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How 3D printing is reshaping the future of supply chains

Manufacturer's Monthly

Supply chain issues started with COVID-19; however, they’re also affected by intensifying geopolitical tensions, increased consumer demand, labour shortages, inflation, depleted inventory levels, and increased freight costs. The Australian manufacturing sector was, and continues to be, impacted in several ways.

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Wayve announces strategic partnership with and investment from Uber

Robotics Business Review

Source: Wayve Most self-driving vehicle developers, like Cruise and Waymo, meticulously map the areas their robotaxis will drive in. In November 2021, it partnered with Serve Robotics , a robotic sidewalk delivery company. The company has an ongoing partnership with Uber Freight. with up to 2,000 Serve robots to be deployed.

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H2 GO: Are Australians on board with hydrogen energy?

AU Manufacturing

Picture a future where bus fleets, freight trucks and even family cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells are cruising side by side with battery-powered electric vehicles on our roads, leaving only water vapour and warm air in their wake. The first uses renewable sources of energy like solar or wind to produce hydrogen from water.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. Meili founder Samantha Lee demonstrated an in-hospital vehicle simulator as an autotech example. Click here to enlarge.

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Assessing The Rising Input Costs Associated With The Global Pandemic

Donlouco

The current price is sitting under the mean price for the last year while also considerably lower than the all-time high of CNY 6198 in May 2021. Fig 1: Source : Trading Economics. It is estimated that higher prices could remain for 2021 and it will be Q4 before manufacturing capacity is restored and pipelines are fully re-established.

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A concierge service for new manufacturing businesses

Manufacturer's Monthly

Being located in Australia’s oldest wine region, the Cessnock LGA generated revenue of $407 million from wine manufacturing in 2021. The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest wine region, but the region is making more than internationally acclaimed drops. Metal and metal product manufacturing: $133 million. Food manufacturing: $80 million.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

It has also established strong interconnectivity between local as well as regional networks for cross-border trade and freight movement to flourish with streamlined and digitalized customs procedures. It’s targets include expansion of sea freight capacity and the development of railway line for multi-model connectivity by 2030.