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How Solumina Powers Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Profitability

iBASEt

The Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry has seen remarkable financial performance over the past two years, driven by strategic innovations, operational efficiency, and advanced technologies. Facilitating some of these successes are technology partners like iBase-t and its flagship product, Solumina, a purpose-built solution designed to simplify the complexities of A&D manufacturing.

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How Metso Reduced Costs, Boosted Communication, and Improved Transparency

Gary Mintchell

I have been writing occasional blog posts regarding Quickbase and have also appeared at their annual user conference and on a podcast.* I first heard of the company at the beginning of the year. The customers who spoke at the user conference gave examples of the simplicity and speed of the nocode application development. The product is operations management software without the extensive overhead of many competitors.

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Imagry moves to make buses autonomous without mapping

Robotics Business Review

Imagry says its software enables buses to autonomously handle complex situations such as roundabouts. Source: Imagry Autonomous vehicles often rely heavily on prior information about their routes, but new technology promises to improve real-time situational awareness for vehicles including buses. Imagry said its “HD-mapless driving” software stack enables vehicles to react to dynamic contexts and situations more like human drivers.

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How Combilift makes the most of warehouse floors

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Combilift Combilift Managing Director Martin McVicar and Australia Country Manager Chris Littlewood on the company’s free warehouse design service. A top-of-the-line forklift can’t solve for poorly managed warehouse space. That’s why Combilift solves for both. “We manufacture forklift trucks,” said Combilift managing director Martin McVicar. “But beyond that we see ourselves as offering warehouse solutions.

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Agility Amid Tariffs & Supply Chain Disruptions

Speaker: Karan Talati: CEO and Co-Founder of First Resonance

The rules of manufacturing are shifting—are you ready? Tariffs, automation, and supply chain disruptions are forcing manufacturers to adapt fast or fall behind. Join Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance and former SpaceX Manufacturing Engineer, in this on-demand webinar to learn how leading manufacturers are: Navigating tariffs with data-driven supply chain strategies Leveraging automation and AI to eliminate bottlenecks Building resilience with predictive supplier management Adapting flexible s

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EXAIR’s Heavy Duty Air powered conveyors transport high volumes of material

Design World

EXAIR’s Heavy Duty Line Vac is a compact, quiet, and powerful in-line conveyor that transports high volumes of material through ordinary hose or tube. Commonly used to transfer complex shapes, bulk solids, and waste, the units feature large throat diameters that convey more material over long vertical and horizontal lengths. The conveying rate of this… The post EXAIR’s Heavy Duty Air powered conveyors transport high volumes of material appeared first on Design World.

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$1 billion battery approved in NSW Gov’t

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: malp/stock.adobe.com The NSW Government has approved a major large-scale battery valued at over $1 billion near Lithgow that is set to play a key role in keeping the lights on during peak demand periods. The Battery Energy Storage System is among the biggest in Australia and will store excess energy from the electricity grid during non-peak periods.

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Sphere Drones delivers HubX unit to Aptella

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Sphere Drones Sphere Drones has delivered HubX to their distribution partner Aptella, enabling automated drone technology for customers in the resources, mining, construction, and emergency services sectors. HubX provides a fully integrated, off-grid, turn-key solution designed for remote operations. Mounted on a 4WD-capable trailer, HubX is engineered for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, enabling seamless drone deployments in rugged and remote areas.

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Building India’s Future : A Deep Dive with  Mr Dimitrov Krishnan, MD  Volvo Construction Equipment

Dinesh Mishra

Exploring Innovation, Sustainability, and Market Leadership in the Indian Construction Landscape 1. Can you start by giving us a brief history of Volvo Construction Equipment’s presence in India and its journey so far? Ans: We have been present in India for over 25 years and have played a pioneering role in the Indian construction equipment industry.

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$18 million funding boost for SA defence innovation

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: The Cheroke/stock.adobe.com South Australia ’s leadership in defence research is being recognised with an $18 million dollar funding boost from the Federal Government. This represents almost a third of the $60 million dollars up for grabs under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program.

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FANUC Roboshot Injects Efficiency into Plastic Firm’s Production Line

i4.0 today

A suite of FANUC all-electric ROBOSHOT injection moulding machines are processing 10,500 tonnes of plastic each year for a Turkish manufacturer of plastic products, cutting energy usage, lowering costs and boosting efficiency. Ranging in capacity from 50-220 tonnes, the ROBOSHOT a-SiBs have proved a lifeline for Poelsan Plastic, who have recently purchased another of the FANUC machines to manufacture their range of automatic irrigation systems.

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Emergent Energy Optimizes Steam Systems with Panoramic Power’s Technology

Manufacturers face increasing pressure to curb energy waste and emissions. Emergent Energy specializes in optimizing industrial steam systems, leveraging Panoramic Power’s real-time energy intelligence to drive efficiency. By analyzing steam system performance, Emergent Energy pinpoints inefficiencies and implements targeted improvements. This article explores how data-driven steam optimization transforms wasted energy into measurable savings, ensuring compliance with sustainability regulations.

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The 5th Samurai Awards & Conference 2024: Celebrating Excellence in Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Dinesh Mishra

The 5th edition of the Samurai Awards & Conference 2024 unfolded with grandeur at the iconic Taj Miramar in Goa, bringing together the brightest minds and the most innovative companies from the manufacturing and supply chain industries. This annual event has solidified its reputation as a beacon of excellence, celebrating outstanding contributions across various categories.

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Hitachi Rail announces $100M investment in Ont.

Canadian Manufacturing

TORONTO — The Ontario government is welcoming an investment of over $100 million by Hitachi Rail, a company in the global transportation ecosystem, to expand their Toronto operations and upgrade their communication-based train control (CBTC) signalling technology. The investment will enable the integration of AI, 5G, edge and cloud computing in their products, securing the future success of Ontario-invented technology.

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The 8 Pillars of Total Productive Maintenance: A Guide for Industrial Manufacturers

ATS

Share Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a practical and effective means of raising Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). By involving production workers in caring for manufacturing equipment, it leverages the skills in the maintenance function, enabling preventive maintenance and higher levels of equipment care. This blog introduces TPM and describes the 8 principles or pillars on which it operates.

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Rockwell Automation’s Integration Strategy

Automation World

Blake Moret, chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation, share insights into the company’s tech stack integration plans at Automation Fair 2024.

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Accelerate Americas Manufacturing Agility & Supply Chain Resilience

Discover how to accelerate manufacturing agility and build supply chain resilience in our live webinar on February 6, 2025, at 3 PM PST. Explore insights from a former SpaceX leader on scaling hardware production, balancing speed with quality, and leveraging advanced tools like ION Factory OS. Learn from historical examples and modern approaches to innovation while uncovering how AI and real-time data can automate processes, strengthen supply chain operations, and ensure scalability.

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Communication and Power Redundancy for Control Devices

Control.com

Power and control interruptions are, at best, problematic. In some applications, it’s catastrophic. Learn about redundancy for the system, power supplies, control devices, and network topologies.

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BAE demonstrates ‘game changer in the underwater battlespace’

E&T

BAE Systems’ Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, known as Herne, has successfully completed its first underwater trials off the coast of Portsmouth.

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Make It Matter: Revisiting Rockwell’s 2024 Automation Fair

Control.com

Join us for an exciting recap of the training sessions, keynotes, and technology exhibitors, live from Anaheim at Rockwell’s Automation Fair expo.

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Rolling technology drives sustained expansion for plate fabricating company

The Fabricator

Winnebago Manufacturing partnered with Faccin Group to find plate rolling equipment to help the company meet evolving customer demands efficiently.

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Unmasking Energy Waste: Manufacturing’s Hidden Inefficiencies and Costly Impacts

Energy inefficiencies are silent thieves eroding manufacturing profits and sustainability efforts. From overworked pumps to leaky compressed air systems, these hidden drains often go unnoticed without advanced energy monitoring. Panoramic Power empowers manufacturers with granular, device level energy visibility, and real-time insights to identify and eliminate inefficiencies, transforming waste into savings.

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Building Temperature Compensation Into the Gaging Station

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Mahr Inc. Temperature fluctuations are one of the most common causes of measurement errors on parts with tight tolerances. As production tolerances become ever tighter and the error margin for measurement results constantly shrinks, this is an important issue that users may need to consider in their inspection process. The background to this is a natural physical phenomenon: Most materials expand when heated and contract again when cooled.

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Not Ready For AI? Time To Lay The Groundwork

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

In our recent Cisco AI Readiness Index, we found that only 13% of organizations consider themselves ready to capture AI’s potential, even though urgency is high. Companies are investing, but close to half of respondents say the gains aren’t meeting expectations. Here’s how organizations can get themselves better prepared.

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COP29: $300bn package to help developing nations tackle climate change is approved

E&T

The world’s poorest countries will receive a combined $300bn annually by 2035 to help them address the growing impacts of climate change, countries at the COP29 climate conference have agreed.

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The evolving rate of patch management and eISSU for financials

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Learn how financial institutions can address ransomware and software and patch requirements to address public vulnerabilities.

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The Supply Chain in 2025: What to Expect

In 2025, the Supply Chain continues its evolution toward “Logistics 4.0,” inspired by Industry 4.0. Two major characteristics define this transformation: automation, driven by robotic solutions, and prediction, paving the way for an era of planning and simulation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Nasa developing autonomous underwater robots to study Jupiter’s icy moon

E&T

Nasa is developing swarms of smartphone-sized underwater robots designed to explore the oceans of other planets in our Solar System.

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M&A Wrap: Honeywell Selling PPE Group for More Than $1.3 Billion

Industry Week

Also: A private-equity firm picks up a Commercial Vehicle Group unit and AIT is spending $270 million on a fluid power systems firm.

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MMT Chats: How Hands-On Experience and Passion Earned a Scholarship

Mold Making Technology

In this latest MMT Chat, I had the pleasure of speaking with Luke Hodgson, the 2024 recipient of the Glenn Beall Scholarship from the SPE Mold Technologies Division. Luke, a passionate plastics and polymer engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, impressed with his blend of academic achievement and hands-on experience. Luke shares how working at Vincent Tool and interning at Nolato Contour shaped his understanding of plastics engineering.

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CRP Technology Introduces Vapor Smoothing to Boost Surface Quality and Performance of Windform Materials

Manufacturing Tomorrow

The Italy-based company specializing in 3D printing services has expanded its suite of production and post-processing capabilities, offering clients a fully integrated process from additive production to final inspection. Vapor smoothing can be applied to stand-alone Windform parts or following manual finishing, further enhancing the already high-performance characteristics of Windform materials.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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AI-Powered Automation Decreases Machine Tool Programming Time

Mold Making Technology

Source | Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence division highlights its automated computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming tool called ProPlanAI, that cuts the time to program factory machine tools by 75%. Powered by Microsoft Azure services built into Hexagon’s cloud-based Nexus connectivity and collaboration platform for discrete manufacturers, the new artificial intelligence technology is the next step in the evolution of CAM programming enabling mac

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Essential Warehouse Safety Checklist: Protecting Your Team and Inventory

Manufacturing Tomorrow

Maintaining safety in a warehouse is vital for employee protection. Regular inspections using a checklist help identify hazards. Key areas include building integrity, lighting, safe material stacking, equipment maintenance, ventilation, fire safety, and cleanliness.

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Cimatron Appoints Taline Forsberg as New President

Mold Making Technology

Source | Cimatron Taline Forsberg has been appointed as president of Cimatron within Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions as of November 1 st , 2024. Taline joined Sandvik in 2022 and has held positions both within Sandvik Coromant and Sandvik Machining Solutions, most recently vice president for digital products and services at Sandvik Coromant, effectively developing processes and business models for Sandvik Coromant's portfolio.

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Mr. IIoT: Driving Efficiency in Manufacturing Through Customized Digital Industry 4.0 Transformation Services

Manufacturing Tomorrow

As manufacturers face increasing pressure to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance product quality, Mr. IIoT offers tailored system integration services that leverage the latest digital technologies.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?