American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with NFI Group Inc. to provide custom battery packs for New Flyer's battery-electric transit buses, providing clean power. ABS will manufacture the batteries at its plant in Springboro, OH, with the engineering and development center located in Lake Orion, MI. It will supply Li-Ion batteries for NFI's ...
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Yesterday the Duke of York opened the new ‘Factory 2050’ on the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The £43 million development will house some of the most cutting edge manufacturing in the UK, and is set to bring more jobs, investment and innovation to the area....
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Tough export markets and weaker consumer spending continued to take their toll on UK factories last month, prompting the first job losses for the sector in more than two years, according to a survey that echoed signs of manufacturing weakness around the world....
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Prodways has announced the second sale of its Promaker RAF 50, which is powered by the Rapid Additive Forging technology the company launched back in 2017. A tier one research institute has invested in the machine and expects to install it later this year. The metal deposition platform has been developed to enable the 3D printing of large metal parts, potentially up to two meters in size, in a range of metal materials.
With this technology, Prodways has focused on the facilitation of comp...
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Eliminate the disconnect between what engineering designed and what manufacturing can produce. Integrated, real-time systems that provide personalization at scale are what it’s going take to compete and win in manufacturing today and in the future. Customers want greater visibility of the manufacturing process. Learn why the more integrated product design, engineering, quality, and production are, the more likely you will be able to flex and scale in response to customers’ demands an...
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Neil Lewin, senior consultant at Festo Training and Consulting, offers tips for first-time managers on making a successful transition to Industry 4.0. An effective manager brings people together to promote creativity, improve performance and support collaboration. Managers need to be able to explain changes such as Industry 4.0 to their teams, and help them to understand why change is necessary.
An effective manager should lead by example. If managers are disengaged and demotivated, their...
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