It’s been said that high-tech manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance, and the US is getting ready to retool its supply chains to compete globally. However, we haven’t been able to give our workforce the skills to fill ...
Tags: CNC machines, control machines
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor is set to commence the production of all-new 2015 Nissan Murano crossover later this fall, creating 500 new jobs at Nissan's Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton, Mississippi, US. Japanese automaker Nissan ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has opened the first ever electric bus factory in Lanscater, California in the US for the manufacture of long-range electric buses. The automaker has also unveiled the first all-electric, ...
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For many, Made in the USA is a sign of product quality, economic investment and some may even venture to say patriotism, and when it comes to buying floors, consumers' standards and expectations remain the same. In an industry that, like ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, floor, flooring
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – and the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Nanoscale ...
Mannington Commercial is a finalist for the Georgia Manufacturer of the Year award. The award is part of a Manufacturing Appreciation Week developed by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Technical College System of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, floor, flooring
The U.S. manufacturing sector is in the midst of a technology renaissance that has the potential to bring manufacturing work back to North America for years, according to Manufacturing Engineering's annual trends report released with its ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Manufacturing
The U.S. textile industry has seen a surge in foreign direct investment over the past 8 months. No less than 8 foreign companies have made public announcements over that period to invest more than $700 million in new U.S. textile facilities ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Yarn-Forward Rule
China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
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Yole sees $13BN CMOS image sensor market by 2018 20 Jan 2014 Consumer and automotive applications to boost market as pixel resolution improves. High-performance CMOS Analysts at Yole Développement have updated their forecast for ...
Tags: Yole, Technical challenges, CES, CMOS
"The United States stands on the cusp of a dramatic revival and rejuvenation propelled by an amazing wave of technological innovation," writes Stanford researcher Vivek Wadhwa in a recent editorial in The Washington Post. The basic notion ...
Tags: Technology Renaissance, Health Technology, Medicine Technology
Senator Chris Coons announces Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative. A new congressional report released Dec. 17, 2013, found that after a decade of devastating declines, the American manufacturing sector is recovering—and now ...
Natural Blend Vegetable Dehydration is set to open a manufacturing facility in Pitt County, North Carolina, US with an investment of more than $12m over the next three years. The move is expected to create up to 57 jobs. Being ...
Soraa, the world leader in the development of GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that it has been awarded several million dollars in funding by U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN Substrates
Pilkington North America, a subsidiary of Nippon Sheet Glass, has announced it is closing its Lathrop, Calif., plant, which currently manufactures commercial architectural and automotive glass. According to a release from the company, ...
Tags: Pilkington, clothing, Lathrop, plant