Made In America: Chemicals

In 2012, shipments from the U.S. manufacturing sector totaled $5.7 trillion. So, what do we make in the United States? This series of manufacturing profiles will answer that question one industry at a time. The focus of this profile is chemicals. Previous profiles focused on machinery; food, beverages and tobacco products; and transportation equipment (excluding motor vehicles).

Spotlight

Aqua Metals, Inc.

Aqua Metals is pioneering sustainable lithium battery and clean metals recycling, creating a low-carbon, circular supply chain for critical minerals. We believe that the key to sustainable energy lies in leveraging the full potential of recycled materials in manufacturing lithium-ion batteries, building a circular supply chain domestically, and minimizing the environmental impact of the clean energy industry. Aqua Metals has developed AquaRefining™, a cleaner metals recycling process that can deliver high-value raw materials back into the battery manufacturing supply chain while reducing emissions and waste streams and creating a safer work environment. AquaRefining replaces chemical catalysts with clean electricity, dramatically lowering emissions and reducing waste streams typical in recycling by as much as 95%.

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Four Essentials To Boosting Productivity in Factory Automation Production Lines

whitePaper | May 13, 2023

Across every major industry segment, the application of advanced digital technologies and Industry 4.0 capabilities offers manufacturers powerful new capabilities to enable flexible production, improved product quality and real-time insight into the performance of their operations. However, these factories and production lines aren’t built by themselves. Designing, engineering and building these advanced systems demand intense investment in time, resources and know-how to solve some of the world’s most complex technology challenges.

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Brochure: GMP Manufacturing

whitePaper | July 16, 2020

Quality control testing instrumentation solutions for GMP manufacturing. From raw materials QC through production QC and final product QC.Purified Water is used to produce nonparenteral preparations and other pharma applications, including tests/assays for which water is indicated. SOP parameters can be pre-programmed into the instrument and automated for testing to meet EP 2.2.44 Total Organic Carbon, USP<645> Water Conductivity, USP <643> Total Organic Carbon Analysis, and International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Q2 standards.

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Autonomous vehicles have a lot to learn. We can help

whitePaper | May 21, 2020

That experience demands a platform supported by increased connectivity and cloud infrastructure. The industry will require immense computing and processing power for all the information that AVs rely on and will continue to rely on in a future with 5G.

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Finding The Single-Source Supplier For The E-Commerce Supply Chain

whitePaper | March 16, 2022

Today’s supply chains are driven by the competitive tenets of e-commerce – speed, accuracy and access to a broad inventory – all delivered at low cost. This mandate has driven distribution centers to become increasingly complex and dependent on automation systems, while raising the stakes to threaten critical damage in the event of cost overruns or project delays. Concentrating supplier responsibility for these automation projects with a single, lead provider simplifies vendor management and accountability, enabling companies to approach a single point of contact and avoid juggling delays and charges from multiple contractors.

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HOW INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION DRIVES CUSTOMER-CENTRICITY IN MANUFACTURING

whitePaper | August 17, 2022

The need for true customer-centricity is impossible to ignore in the manufacturing world. Disruptive technology, instant availability of information, the expectation of to-the-second service in an on-demand consumer economy have given rise to a new power balance, in which the demands of the customer call the shots – rather than the way manufacturing businesses determine they should operate. In this redrawn landscape, intelligent automation (IA) can be the difference between success and failure. But what does it take to integrate IA into a manufacturing operation – and where are its benefits felt most prominently?

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Automate and Optimise Manufacturing Processes

whitePaper | April 11, 2022

Driven by the need to make parts faster, better, and for less, manufacturers of all sizes are embracing various forms of automation in the quest to lower costs, increase production, and reduce response times. Discover how incorporating fixed industrial scanning and machine vision solutions can help improve quality in every stage of the production process.

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Spotlight

Aqua Metals, Inc.

Aqua Metals is pioneering sustainable lithium battery and clean metals recycling, creating a low-carbon, circular supply chain for critical minerals. We believe that the key to sustainable energy lies in leveraging the full potential of recycled materials in manufacturing lithium-ion batteries, building a circular supply chain domestically, and minimizing the environmental impact of the clean energy industry. Aqua Metals has developed AquaRefining™, a cleaner metals recycling process that can deliver high-value raw materials back into the battery manufacturing supply chain while reducing emissions and waste streams and creating a safer work environment. AquaRefining replaces chemical catalysts with clean electricity, dramatically lowering emissions and reducing waste streams typical in recycling by as much as 95%.

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