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GE Stock Gets a Big Cut but Investors Shrug It Off
Text size GE wind turbines. Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images The stock market is said to be forward looking. That seems to be the case headed into second-quarter-earnings season. Stocks are ...
Building A New Technology Diplomacy For The 21st Century
IBM Fabricating Plant Getty Images Over the past decade, the Asia-Pacific region has risen in its strategic importance to the United States, in terms of economic and national security. It is now the w...
General Motors EV Partner Sees Director Buy More Stock
Text size MP Materials shares have slipped 21% so far this year Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg MP Materials stock has slipped this year, and director Randall Weisenburger bought more shares of the rare-earth...
Cyber Threats Beyond Earth: Securing In-Space Manufacturing
Our global society is heavily dependent on space-based technologies. Most of us are aware that space positioning, weather and communications systems are critical to our transportation activities. I’m ...
Key Indicator Shows China’s Economy Set For Further Slump
WUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 10: A man wears a protective mask on February 10, 2020 in Wuhan, China. … [+] Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have b...
Application of Blockchain Technology in the Manufacturing Industry – crypto.news
Blockchain technology is an open, shared ledger system that makes transaction authentication very safe and reliable. As materials, goods, components, and funds move through the manufacturing supply ch...
3 Takeaways From Gartner’s Supply Chain Symposium
A high-functioning supply chain is critical for manufacturing success Image by Niklas9416 from Pixabay The supply chain is the circulatory system of global commerce and is foundational to the manufact...
The 9 Biggest Trends Manufacturers Need To Be Ready For
Manufacturing organizations have enormous opportunities to leverage smart factories and new technology trends to boost revenue, increase safety, and improve processes. In this article, we’ll look at t...
Lego Brings Manufacturing Back To The U.S., 15 Years After Pulling Plug
The move will allow it to shorten the distance that its products have to travel to reach customers. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fifteen years after laying off 300 workers, shuttering its ...
Caterpillar’s Headquarters Are Moving to Texas
Caterpillar has had a presence in Texas since the 1960s, according to the firm, but Illinois remains the largest concentration of Caterpillar employees. Dreamstime Text size Caterpillar is moving head...
QuantumScape loses manufacturing chief over management style mismatch
Celina Mikolajczak, who has held senior roles at Tesla and Panasonic, resigned from QuantumScape less than a year after taking the chief manufacturing officer position at the solid-state battery compa...
Pausing Solar Tariffs, Tesla’s Stock Split And Quantum Computing For Sustainable Manufacturing
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. China News Service via Getty Images Earli...
Rivian Writes a Letter to Shareholders. These Are the Three Noteworthy Items.
Text size R1S sport utility vehicle being manufactured. Courtesy Rivian Electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive quietly passed a milestone Monday. The company hosted its first annual meeting as a pub...
This Collaboration Will Use Quantum Computing To Make Manufacturing More Sustainable
Covestro, which had sales of over $17 billion in 2021, aims to be carbon-neutral by 2035. Covestro On Monday, Germany-based polymer manufacturer Covestro announced a 5-year collaboration agreement wit...
Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...
Ford To Invest Billions To Add Jobs In Three States Ahead Of Contract Talks
Ford Motor Co. Flat Rock (Michgan) Assembly Plant Steve Koss More than a year before contract negotiations begin the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday the automaker will invest...
Manufacturers’ Great Innovation Opportunity
In just 24 months, we’ve seen a decade’s worth of transformation, much of it driven by emerging … [+] technologies, such as data analytics, AI, blockchain and Web 3.0. getty It may be a cliché b...
How Your Business Should Respond To Inflation
The phrase “there’s no playbook for this” was used ad nauseum the past couple of years, as businesses around the world faced shutdowns and supply chain shocks the likes of which have no precedent. Now...
GM vs. Ford Stock: Both Are Down, but One Has Near-Term Upside
Text size Ford vehicles are displayed on the sales lot at Serramonte Ford in Colma, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Price targets for Ford Motor and General Motors have been coming down latel...