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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Source: Xwing A joint program by the U.S. In modern conflict, it’s axiomatic that logistics wins wars. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. It’s a lot of freight, requiring lots of airframes, engines, and, of course, pilots. Air Force and Xwing Inc. The future?

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Commodity prices rise; engineering resins drop

Plastics News

Regional PE demand also had been down because processors had built larger-than-normal inventories after the COVID-19 pandemic began, sources said. Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges.

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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. Information was gathered about the frequency of logistics as well as producers’ requirements.

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A concierge service for new manufacturing businesses

Manufacturer's Monthly

The LGA covers approximately 1,950 square kilometres and forms part of the Lower Hunter. As a global trade gateway for more than 220 years, the Port delivers safe, sustainable and efficient logistics solutions for its customers. Port of Newcastle is the largest port on the East Coast of Australia.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

I don’t think the supply chain for the country is broken in any way, shape or form,” said David Latona , CEO and president, Tompkins Solutions (Raleigh, N.C.). The company’s special tools department manufactures custom and semi-custom applications in lead-forming and bending, special cutting devices, parts handling and more.

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Next steps for digital transformation for manufacturers

Control Engineering

Data management is therefore a fundamental requirement and the next step on the digital transformation journey of many companies is to put in place technologies that enable data to be collected from multiple sources, visualized and analyzed, to create actionable insights.”. Welcome to the Metaverse. Barrier-free.

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Power to the people: hydrogen in transport

SMMT

With fossil fuels being phased out of the commercial vehicle industry over the coming years, hydrogen power is seen as one of the possible new clean energy sources that could take their place. Hydrogen will be sourced from multiple green hydrogen projects across South Wales including Protium’s “Pioneer 2” and other projects.