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Armbrust American Adds Meltblown Manufacturing to Combat Pandemic PPE Shortages

January 29, 2021

AUSTIN, TX—Personal protective equipment manufacturer Armbrust American has announced that its factories are now capable of producing meltblown, the nonwoven fabric material that filters out microscopic particulate matter such as the coronavirus.


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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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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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BD to Invest $1.2 Billion to Boost Manufacturing Capacity

December 8, 2020

FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ—Becton, Dickinson and Co. plans to invest approximately $1.2 billion over a four-year period to expand and upgrade manufacturing capacity and technology for pre-fillable syringes and advanced drug delivery systems across its six global manufacturing locations and add a new manufacturing facility in Europe.


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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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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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PPE From Promess Helps Dental Students Complete Training

October 25, 2020
An ad hoc team of management, assembly and mechanical engineering personnel at Promess are producing PPE for local hospitals, first responders, dentists, traveling nurses, homeless shelters and nursing homes in Southeastern Michigan.
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Medicom Adding Second US Mask Manufacturing Plant in Georgia

October 14, 2020

AUGUSTA, GA—The Medicom Group will expand its U.S. mask manufacturing operations by adding a second factory with triple the square footage of its existing United Medical Enterprise facility here.


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