Manufacturing Business TechnologyImagine a world where you can 3D print a full-size cargo plane or quickly produce a body part to save someone's life. Through additive manufacturing or 3D printing, Lockheed Martin is bringing people closer to products and solving challenges in new ways. The company is pushing the limits of this technology to produce parts quickly and affordably with geometry and design that has never been possible before.
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Mining.comOver a dozen years ago a significant technological leap was introducing miners to a bigger truck, says Steve Berkebile, General Manager, North America, Caterpillar Global Mining division. Berkebile says they are now looking for what's next. To get cultural acceptance for technology, Caterpillar marketing is focused on reducing a miner's cost and increasing output per man.
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The Wall Street JournalManufacturing in the U.S. is starting to make a comeback, and is poised for even bigger gains in the years ahead. That, at least, is the way the optimists see it. But plenty of skeptics argue that there are lots of reasons to doubt it. For all the positive trends and statistics, they cite numbers pointing the other way. With that in mind, here are four reasons to bet on U.S. factories—and four reasons to be cautious.
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Bloomberg BusinessweekChina’s manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in five months, in a sign the government’s measures to counter an economic slowdown are gaining traction. The Communist Party has stepped up the pace of stimulus measures, including faster spending from government budgets and increased railway investment, to help meet an official growth target of about 7.5 percent this year.
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International Business TimesU.K. manufacturing has been boosted by a near £1bn order for Airbus aircraft by Air New Zealand. The Kiwi airline has ordered 14 aircraft in total: 10 A2320neo, three A321 and one A320, confirmed Christopher Luxon, the airline's CEO, at an aviation conference in Doha.
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IndustryWeekAlcoa broke ground on May 29 on a $100 million aerospace expansion in La Porte, Indiana where it will produce nickel-based superalloy jet engine parts. The new 320,000-square-foot facility will expand Alcoa’s reach from structural engine components for business and regional jets to large commercial aircraft, including narrow- and wide-body and military airplanes.
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Phys.orgThe Gemini consortium has signed all construction, operations and financing contracts yesterday with a total construction budget of nearly EUR 3 billion. With more than 20 parties involved 70 percent of this budget will be provided on the basis of project financing – making Gemini the largest-ever project financed offshore wind farm.
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