MarketWatch
Orders for durable goods, such as autos, surged in May after historic declines in the early spring when the U.S. was locked down, but manufacturers are likely to struggle to make a more rapid recovery amid a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus and a depressed global economy. Orders jumped 15.8% last month, the government said. 

American Gear Manufacturers Association
The AGMA Trade webinar series continues this Wednesday, July 1 with All About Section 232 Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, Auto Parts, and Other Products: What you need to know to manage risks and sieze new opportunities. AGMA members may listen to this webinar for free.

MarketWatch
The flash U.S. service sector purchasing managers index rose to a 4-month high of 46.7 in June from 37.5 in the previous month, IHS Markit said Tuesday. The flash manufacturing sector purchasing managers index rose to a 4-month high of 49.6 from 39.8 in May. Though an improvement, the readings remain slightly below 50 which indicates worsening conditions. The flash estimate is typically based on approximately 85-90% of total survey responses each month. 

AGMA
Taming Tooth Deflections: The case for profile modifications will be held on July 9 in a four-hour course you can take comfortably from your home or office. Learn how teeth deflect, what involute interference really is, the potential consequences of inadequate profile modifications, and the differences between tip relief, flank relief and fully modified profiles. Learn all about this course today.

Manufacturing.net
Across the world, we’re settling into a new normal. But the truth is, that’s a moving target. Companies are manufacturing masks instead of t-shirts, and hand sanitizer instead of perfume – it’s anything but ‘business as usual.’

Biz Journals
Mack Defense, a military vehicle manufacturing division of Greensboro-based Mack Trucks, has moved its headquarters from rented space in Allentown, PA, to its Mack Customer Center (MCC) located in the same city. According to the company, the move is intended to provide enhanced customer service, additional working space and better access to more company amenities.

Yahoo! Finance
In a landmark judgment to combat climate crisis, California mandated that more than half of all the trucks and vans sold in the state should be emission-free by 2035. One of the leading economies in the world, California has always been steadfast in pursuing policies to tackle global warming and come up with some of the most aggressive climate policies. It is again leading the nation in the fight to become carbon neutral by issuing the order that all new trucks sold in the state should be zero emissions by 2045.

Defense One
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, says it has hired more than 8.300 employees since March, when coronavirus began shutting down business across the United States. The numbers are in stark contrast to the rest of the U.S. economy, which has seen tens of millions of jobs disappear over the past four months. Lockheed said it plans to hire a total of 12,000 employees this year.

3D Printing Industry
EOS, the global leader in LB-PBF systems, has expanded its offering of AM materials with the release of eight new metal powders and processes for use with its M 290, M 300-4, and M 400-4 3D printing systems. The aim of the TRL system is to aid with customer orientation, providing a standardized, data-backed metric for manufacturers to safely cross the border to serial AM production.

Drone Life
A scene depicting dozens of autonomous drones shifting shape while in midflight isn’t from a trailer of the Transformers sequel. It’s a soon-to-be reality for the U.S. Army. Researchers with the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and Texas A&M University recently presented findings from a two-year study at the AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition’s virtual event.

Gear Solutions
The Direct Gear Design method optimizes various parameters and elements of gear tooth geometry to achieve the required gear-drive performance. One such critical element of the tooth profile is the root fillet. 

Manufacturing Global
Ford announced that it has received government backing, along with its partners, to introduce 5G networks to its car manufacturing.

Manfuacturing.net
Segway, which boldly claimed its two-wheeled personal transporter would revolutionize the way people get around, is ending production of its namesake vehicle. The Segway PT, popular with tourists and police officers, will be retired on July 15.

Gear Technology
Advanced Machine Reliability Resources (AMRRI) and Generation Systems Inc. (GSI), creator of Lube-It management software, are combining forces to create a best-in-class offering to support asset health and machine reliability for Fortune 1000 manufacturers.

IndustryWeek
Security providers Keyfactor and PrimeKey announced a partnership and integration to simplify and automate PKI for large-scale enterprise and internet of things (IoT) deployments. Enterprises, and a growing number of connected device manufacturers, rely on PKI to enable digital security. Enterprise security teams and IoT product developers issue trusted and unique identities necessary to protect sensitive data, ensure uptime and secure connections across cloud services and connected devices.

Metal AM
“This significant order validates that Velo3D’s SupportFree process is production-ready,” stated Benny Buller, the company’s founder and CEO. “Our recent successes across various industrial sectors show that many OEMs and contract manufacturing are adapting their supply chain to meet the demands of manufacturing mission-critical components.”
AGMA also posted a video showing their support free technology last week as the Video of the Week.  

Electrive
Ford presented the new edition of its U.S. custom F-150, which is now being offered with a full hybrid drive for the first time. Interested parties will have to wait up to two years for the electric version of the pickup, however.

Inside EVs
Zero Motorcycles and Vancouver, BC-based Exro Technologies, which works on how to improve electric motors in various applications (including EVs), have announced a development partnership. Exro’s patented Dynamic Power Management (DPM) is a software system, which controls electric motor coils (in the stator) in a more complex way than the standard three-phase approach. 

Electrive
The U.S. company Hyliion, which specializes in electrified drives for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has presented its Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX). This is an electric drive combined with a natural gas-powered generator to charge the battery. The Hypertruck ERX is a class 8 truck, i.e. with a weight of more than 14.969 tons. The long-haul, fully electric powertrain is to be designed for a range of more than 1,000 miles. While the Hypertruck ERX is powered exclusively by electric motors, the truck is by no means purely electric for the 1,000 miles, as the range extender relies on natural gas.