Workers assemble mobile phones at a Dixon Technologies factory in Noida, India, on Jan. 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India could clock up to 8% annual GDP growth for several years as it focuses on boosting its manufacturing capabilities, a key government minister told CNBC on Thursday. “Every sector of the economy … Read more
It’s not just you: American cars have gotten bigger. Over the past two decades, growing numbers of US buyers have turned in their sedans for SUVs and pickup trucks. And those SUVs and pickups have grown ever more hulking. The electrification of driving isn’t slowing the growth spurt. Batteries are heavy, and many carmakers are … Read more
Arduino is considering manufacturing in India. The startup, best known for its open source microcontroller boards, hopes to restrict the rise of counterfeit boards and cater to the growing demand from India’s youth population. The Italian firm is currently exploring partnerships with electronic manufacturing service (EMS) companies in the South Asian nation to begin its … Read more
The compliance process at pharmaceutical manufacturers is a complicated and prone to errors because many still use paper-based systems to record manufacturing steps. These paper records are reviewed by FDA auditors to ensure that guidelines were followed, but they are prone to errors, often leading to warnings. This results in higher costs and slower manufacturing. … Read more
HMD Global, the phone maker and marketer behind the Nokia mobile phone brand, has launched its very first smartphone manufactured in Europe. The news comes some six months after the Finnish company first revealed it was transitioning some of its manufacturing to Europe to meet a growing demand from enterprises for locally-produced hardware to address … Read more
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In 1919, an entrepreneur named Nils Halvorsen Norheim set up an automated factory for making flatbreads near Barkåker in Norway, the first of its kind in the country. A century on, his great-great-granddaughter found herself peering into an oven in a tiny kitchen in Trondheim, doing some baking of her own—but instead of making food, … Read more
Text size Lazer brazing at Ford plant in Oakville, Ontario. Hourly workers at the plant have a new labor deal. Courtesy Ford Labor deals in the car business are possible. A deal between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit-Three auto makers might be closer than investors expect. Just look north. Ford Motor (ticker: F) … Read more
Moog Music has reportedly slashed jobs at its Asheville, North Carolina manufacturing factory, the Asheville Citizen Times reports. The exact number of layoffs at the iconic synthesizer brand is currently unknown, but sources told the Citizen Times that more than half of existing positions were cut, including most workers who built the instruments. Synth Anatomy … Read more
Along with making everybody an epidemiologist, the Covid-19 pandemic schooled the general public on the world-spanning community of producers, assemblers, and shippers behind nearly each shopper good that arrives in your doorstep. Or driveway. Automotive costs soared as automakers struggled with a provide chain jammed up by employee shortages, chip shortages, and transport delays. Now … Read more
Like GM, Ford and Stellantis have launched their very own joint EV battery ventures with South Korean electronics firms. The UAW says the brand new companies are providing jobs with decrease pay and security protections than at established unionized auto crops. Final month, the lately unionized Ultium staff inked an interim settlement to boost wages … Read more