Austin has been senior editor for ASSEMBLY Magazine since September 1999. He has more than 21 years of b-to-b publishing experience and has written about a wide variety of manufacturing and engineering topics. Austin is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
BYHALIA, MS—Accelera by Cummins, a joint-venture between Cummins Inc., Daimler Truck North America and Paccar Inc., plans to build a battery factory here.
Developing the next generation of manufacturing engineers requires new types of hands-on education. That’s why Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology (SoET) recently built a state-of-the-art facility that features cutting-edge production equipment.
Hyundai recently opened a facility in Singapore that is a 21st century version of Fiat’s famous Lingotto assembly plant in Turin, Italy, complete with a banked rooftop test track.
As part of the company’s “We Win Together” initiative, a group of Stellantis engineers recently met with 64 suppliers and startups from around the world to learn about cutting-edge technology that can boost manufacturing productivity, reduce CO2 emissions, improve quality and cut costs.
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands—Graphene will play an increasingly important role in electric vehicle batteries, according to a new “State of Charge” report from Focus.