The AGMA Trade Webinar series is free to AGMA members. Join us the first Wednesday of the month for a new topic. This week’s webinar is: National Security Reviews of Foreign Investments in the United States Under legislation passed by Congress in 2018 and implemented in February 2020, the U.S. government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is increasingly scrutinizing a wide range of investments by foreign persons – most notably from China – in U.S. businesses, infrastructure, and real estate. Companies and investors in the bearing and gear industries are among those likely to be most affected by the new CFIUS rules and may see their planned investments blocked or penalties levied where the requisite CFIUS review is not performed. This webinar will pull back the curtain on the new CFIUS process and tell you what you need to know to identify CFIUS issues and successfully complete planned investments.
Visit https://www.agma.org/education/online/webinars/national-security-reviews-of-foreign-investments-in-the-united-states-what-u.s.-companies-and-overseas-investors-in-the-bearing-gear-and-related-industries-need-to-know-about-the-new-committee-o/ to view the full article online.
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Autoweek Even before Tesla’s announcement last week that it had chosen Austin, Texas, as the site of the plant that will produce the Cybertruck starting in 2022, the momentum of EV pickups working their way through the pipelines of start-ups and major automakers alike had reached unprecedented levels. The same week General Motors announced a second EV pickup, promising 400 miles of range, in addition to a Hummer-branded model that will also reach production. A little earlier this summer, Lordstown Motors took the wraps off its Endurance pickup. And just a few weeks ago the market capitalization of EV start-up Nikola, that plans both a pickup and a semi truck, exceeded that of Ford.
Visit https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a33471802/autoweek-asks-will-ev-trucks-see-quick-sales-success/ to view the full article online.
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Metal AM The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and America Makes have announced that QuesTek Innovations, based in Evanston, Ill., has won the Additive Manufacturing Modelling Challenge ‘Macro-scale Structure-to-Properties Predictions’ to improve the understanding and modelling capability of the complex linkage of process-structure-performance of AM built components.
Visit https://www.metal-am.com/questek-wins-us-air-force-research-lab-am-modelling-challenge/ to view the full article online.
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Inceptive Mind According to Yamaha Motor, electric boats could soon become even quieter, and more maneuverable, all thanks to its new integrated electric propulsion unit and steering control system HARMO. HARMO is an innovative electric propulsion system mainly intended for smart package motorboats. It consists of propulsion unit powered by an electric motor, a remote-control box, and a joystick that enables more intuitive operation.
Visit https://www.inceptivemind.com/yamaha-testing-harmo-revolutionary-electric-drive-e-boats/14514/ to view the full article online.
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Electrive BMW has received a grant of 60 million euros from the German federal government and the state of Bavaria for battery research. BMW plans to use the money to establish its own pilot battery cell production in Parsdorf near Munich, with the goal of “creating a closed and sustainable material cycle for battery cells.”
Visit https://www.electrive.com/2020/07/30/bmw-is-awarded-millions-in-battery-research-funding/ to view the full article online.
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Automation World Advances in vision systems offer packagers one of the biggest opportunities for improving productivity. Many packaging applications make use of 2D machine vision, where grayscale or color imaging creates a two-dimensional map that allows for easy detection of anomalies or variations in part contrast. Now, with innovations in 3D vision, broader applications are becoming possible.
Visit https://www.automationworld.com/home/article/21141580/robotics-special-report-vision-for-the-future to view the full article online.
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