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AFIXX Alliance & Crossroad Distributor Source Team Up at the International Fastener Expo

Fastener News Desk

Afixx Alliance and Crossroad Distributor Source will once again be teaming up at the International Fastener Expo in Las Vegas on October 18-19, 2022, featuring our BackYard Bash. AFIXX | Crossroad Distributor Source | Past Best Booth Awards: . 2019 Best Booth Award – Best Booth Award. Press Release. Contact: Kendal Speer.

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‘Unprecedented’ rise in ocean plastics since 2005, study finds

E&T

A global dataset of ocean plastic pollution between 1979 and 2019 has been collated by Marcus Eriksen and colleagues from non-profit group The 5 Gyres Institute. million tonnes were afloat in 2019. We need a strong, legally binding UN Global Treaty on plastic pollution that stops the problem at the source.”

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Supply chain security: local vs global

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Britain is the main source of imports for Ireland, making up more than 20 per cent in 2018 and 2019, despite uncertainty around the UK’s departure from the EU, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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AMSL Aero draw further investment from IP Group to develop VTOL aircraft

Manufacturer's Monthly

Compared to standard aircraft, the Vertiia needs fewer parts and uses cheaper low-emissions energy sources. IP Group then invested in AMSL’s first funding round in 2019 and in further rounds as the company has grown. The Vertiia takes off like a helicopter before changing to fly like a plane, which is a more efficient way of flying.

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Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt launches new venture

Robotics Business Review

Kyle Vogt, then president and CTO of Cruise, delivered a Robotics Summit & Expo keynote in 2019. Source: WTWH Media Kyle Vogt, the co-founder and former CEO of autonomous vehicle developer Cruise LLC, has launched a new startup: The Bot Company. In 2019, he was a keynote speaker at the Robotics Summit & Expo.

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Labor shortages driving robotics adoption, finds HowToRobot

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock Businesses are adopting automation not to replace workers but to augment scarce labor, according to data that HowToRobot released yesterday. from 2013 to 2019, according to the U.S. manufacturing alone grew by 18% between 2019 and 2023, according to BLS data. In the U.S., Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Scientists discover new bacteria strains that can be used for beverage fermentation

AU Manufacturing

Six strains of bacteria were isolated from insects and flowers on various properties across Kangaroo Island in late 2019. These samples were collected shortly before the devastating bushfires in the summer of 2019-20,” lead author and PhD candidate Scott Oliphant from the University of Adelaide’s School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine said.