SHANGHAI—China’s biggest microchip producer, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., and Apple Inc. supplier Pegatron
Corp. continue to operate factories here during the city’s most-recent COVID-19 lockdown by isolating workers and running a closed-off procedure allowed by local authorities.
ALEXANDRIA, VA—The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded a patent to Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions Inc., GE
Appliance’s parent company, that describes a refrigerator with an internal system for boiling eggs.
HAGERSTON, MD—Hitachi Rail has announced that it will build a new $70 million plant here to manufacture IntelMetro’s eighth generation
of rail cars starting in late 2024.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—BMW i Ventures Inc. has invested in Alitheon's digital fingerprinting technology (FeaturePrint ID), which represents product surfaces as math formulas to enable on-demand verification of an authentic auto part via an industrial camera or a handheld app.
WASHINGTON—In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Commerce Department has banned exports of high-tech products to Russia. The BIS' goal is to hamper Russia's ability to produce tanks, airplanes and other military equipment.
RED LAKE FALLS, MN—Mower manufacturer Altoz Inc. recently announced plans to expand its facility here by 62,500 square feet to accommodate the company’s growth. The expansion is expected to be completed by this fall, and is the first phase of a multi-phase project.
JENNINGS, LA—Greenberry Industrial announced that it is converting a shipyard fabrication facility into a manufacturing plant to produce industrial modules for the petrochemical, maritime, energy, pulp and paper, and high-tech semiconductor industries.
LONG BEACH, CA—Heliogen says it will build a full-scale facility here to develop, assemble and test heliostats (reflective mirrors) and other components for its concentrated solar power system.
LOVELAND, CO—EV specialist Lightning eMotors has completed a 102,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility here, in order to double production of zero-emission vehicles and powertrains to 1,500 by the end of 2022.
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