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COVID-19 Sparks Biggest Decline in Car Sales in EU

January 22, 2021

BRUSSELS—The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked the biggest decline in car production in Europe on record, according to data published last week by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.


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Five Things: Automotive

Five Things: Automotive Assembly

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John Sprovieri
January 8, 2021
General Motors has announced that its Factory ZERO has become the first automotive plant in the U.S. to install dedicated 5G fixed mobile network technology.
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Engineers Rise to the Challenge of COVID

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John Sprovieri
January 4, 2021
The best aspect of my job as a journalist covering science and technology is the opportunity to talk with smart, passionate people on a daily basis.
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How Automation Accelerates Reshoring—Part 1

Harry Moser
December 11, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated deglobalization in manufacturing, but that shift was already underway before the pandemic. Between 1990 and 2016, global trade had been growing at average annual rate of 4.9 percent, according to the World Trade Organization.


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UAW Offers COVID Tests to Ford Workers in Louisville

December 8, 2020

LOUISVILLE—Approximately 20,000 active and retired Ford factory workers, their immediate family members and surviving spouses will be able to get coronavirus tests at the UAW hall here after the union’s executive board voted unanimously to hire a private laboratory to perform the tests at no cost to members.


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Johnson & Johnson's Vaccine Manufacturing Partner Invests $150 Million in MA Facility

November 30, 2020

BOXBOROUGH, MA—German contract manufacturer Vibalogics GmbH is investing $150 million and hiring 100 people for a facility here to help Big Pharma develop a COVID-19 vaccine. The company plans to open the site by the second half of 2021.


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Machine Builder Adapts Production Lines to Combat COVID-19

Machine Builder Adapts Production Lines to Combat COVID-19

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Jim Camillo
November 17, 2020
For several months now, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges to medical-device manufacturers and machine builders worldwide.
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Thermo Fisher Opens Plant for Manufacturing COVID-19 Sample Collection Products

October 27, 2020

LENEXA, KS–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently cut the ribbon on its new $40 million facility here dedicated to viral transport media production.


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GM, Honda Put White-Collar Workers on the Assembly Line

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John Sprovieri
October 8, 2020

After sitting idle for weeks or even months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. assembly plants have finally restarted production, albeit with the occasional hiccup.


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Local for Local Pays Off for U.S. Automotive Assembly

Harry Moser
October 8, 2020

Growing sustainability and resilience concerns brought about by trade war uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic have companies looking for ways to mitigate risk and increase agility.


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