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GE's New Plant in England Will Build Giant Wind Turbine Blades

April 7, 2021

PARIS—GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Teesside, in northeastern England, for the production of 107-meter-long offshore wind turbine blades.

Johnson Controls Assembly Plant Powered by Wind Energy

March 9, 2021

WICHITA, KS—Johnson Controls’ assembly plant here now gets all of its electricity from wind energy. The 1.3 million square foot plant manufactures residential heating and air conditioning equipment for the YORK, Luxaire, Coleman and Champion brands.

Lean Gives Crown Equipment a Lift

Continuous improvement and a vertical manufacturing strategy enable Crown to compete in a crowded market.

John Sprovieri

January 4, 2021

If a pallet-load of stuff must be moved around a warehouse, factory or retailer somewhere in the world, chances are pretty good that the machine doing the heavy lifting was made by Crown Equipment Corp.

Five Things: Furniture Manufacturing

John Sprovieri

December 15, 2020

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. has installed 28,776 solar panels on the roof of its assembly plant in Leesport, PA. The panels will produce more than 9,630,600 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.

Mercedes’ Factory of the Future

Mercedes’ new assembly plant sets standards for flexibility, efficiency, sustainability and digital production.

John Sprovieri

November 4, 2020

The Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, has seen a lot of change during more than a century of operation.

Solar Project at Toyota Assembly Plant to be Largest in West Virginia

September 8, 2020

BUFFALO, WV—Toyota’s engine and transmission assembly plant here will soon be the site of the largest solar panel array in the state.

Five Things: Tractor Manufacturing

John Sprovieri

August 10, 2020

Fifteen years ago, Deere & Co. engineers mostly used 3D printing to make prototypes of plastic parts.

GM and DTE Energy Partner on Renewable Energy Investment

April 24, 2020

DETROIT, MI — General Motors and DTE Energy are working together to accelerate Michigan’s transition to renewable energy with a deal to source 500,000 megawatt hours of solar energy as part of DTE’s MIGreenPower program.

Aligning Interests of Domestic Manufacturers and Consumers

Harry Moser

April 16, 2020

For decades, Americans worried about our manufacturing sector. People believed U.S.-made goods were too expensive or poorly made.

DOE Offers $3 Million to Improve Manufacturing through High-Performance Computing

March 19, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million for high-performance computing, modeling, and simulation projects to improve manufacturing processes.

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Automated Screwdriving with Collaborative Robots

As more companies automate their screwdriving processes with collaborative robots, there are many factors to consider to ensure employee safety, consistent required torque high degree of repeatability and zero defect products. Join Universal Robots and screwdriving experts Atlas Copco for this joint webinar featuring the latest developments in automated screwdriving.

In this informational webinar we will present topics that are essential to quality control along with vision inspection systems. Information pertaining to risk handling and 0 PPM strategy to reduce downtime in assembly applications.

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GE's New Plant in England Will Build Giant Wind Turbine Blades

Johnson Controls Assembly Plant Powered by Wind Energy

Lean Gives Crown Equipment a Lift

Five Things: Furniture Manufacturing

Mercedes’ Factory of the Future

Solar Project at Toyota Assembly Plant to be Largest in West Virginia

Five Things: Tractor Manufacturing

GM and DTE Energy Partner on Renewable Energy Investment

Aligning Interests of Domestic Manufacturers and Consumers

DOE Offers $3 Million to Improve Manufacturing through High-Performance Computing

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