BBC Chinese manufacturing has contracted for the third month in a row, according to the government's latest factory survey. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) showed a reading of 49.8 for October, unchanged from last month.
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Manufacturing Business Technology The manufacturing sector is in the midst of a significant transformation. While manufacturers have always focused on strategic initiatives, operational efficiencies and profitability, hindrances like antiquated technology systems, siloed enterprise operations, reactive business planning practices and lack of multi-divisional transparency for information-sharing have limited growth and success.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design To match ongoing high demand for its A320 family, Airbus has taken the decision to further increase the production rate of the single-aisle family to 60 aircraft a month in mid-2019. The decision follows thorough studies on production ramp-up readiness in the supply chain and in Airbus sites to allow the ramp-up.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Bombardier has entered into a memorandum of understanding which contemplates a US$1.0 billion investment by the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et des Exportations du Québec for a 49.5% equity stake in a newly-created limited partnership to which would be transferred the assets, liabilities, and obligations of the CSeries aircraft program.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and Design The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling additive manufacturing system representing its collaboration between GF Machining Solutions and additive manufacturing leader EOS. The AM S 290 Tooling is based on the proven technology of the EOS M 290 metal laser sintering system.
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IndustryWeek The conventional wisdom holds that robots ultimately cost the jobs of the human beings they replace, and lead to an overall decline in manufacturing employment. In a globalized economy, however, using robots might be one of the best ways for U.S. manufacturing jobs to live, thrive and survive.
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IndustryWeek Badr S. Al-Olama asks an interesting question: What if the manufacturing sector was standardized around the globe? The CEO of Strata Manufacturing, which was established in 2010 as a composite manufacturing facility based in UAE, makes the point that standards of manufacturing in the U.S. are different than China which is different from other parts of the world.
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Worcester Magazine Imagine houses all over Worcester powered by individual wind turbines attached to the side of the home. Except they are not the giant turbines, such as the one at Holy Name High School, residents are used to. Instead, they are vertical axis wind turbines that look more like water towers than windmills, and are small enough to perform the same function as personal solar panels on some homes today.
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