Output among the UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers grew at the fastest pace in seven years, according to the latest CBI SME trends survey. The CBI survey of more than 360 UK manufacturing respondents also found that total new orders had continued to rise at a strong pace in the three months to July, with export order growth the highest since April 2011. When queried about what may constrain output over the next quarter, the proportion of UK manufacturing firms citing orders or sale...
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The field of industrial waste management has evolved tremendously over the past few years. Manufacturing facilities especially are one of the top contenders for waste generation. Hence, the way they handle their waste is important. Many organizations are adopting innovative ways of managing waste. The good news is that, since manufacturing facilities are the top producers of waste, they also hold tremendous scope and potential for waste reduction and recycling.
Right from gathering data t...
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BMW AG reported a 33% sales jump in China during May after a shift to local production of its X3 sport utility vehicle boosted deliveries, defying a year-long pullback in the world’s largest automotive market. Making the X3 locally helps avoid a 15% Chinese import tariff on cars that were previously shipped in from BMW’s Spartanburg plant in North Carolina. The move also reduces the risk to the German automaker should trade tensions lead to additional levies. Last year, China tempora...
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Titanium heat exchanger produced with Metal AM with a glass-bead-blasted finish. The threads are milled.
Belgian additive manufacturing (AM) leader, Materialise has announced a partnership with IT services company, HCL Technologies (HCL), to develop a platform that provides increased integration for hybrid manufacturing of metal parts.
Hybrid manufacturing combines the benefits of subtractive and additive manufacturing processes. The collaboration will see CAMWorks software from HC...
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Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced the successful one-year implementation of the Plex Manufacturing Execution System (MES) at BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters, and shavers, at its plant in Bizerte, Tunisia.
BIC's primary business drivers for digitalization an...
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Donald Trump scored a major PR coup when Carrier Corp. and Ford Motor Co. — concerned about potential tariffs and angering a new administration — announced they would be keeping hundreds of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. rather than transferring them to Mexico....
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