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From Gearbox Maintenance to Lubrication of Gearing, AGMA has put together quality education at the Gear Expo. See the complete list by clicking on the link below.
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Industry Week
In Greenville, SC, Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School provides students with unique STEAM-based learning experiences that help put them in the right direction regarding career choices. Here’s a look at what they’re doing with real-world collaboration with companies in the area. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/education-training/getting-kids-interested-manufacturing-careers to view the full article online. |
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Forbes
Manufacturing may no longer drive the U.S. economy, but industrial growth remains a powerful force in many regions of the country. Industrial employment has surged over the past five years, with the sector adding some 855,000 new jobs — a 7.5 percent expansion. To generate our rankings of the best places for manufacturing jobs, we evaluated the 373 metropolitan statistical areas for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has complete data over the past decade. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2015/07/23/the-cities-leading-a-u-s-manufacturing-revival/ to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
Manufacturers are converging their OT and IT systems into a unified network architecture, giving them nearly unlimited access to valuable production data that can help them make improvements and more swiftly react to market changes. On top of this, manufacturers also have access to new technologies, such as mobility, virtualization and cloud computing, that enable them to deploy their people, machines and infrastructure in ways that are more efficient and cost effective. Given the vast opportunity that manufacturers are being presented with, nobody can say with certainty what the plant of the future will look like. Odds are there won’t be a single archetype but rather many variations. Still, if we could peer into a crystal ball, we would probably see common characteristics across the plants of tomorrow. Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/articles/2015/07/plant-future-seven-key-elements to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
All businesses have sensitive data that must be protected, whether it’s a new product design, project blueprints or financial information. This information is so critical that suffering a data breach could quickly lead to disastrous consequences. For manufacturers with complex supply chains, there are many places where a business’s crown jewel, its intellectual property, can be compromised. Below are six tips that will help manufacturers keep their most valuable asset safe from attackers. Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/articles/2015/07/six-tips-protect-against-intellectual-property-theft to view the full article online. |
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Market Watch
Precision Castparts Corp. has agreed to acquire Noranco from MidOcean Partners and PSP Investments for $560 million. Visit http://www.marketwatch.com/story/precision-castparts-corp-expands-its-machining-capabilities-with-the-acquisition-of-noranco-2015-07-27 to view the full article online. |
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Manufacturing Business Technology
This week, officials from small-scale 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot unveiled a new plant that they say doubles their production capacity. Visit http://www.mbtmag.com/news/2015/07/makerbot-debuts-new-3d-printer-factory to view the full article online. |
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Industry Week
Reshoring is delivering wide-ranging benefits for an increasing number of U.S. manufacturers who see it as a way to maintain (or regain) global competitiveness. According to the Reshoring Initiative, in 2003, about 140,000 jobs were lost to offshoring. In 2014, for the first time in two decades, the U.S. realized a net gain of 10,000 reshored jobs. Visit http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/drivers-manufacturing-reshoring to view the full article online. |
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
A Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, known as AF-73, took to the skies July 17, 2015, marking the first flight by an F-35 possessing two vertical tails manufactured by the Australian-based engineering company Marand. Visit http://www.onlineamd.com/f35-vertical-tails-marand-flight-072415.aspx#.VbYzsflVhBc to view the full article online. |
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Mining.com
Mark Fellows, director of metals consulting at SNL Metals & Mining, explains why permitting delays happen, what they’re costing our economy and how to fix it. Visit http://www.mining.com/web/u-s-mining-policy-global-competitivness-mark-fellows-snl-metals-mining/ to view the full article online. |
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Mining.com
Caterpillar may downsize more operations while the mining sector remains weak, warned CEO Doug Oberhelman during a conference call today announcing the company's second quarter. Visit http://www.mining.com/caterpillar-ceo-warns-more-restructurings-are-likely/ to view the full article online. |
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Norfolk Daily News
Steve Wagner, diversified manufacturing technology instructor at Northeast Community College, said it is time to change the perception of career prospects in the manufacturing sector. Visit http://norfolkdailynews.com/news/manufacturing-diploma-now-offered-at-northeast/article_95596a44-3465-11e5-bd09-270cb1dd3aba.html to view the full article online. |
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KWQC
While women make up about half of all the labor force, they only make up about 25 percent of workers in manufacturing. But there’s work being done locally to close that gender gap. Visit http://kwqc.com/2015/07/21/closing-the-gender-gap-in-manufacturing-jobs/ to view the full article online. |
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Newswise
Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research and Dassault Systems will partner on an advanced manufacturing center on the Innovation Campus. The 3DExperience Center, which will be located within the experiential engineering building, will focus on enabling advanced product development and manufacturing of next-generation manufacturing materials and technologies. The center is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2016. Visit http://www.newswise.com/articles/dassault-systemes-partners-with-wichita-state-s-niar-on-advanced-manufacturing-center to view the full article online. |
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Alcoa has completed the acquisition of RTI International Metals Inc., a global supplier of titanium and specialty metal products. With RTI, Alcoa expands its reach into titanium – the world’s fastest-growing aerospace metal – and adds advanced technologies and materials capabilities. Visit http://www.onlineamd.com/alcoa-completes-acquisition-rti-international-072715.aspx#.VbZocPlVhBc to view the full article online. |
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Forbes
There are few more companies linked to the drive to innovate than GE. Building out the technologies, processes and strategies is critical to ensuring the success of any forward-looking effort. For GE, a lot of that work takes place at its Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center outside of Detroit, Michigan. Here, Roland Menassa, the Center’s leader, shares his perspectives on manufacturing and smart, collaborative robots. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimlawton/2015/07/21/ges-roland-menassa-when-robots-help-people-do-their-jobs-better-manufacturing-wins/ to view the full article online. |
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, and Boeing, has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract for five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to be delivered to Japan, marking the first sale of the aircraft through the U.S. government’s foreign military sales program. Visit http://www.onlineamd.com/bell-boeing-japan-v22-ospreys-072715.aspx#.VbZouflVhBc to view the full article online. |
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Market Watch
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has won a contract to provide 30 years of maintenance on Bombardier Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles it will build for service on the new Toronto Eglinton Crosstown line. The contract, which was awarded by the Crosslinx Transit Solutions Maintenance General Partnership, is valued at approximately $403 million CDN ($308 million U.S.). Visit http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bombardier-wins-contract-to-provide-30-years-of-vehicle-maintenance-for-the-new-eglinton-crosstown-light-rail-line-in-toronto-2015-07-27-101731730 to view the full article online. |
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The Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc. is recruiting experts from the auto industry, a signal that its efforts to develop an electric car could be gaining ground. Visit http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-hires-auto-industry-manufacturing-veteran-1437430826 to view the full article online. |
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610KDAL
Mitsubishi Motors Corp, faced with declining demand in the U.S. and an expiring union contract at its only plant in North America, is considering ending U.S. auto production. The Nikkei business daily, which first reported the plan on Friday, said the proposed withdrawal from the Normal, IL plant was part of Mitsubishi Motor's strategic shift to the growing Asian market. Visit http://kdal610.com/news/articles/2015/jul/23/mitsubishi-plans-to-quit-us-car-production-nikkei/ to view the full article online. |
