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Manufacturing Coalition | April 22, 2020

When Shirish Pareek learned that there was a shortage of PPE products to supply the medical community with what is needed to combat COVID, he did what he has always done; found a solution. Pareek created the Manufacturing Coalition, a group of American business leaders drawn from Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). Why this group? Well YPO has as its members 28,000 CEOs, in 130 countries, who achieved success at an early age and joined together with the goal of improving leadership. Curren...

IMEC | February 04, 2021

IMEC launched the Move Ahead Faster Projects for small and mid-sized manufacturers in Illinois to accelerate growth and productivity. IMEC, Illinois affiliate of the U.S Commerce NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network, initiated projects to provide the necessary assessments and technical support. It will not only improve critical drivers of organizational success but will also address the most crucial needs. From this, eligible Illinois manufacturers will also get suppor...

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

YouiBot | December 28, 2021

YouiBot, the head enterprise of industrial mobile robot, announced that it has completed two rounds of B-series financing, the accumulated amount exceeded RMB 300 million. The two rounds of financing mainly come from the investment of FG Venture and Xicheng Jinrui, followed by the investment of IDG, Pine Venture, SIG, BlueRun Venture, SoftBank and HAX, and TAIHECAP was designated as the exclusive financial advisor. The investment institutions in early period include ZhenFund, C&I Capital, IN...

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

Akoustis Technologies | June 27, 2022

Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year, multi-million dollar contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to pursue new materials and device manufacturing methods. As a result of the expected advances, the program coul...