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Who Is Economic Recovery Good for - People or Robots?

October 8, 2014

If there's one story that's been beaten to death by the media in search of feel-good news from what’s been a pretty tepid economic recovery, it's that of the supposed manufacturing renaissance in the U.S.

World's 'Largest' Aluminum Recycling Facility Opens in Germany

October 3, 2014

Novelis

Novelis, a leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, has opened what it calls the world’s largest aluminum recycling center. Located adjacent to the company’s rolling mill in Nachterstedt, Germany, the $258m (€200m) recycling center will process up to 400,000 metric tons of aluminum scrap annually, turning it back into high-value aluminum ingots to feed the company’s European manufacturing network.

Flextronics Tops Annual SupplyChainBrain/CSCMP Supply Chain Innovation Competition

October 3, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Flextronics International Inc., a multinational company offering design, manufacturing, distribution and aftermarket services to original equipment manufacturers, won the 10th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award at the yearly conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, held this year in San Antonio.

Labor Violations Rife at Malaysian Electronics Factories, Report Says

September 19, 2014

The New York Times

Nearly one in three migrant workers in Malaysia’s thriving electronics industry toils under forced labor conditions, essentially trapped in the job, a factory monitoring group found in a report issued Wednesday.

3-D Printing's Revolution Is in New Approach to Designing Parts, Not in Making Same Old Parts a New Way

August 28, 2014

Industry Week

Many people look at end use parts as the nirvana of 3-D printing. But what's really interesting about 3-D printing is not how it's augmenting the way things are done traditionally. It's the way designers are utilizing 3-D printing as a new paradigm to help design a new kind of object.

Manufacturers Need a More Data-Driven Approach to Direct Materials Sourcing

August 19, 2014

Greg Anderson, President, Directworks

Few decisions have as much power to make or break a product's success and profitability as those around the sourcing of direct materials. The components, parts and assemblies that go into making products not only account for 70 percent of an average manufacturer's annual spend, they have a significant impact on such critical competitive factors as brand reputation, time to market and supply chain reliability.

Are We Imaginative Enough About the Potential of 3D Printing?

August 11, 2014

Information Week

The year is 2017. Nearly every one of the 120 million households in the U.S. has its own multicolor 3DC3 printer with a C3 bath (a C3H6O finishing tank). The president of the United States officially announces a total end to consumer imports of plastic goods.

Is It Too Early to Say There Is a Renaissance in Manufacturing?

July 23, 2014

Industry Today

Forging a revolution in thought, application and process, the expansion policies set into place across the country have spurred a new environment in manufacturing – one which is set to renew what we know of industry, change the way we produce goods and spark innovations of intellect and function across many sectors as well as society as a whole. If there's any other definition necessary for a renaissance, we don't know of one.

Despite Media Hoopla, 3D Printing Remains in Its Infancy, Report Says

July 21, 2014

World Finance

Additive manufacturing - AKA 3D printing - is one of eight major technologies that will drive companies and business models in the future to either adapt or die, according to a Goldman Sachs report entitled The Search for Creative Destruction. However, 3D printing is still very much in its infancy, and fails to match the requirements of big businesses aiming to improve upon existing products and processes.

Hyper-innovation Redefines 'Possible' in Today's Manufacturing

July 14, 2014

Industry Today

The manufacturing world is entering an era of hyper-innovation where advances in technology and material science are rapidly changing what we consider "possible" and creating new business opportunities along the way.