and teach them the skills needed to use these advanced technologies in the future workforce. The program was recently launched at Kariong Mountains High School located in Gosford.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MARCH 25, 2024

workforce in engineering, technology and software, the statement said. In 2022 the company announced that it planned to close a factory in Belvidere, Illinois, and lay off 1,350 people in an effort to trim its manufacturing footprint. The cuts, effective March 31, amount to about 2% of Stellantis’ U.S. billion euros ($8.3

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the Tonsley Technical College will be built in tandem with Flinders University’s Factory of the Future with the project set to open by 2025. Partnering with Flinders University and the Factory of the Future provides students with a unique and specialised experience,” said Close.

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AU Manufacturing

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Global printing technology manufacturer Memjet is slated to begin operating a new factory in North Ryde, Sydney, bringing the manufacturing of its engines back home. . The new North Ryde factory will include a collaborative manufacturing centre and employ up to 140 engineers and scientists. .

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

relevance to advanced manufacturing Digital manufacturing incorporates smart machines and robotics into smart factory environments that enable integrated systems, to support connectivity and traceability, while driving production based on a cyber-physical infrastructure. To thrive within the Industry 4.0

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 20, 2022

Empowering a diverse frontline manufacturing workforce. Fueling the next generation of factories with the industrial metaverse. He begins by citing Microsoft partners at the event: ABB, Ansys, Accenture, Avanade, AVEVA, Blue Yonder, Cognite, C3.ai, Microsoft continually releases products designed to empower workers at all levels.

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Plataine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Under pressure from global material and workforce shortages, the rising prices of raw materials, and the growth in demand, Aerospace composites factories today acknowledge the need for digital acceleration.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Smart factory prerequisites are required prior to implementation. 6-9, included discussions about digitalization helps optimize operations, helps with energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain, climate change and cybersecurity. We need to go fast.”

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MEM

JULY 4, 2023

For example, the new MPS 404-K learning factory has been created as part of a university collaboration; in particular as a platform for “Industrial Engineering” degree programs. Through Festo LX, these skills can be taught in a practical way using a learning factory with an AI-based collaborative robot system.

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Cisco Manufacturing

APRIL 9, 2021

The mass shuttering of factories tanked businesses, disrupted supply chains, and put millions out of work around the world. In order to seize that opportunity, there’s one big question manufacturers need to solve: how do we meet this pent-up demand when a good chunk of our workforce is gone? Is your factory ready?

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i4.0 today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

IPC recently convened a roundtable of electronics executives to discuss trends driving the industry’s migration to the factory of the future. A summary of the discussion is now available: “ The Evolution of Factories of the Future: What You Need to Know.”. Today Magazine.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 10, 2024

The city’s robust manufacturing industry, coupled with a skilled workforce and a business-friendly environment, perfectly aligns with WILA’s strategic vision for growth. boasts a workforce of 350 employees, with two factories in the Netherlands and subsidiaries in the United States and China.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 17, 2023

Attendees will see how they can adapt these solutions to target sustainability, productivity, supply chain issues, workforce shortages and more. Topics will include business considerations, industrial applications, and smart simulations and portable factories for additive manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 26, 2023

million in federal funding, is designed to address the anticipated two million worker shortage in the manufacturing workforce and provide resources directly aimed at meeting current and emerging workforce needs. factories, strengthening national security and increasing U.S. The CAPITAL program, which is supported by $6.2

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 29, 2023

The University of Rhode Island (URI) and Flinders University have formalised a partnership that will bolster Australia’s efforts to produce the skilled workforce needed to deliver on the AUKUS security pact. If you build the research base and the student workforce flowing in from all countries, it will become self-sustaining.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The company hopes to bring readers to understand the relevance of factory automation to them in their everyday lives, as well as providing manufacturers with a vision of a future enabled by the use of factory automation. For more on the commitment to sustainability from Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Systems.

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E&T

JANUARY 26, 2023

Over the past two years, the chip shortage has forced Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, Daimler, BMW, Renault and Toyota to shut factories, scale back production or exclude high-end features such as integrated satellite navigation systems, which rely on sophisticated semiconductor technology.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

With less than 10% of the automation and controls workforce being under the age of 40 (see Control Engineering Career and Salary Survey, 2022 ), seeing the passion from the following Leaders offers hope to the future of engineering. Ben Lester, Factory Technologies. Tommaso Helwig, Ultimation Industries LLC. Kathryn Kreitzer, Danfoss.

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 2, 2022

TeamViewer and Hyundai Motor Company will cooperate to maximise digitalisation benefits in HMGICS’ smart factory using TeamViewer’s augmented reality (AR) platform, which includes mixed reality (MR) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. More information about Hyundai Motor and its products can be found at: [link] or [link].

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 3, 2023

ZAGO takes pride in practicing what you preach, operating from a 100-year-old refurbished factory in Newark , implementing lean manufacturing processes, and installing a 50KW solar panel array on its rooftop. The company practices continuous improvement, incorporating automated production on the factory floor.

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