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McInnes Rolled Rings
AGMA
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Manufactuirng.net
German automaker Daimler says it is moving toward implementing a new structure in which its Mercedes-Benz car division and truck and bus business would become legally independent entities under Daimler's overall roof.
 
The State Journal
Leah Curry, the president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Inc., has a not-so-secret passion — helping young people, especially young women, prepare for careers in manufacturing.
 
German Machine Tools of America
Star SU LLC.
Gleason Corporation
Kapp Technologies
Manufacturing.net
This report is the second in a four-part series on the state of the manufacturing industry in 2017. We'll be releasing a new section of this exclusive report every Friday in October as part of Manufacturing.net's month-long celebration of Manufacturing Day. 
 
International Federation of Robotics
Sales in service robots for professional use will increase 12 percent by the end of 2017 to a new record of $5.2 billion. And the long-term forecast is positive too, with an expected average growth rate of 20 to 25 percent in the period 2018-2020. That’s the latest projection from the International Federation of Robotics.
 
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National Manufacturers Association
The University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters reported that consumer confidence soared in October, rising to its highest point since January 2014, according to preliminary data. Overall, the report was encouraging and a sign that consumers felt more upbeat in their views on the economy and in their expectations for spending in the months ahead. 
 
AGMA
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All Metals & Forge Group, LLC
IndustryWeek
Japan’s steelmakers have spent a fortune developing new types of steel and other metals to meet demands from automakers for fuel-efficiency.
 
CNBC
After Hewlett Packard split into two companies, Dion Weisler, the president and CEO of the newly formed HP Inc., crystallized his computer and printing company's ultimate goals.
 
Reuters
Honeywell International Inc. announced plans to pare its focus to four business lines, including aerospace, and spin off two businesses with $7.5 billion in revenue to help fund acquisitions.
 
Metal Powder Products, Inc.
Specialty Ring Products
Reuters
China’s Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. is in talks with BMW to cooperate on vehicles, including those the German firm produces under the Mini brand, and that the pair have not yet agreed on any new ventures. 
 
iRobot
iRobot Corp. announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of Robopolis SAS (Robopolis), based in Lyon, France. The preliminary purchase price of $141 million, is subject to normal purchase price adjustments and is expected to be finalized no later than Q1 2018.
 
Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc.
Machine Design
Precognize’s CEO says startups are flexible and can offer a competitive advantage in the Industry 4.0 market by offering predictive maintenance. Data analytics can be complicated, and having a large trusted company for that task can bring comfort to OEMs. 
 
Machine Design
New materials developed to expand 3D printing need published material properties, but there are layers of difficulty.
 
SCHUNK
Industrial Distribution
The U.S. active oil and gas combined rig count continued its slide last week, while the price of oil reached its highest point Monday since mid-April.
 
3D Printing Industry
The options to 3D print metal with a desktop FFF printer are expanding in 2017.
 
Industrial Maintenance Magazine
General Motors plans to shutter a Detroit car factory for five weeks, laying off 1,500 workers, as it tries to keep inventory under control. The Detroit-Hamtramck plant makes the Chevrolet Impala, Cadillac CT6, Buick Lacrosse and Chevrolet Volt gas-electric hybrid.
 
Forest City Gear Company
Manufacturing Business Technology
While all eyes are on electrifying automobiles, the electrification of air transport has been a busy area of business ventures in recent years too. According to German consulting firm Roland Berger, "all indications suggest that we may be on the cusp of a revolution in the aerospace and aviation industries."
 
Robotics & Automation News
Some people might think that everything in a factory is entirely mechanical, and maybe just has some electrical components – with a chip or two for the industrial robots. But increasingly, factories are becoming a hive of hi-tech activity, and the new buzz is almost entirely about the software. 
 
American Stress Technologies
 

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