Assembly Breaking News

Battery Company Eyes Texas for New Plant

AUSTIN, TX-Austin is a contender as a location for a car battery manufacturing plant being proposed by a newly formed consortium of 20 U.S. battery makers preparing for the nation’s shift to plug-in vehicles.

The National Alliance for Advance Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture, which was established in mid-December and includes Austin-based ActaCell Inc., is lobbying for federal funding for its effort to help U.S. companies compete with Asian battery makers that have led the way in producing batteries used in hybrid vehicles.

Manufacturers Test Humanoid Robots in Factories

Boeing Defends Assembly of Dreamliner 787 Aircraft Ahead of Senate Hearing

Boston Dynamics Introduces New Humanoid Robot

Events

May 1, 2024

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

May 14, 2024

How to Drive Product Innovation With Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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