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Volkswagen | May 20, 2020

Before using the DSS tool, the facility relied on a manual process for determining what projects to outsource. The manual process took five hours per day, while the DSS averaged just under six minutes to compile a plan. The manual process also only accounted for a project's due date and resulted in lower personnel utilization and manufacturing volume. The system was piloted for two months in the VPC. "As expected, the generated plans exhibited excellent quality and signif...

Beam Therapeutics | August 12, 2020

Beam Therapeutics, a Boston-based biotechnology company developing precision medicines through DNA base editing, plans to build a $83 million manufacturing facility in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, it was announced today. The uptick: the addition of 201 jobs with an average salary of around $102,654. “North Carolina is a leader in biotechnology, from the research in our labs to the state’s biomanufacturers,” said Governor Roy Coope...

Manufacturing Technology

Globenewswire | May 08, 2023

Today, 3D Systems announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Wematter, a Swedish 3D printer manufacturer, that will broaden 3D Systems’ Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) portfolio. Wematter designed and introduced the Wematter Gravity in 2019 which brought an affordable, turnkey SLS solution to the market. The closed-loop system is designed to operate in a smaller-footprint environment outside of a manufacturing floor, such as an office. Since that time, Wematter has ex...

Burloak Technologies, Samuel, MDA | June 26, 2020

Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, and MDA today announced a five-year agreement to partner for additively manufactured parts and components for space-bound satellite antenna applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Burloak and MDA will collaborate to optimize the design and manufacturability of a range of antenna technologies. The joint efforts accomplished to date by MDA and Burloak have led to an increased acceptance of additively manufa...