Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The agreement strengthens the procurement of domestically produced electric vehicle batteries for automotive OEMs manufactured by ONE made with battery materials produced locally by 6K Energy. Since 2020, supply chain disruptions have underscored the importance of a domestic battery supply chain.

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SMMT

JANUARY 5, 2023

Supply chain shortages subdue new car market to 1.61m units in 2022 – a -2.0% Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, The automotive market remains adrift of its pre-pandemic performance but could well buck wider economic trends by delivering significant growth in 2023. million new car registrations in 2023, worth around £8.4

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SMMT

MARCH 6, 2023

While February is typically low volume ahead of the March plate change, this year it marked the seventh month of consecutive growth as easing supply chain shortages steered the market closer to pre-pandemic levels, down just -6.5% Notes to editors 1 February 2020: 79,594 units. on the same month in 2020.1

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

in September, so it remains to be seen if the economic bounce back will continue as strongly in Q4” said Josh Brazil, VP Supply Chain Insights at project44. In contrast to Australia’s relative shipping boom, neighbouring New Zealand is still struggling with supply chain woes and port congestion. About project44.

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E&T

JANUARY 26, 2023

Our success is evidenced by the £1bn investment in Sunderland in 2021, and we are building on this through a major investment programme to electrify our supply chain and create jobs.” Since the silicon chip shortage began in 2020, the economic losses caused by the lack of semiconductors can be measured in billions of dollars.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 30, 2024

According to ABI, the market had a global valuation of $475 million in 2020 (slightly lower than Interact’s numbers), which would expand to $600 million in 2021 and $8 billion in 2030, with a projected CAGR of 32.5%. in 2023, despite a challenging year for manufacturing, tough economic conditions, and supply chain issues.

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SMMT

JUNE 29, 2023

With countries around the world accelerating their efforts to attract international investment in advanced manufacturing, Britain’s automotive sector has called on all political parties to back the UK by committing to five key pledges as part of a dedicated industrial strategy.

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E&T

MAY 17, 2023

A government spokesman said the Business and Trade Secretary has raised this with the EU and "is determined to ensure the UK remains one of the best locations in the world for automotive manufacturing". “We

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E&T

JANUARY 5, 2023

A prototype electric vehicle, the Vision-S (pictured above), had previously been displayed at CES 2020, which Sony further refined for the 2022 event. The two Japanese giants working together could well prove beneficial for both parties in forging ahead in the burgeoning EV market. .

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In a CERATIZIT press conference, Executive Board Member Thierry Wolter announced the company’s sustainability goals, which will affect and change the entire supply chain. A positive side effect is the safeguarding of the supply chain for raw materials, so that both customers and CERATIZIT benefit twice.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 27, 2023

According to a 2022 Frost & Sullivan research paper titled “Global Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturer Profiles and Growth Opportunities,” automotive sales in 2021 continued the shift to EVs that started in 2020. million in 2020 to 4.5 EV sales increased by more than 100% year on year, with nearly 6.7

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Foley

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Over the last two years, the widespread shortages, stoppages, and other disruptions affecting much of the global supply chain have led manufacturers, suppliers, and buyers alike to examine their contract terms for an available excuse for nonperformance. border restrictions, and the war in Ukraine. In Drummond Coal Sales Inc.

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SMMT

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It was good news for UK car production this week, posting almost 40% growth in September to mark the best performance for the month since 2020, and the strongest uplift so far in 2023. After the supply chain challenges that have tested the mettle of the sector in recent years, recovery is now firmly underway – and it’s green recovery at that.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JUNE 10, 2022

After a subdued, pandemic-affected 2020, the global automotive aftermarket bounced back in 2021. In 2021, supply chain disruptions triggered higher raw material and finished goods prices, while pressurizing margins in the aftermarket. Trends indicate that the market will continue to maintain its forward momentum in 2022.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JUNE 16, 2022

Overarching both has been the need to foster economic and environment-friendly approaches across the value chain that promote resource optimization, materials reuse, residual value protection, and extended lifetime. between 2020-2030 due to the aging of original batteries. Frost & Sullivan forecasts a €1.39

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Dinesh Mishra

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Global EV sales grew 38 percent in 2020, and then more than doubled the following year. The interview feature explores the main factors that are shaping India’s EV present and future growth, such as manufacturing and supply chain, the charging infrastructure, and most important of all, the compelling need for the switch to EVs.

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SMMT

JULY 27, 2022

uplift in overall output this year, with firmer recovery to follow as supply chain issues recede. 403,131 units were built, representing the weakest first half since the pandemic-ravaged 2020 and worse than 2009 when the global financial crisis decimated demand.1 Battery electric vehicle production increases by 6.5%

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E&T

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Skills will be a big part of the picture, for an industry that already faces not just a considerable skills-gap challenge, but also a fearsome combination of other economic, energy and supply-chain pressures. Jaguar Land Rover is already taking action.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

million in 2020 to 11.2 To provide transparency across its supply chains, a British start-up called Circulor is using blockchain – a shared, immutable ledger for recording transactions, tracking assets, and building trust – to track everything from the raw materials in batteries to carbon dioxide emitted during the construction of cars.

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SMMT

AUGUST 4, 2023

As a result, the market has enjoyed non-stop growth for a full year despite challenging economic conditions, as supply chain challenges ease, production increases and deliveries can be fulfilled. 5 However, as government, chargepoint operators and the automotive industry all agree, reassuring drivers means building ahead of need.

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Automation Mag

OCTOBER 28, 2022

According to our latest statistics, installations grew strongly in 2021 in all major customer industries, although supply chain disruptions, as well as different local or regional headwinds, hampered production.”. IFR shares that 50,712 industrial robots were installed in the Americas in 201, 31 percent more than in 2020.

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SMMT

JULY 15, 2022

The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% With the automotive sector still trying to recover from the pandemic while simultaneously transitioning to zero emission vehicles, the improvements made in the sustainability of production is quite remarkable. less than their 2020 equivalents.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

If you’re in the metalworking business you are well aware of the effects of supply chain disruptions, inflation, and labor shortages all ushered in and/or exacerbated by COVID. consumption of machine tools and in the Gardner Business Index, which has shown positive growth since the last half of 2020. The Bright Spots.

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SMMT

JULY 29, 2022

The automotive sector is yet to break free from the supply disruptions and semiconductor shortages caused by the pandemic back in 2020 but there are signs that the situation may be beginning to ease. Results out this week show that car production fell in the first half of the year – down by almost a fifth to 403,131 units.

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Foley

APRIL 11, 2023

Automakers and their suppliers have long been participants in unfair trade investigations before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), but the scope and subject matter of automotive-related investigations is evolving. This is particularly evident in recent ITC investigations involving semiconductor chips. 337-TA-928.

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SMMT

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The figures come as new analysis from SMMT highlights the staggering energy costs, already the highest in Europe, facing the UK’s automotive vehicle and component manufacturers. Latest production outlook (Auto Analysis, July 2022): 866,000 units in 2022; Output <1 million in 2021 (859,575); 2020 (920,928).

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ATS

APRIL 1, 2022

Recall 2019, pre-COVID — while the importance of the supply chain has long been recognized, most businesses did not have a plan in place to manage a sustained, global supply chain disruption. This severely affected 2020 and beyond. 2 mins | Research & Best Practices | Industrial Technology | Automotive.

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Fastener News Desk

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 49.1 The overall economy continued in expansion for the 45th month after one month of contraction in April 2020. (A Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M., percent recorded in December. percent, 5.5

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 17, 2023

a clean technology company that has developed power control electronics that expand the capabilities of electric motors and batteries, announces that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Wolong Electric Group Ltd, a motor manufacturer for industrial and automotive applications. CALGARY — Exro Technologies Inc.,

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Dinesh Mishra

MAY 2, 2023

This is an increase of 54 percent compared to the previous year (2020: 3,215 units). billion, a 21.61% increase from 2020. The automotive industry remains the largest customer for the robotics industry in India with a share of 31% in 2021. In terms of annual installations, India now ranks in tenth position worldwide.

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 1, 2024

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 49.2 The overall economy continued in expansion for the 48th month after one month of contraction in April 2020. (A Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M., percent in April, down 1.1 percentage points from the 50.3

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The shortage of labor, rising interest rates and energy prices, lingering supply chain issues and a variety of other factors have all contributed to a wait-and-see attitude among many U.S. Last year, Gardner Intelligence’s Capital Spending Survey and Report projected that U.S.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 9, 2023

They’re used as semiconductors in virtually everything from healthcare machinery, tv and audio tech, PC data and processing through to industrial applications, aerospace and defence, telecommunications and automotive manufacturing. Why is the investment in microchips important?

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 2, 2023

After a short-lived acquisition by a New York-based defense contractor and investor, the company was reacquired in 2017 by the founder/owner and a business partner under a two-year non-compete agreement that limited Linear’s metal AM work to automotive and tooling. Linear’s Livonia operation is currently undergoing a $1.5

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SMMT

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While this is broadly on par with 2020 and 2021, government’s ambition is for 300,000 public chargepoints in operation by 2030 – and as of the start of October, we have 34,637, so clearly rollout needs to accelerate. However, latest analysis shows that the current rate of infrastructure rollout puts government ambition at risk.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With its US IPO, Zeekr is hoping to follow in the footsteps of its Chinese rivals, Nio, Li Auto, and Xpeng each of whom raised over $1 billion in funding while going public during 2018-2020. Over 2020-2021, EVs experienced a 167.4% Prospects for global growth will reinforced by a strong supply chain. year-over-year.

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ATS

MAY 12, 2023

Share By any measure of today’s automotive landscape, demand for electric vehicles is on the rise — an increase that is poised to continue as the technology underlying EVs becomes more accessible, accepted and affordable. In addition to new manufacturing processes, the supply chain and materials required has changed as well.

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