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Connektica raises $3M in funding to accelerate the deployment of its manufacturing execution platform

Canadian Manufacturing

With Connektica, they can also monitor their suppliers in real-time, eliminating a significant bottleneck to rapidly scale production across multiple sites, with end-to-end traceability and monitoring at every stage,” says Jrmy Perrin, CEO of Connektica.

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UK’s First Retrofit Private 5G Network in Large-scale Manufacturing Facility Goes Live

i4.0 today

The private 5G network installed at JLRs Solihull site as part of the 5G Innovation Regions (5GIR) Advanced Manufacturing programme has now been successfully deployed. Smart manufacturing has long been heralded as a game changer for the industry.

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Unlocking the Benefits of In-house CNC Machining for Fabricators

Fabricating & Metal Work

Fabricators relying heavily on external vendors often face quality issues, bottlenecks and unpredictable costs. By incorporating a CNC machining center into the workflow, fabricators do not need to send parts to an outside shop for finishing, reducing bottlenecks and ensuring better alignment between the cutting and machining processes.

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The Future of Reshoring: Building a Stronger & More Resilient Manufacturing Base

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. The smooth flow of goods is essential to a thriving manufacturing base, but aging roads, congested highways, and outdated rail and port systems can become obstacles.

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Automation and Jobs

Manufacturer's Monthly

Improved productivity and profitability: Robots and cobots play an essential role in creating lean manufacturing processes, helping reduce or eliminate redundancies, errors, bottlenecks and waste.

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New ARC hub to boost 2D materials manufacturing research

Manufacturer's Monthly

The new Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing of 2D Materials (AM2D) was formally opened by Member of Parliament Dr Carina Garland, Member for Chisolm, at an event that showcased the research activities of the Hub, and brought together researchers and industry.

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Grooving Attachment Streamlines Operation by 75%

Modern Machine Shop

Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing (KAM) knows this perhaps a little too well — one sealing groove on a turbo pump assembly proved complicated enough to consist of 30% of the part’s CAM programming tree and required multiple operations with high tool wear, but the high costs of failure discouraged experimentation.