On July 15, the United Auto Workers formally began talks with Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler on a new four-year contract. It was all smiles and handshakes to start, but negotiations will surely get testy before the current contract expires Sept. 14.
CHICAGO—Advanced manufacturer Fast Radius has been working with Curtiss Motorcycles to produce more than 60 parts for its Zeus 8 electric motorcycle using additive manufacturing and traditional technologies.
French company Prodeo develops and implements software that helps companies improve their production processes to increase efficiency and productivity.
CIBOLO, TX—A supplier for Toyota and other automakers is expected to break ground in September on a new assembly plant here that will provide 900 full-time jobs.
AUBURN HILLS, MI—Flint, MI, and Greensboro, NC, are among the cities in contention to land Mahindra Automotive North America’s second U.S. assembly plant.
Two-component epoxies are suitable for structural bonding and protective potting. For many industrial applications, the time lapse before reaching initial strength has been deemed a major disadvantage, until now.
Since 2016, China has been the world's largest industrial robot market. Reports from the International Federation of Robots show that foreign robot makers sold nearly 90,000 units to Chinese manufacturers that year and more than 103,000 robots in 2017
Inventors of manufacturing technology have many sources of inspiration. One is human anatomy, which has led to the development of things like hand-like grippers and collaborative robots. Another is commercial technology that is used in toys.
For decades, batteries have powered everything from toys and toothbrushes to personal electronics and power tools. But, that's just scratching the surface. During the next decade, advanced batteries will be mass-produced for a wide variety of new applications on land, sea and air.
STUTTGART, Germany—Porsche recently unveiled its new Bioconcept-Car, built primarily with organic materials and help from researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, who have discovered how to reduce component weight by substituting with carbon fibers.