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(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, has revealed results of its global survey “The Pulse of Quality in Manufacturing 2024.” The survey found that the vast majority of respondents (73%) have had a product recall in the past five years, with financial costs reaching $99.9 million in the…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Work is underway to develop ISO’s first international standard on net zero. It will provide clarity on the net-zero transition, robust requirements, and ultimately enable independently verified and comprehensive climate action while accelerating progress toward a sustainable world…
(Lanza International: Genoa, Italy) -- Taiwan, a leader in the global hardware tools market, will host the International Hardware Expo Taiwan & Taiwan International Tools & Hardware Expo (IHT x TiTE) Oct. 16–18 at the Taichung International Exhibition Center. This event will highlight…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling.
An…
(Asteri: Palo Alto, CA) – The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to replace millions of jobs globally in the next five years and drive the skill-acquisition velocity to unprecedented levels.
According to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, AI is set to replace 75…
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata and Eurostep have announced the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT 2024 EMEA conference, scheduled to take place at the Lindholmen Conference Center in Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 23–24, 2024.
The globally recognized PLM-focused event, themed “Value Drivers for…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In response to stakeholder feedback received, U.S. government (USG) departments and agencies worked to generate a draft Implementation Road Map. The road map sets forth actions and outcomes for the USG to increase investment in prestandards development activities for…
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Paint shops must become “greener” to help vehicle manufacturers feel certain about meeting their ambitious climate targets.
Assessing a technology’s sustainability is a complex task. In a comprehensive life cycle analysis, the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (…
(NPL: Teddington, England) -- The National Physical Laboratory has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sellafield, a British nuclear decommissioning site license company controlled by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a U.K. government body set up specifically to deal with the nuclear…
(MIT News: Cambridge, MA) – While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects can’t be easily recycled. New sustainable materials are emerging for use in 3D printing, but they remain difficult to adopt because 3D printer settings must…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used additive manufacturing to produce the first defect-free complex tungsten parts for use in extreme environments. The accomplishment could have positive implications for clean-energy technologies such as fusion energy.…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide.
This type of battery stores the renewable…
(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- In the first half of the fiscal year (ending March 31, 2024), the ZEISS Group generated revenue totaling 5,304 million euros, an increase of 10% compared to the previous year. All four segments of the ZEISS Group contributed to this. Earnings before interest and…
(Pico MES: San Francisco) -- Pico MES, a software company enabling midsize factories to error-proof their assembly processes, is enhancing production, employee satisfaction, and business growth for factories at the heart of American manufacturing.
More than 98% of the U.S. supply chain has…
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, will conduct a free, one-hour educational webinar, “2024 PLM Market Update,” Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The PLM economy, CIMdata’s term for the global ecosystem of software and…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- A collection of seven technologies for lithium recovery developed by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed to Element3, a Texas-based company focused on extracting lithium from wastewater produced by oil and gas…
(TRIMEDX: Indianapolis) -- TRIMEDX has launched GeoSense, a real-time location system (RTLS) for healthcare. The system provides health systems with accurate and timely medical device tracking data by using next-generation, multimodal technology that is lightweight, room-level precise, and easy to…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- American drivers have long been accustomed to conveniently filling up at a gas station, and electric vehicle drivers want their pit stops to mimic this experience. Driver uncertainty about access to charging during long trips remains a barrier to broader EV adoption, even…
(LMA Consulting: Claremont, CA) -- Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, and president of LMA Consulting Group, a leader in supply chain optimization and transformation, has recently launched the innovative Supply Chain Profitability Assessment. This tool prompts supply chain professionals, operations…
(Fluent Metal: Cambridge, MA) -- Fluent Metal is developing production-grade liquid metal printing to remove barriers to metal additive manufacturing while allowing for unmatched scalability and process tunability.
Fluent Metal’s drop-on-demand approach is compatible with most metals, including…
(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- As the urgency of climate change grows, the global plastic market faces increasing pressure to minimize its environmental impact. At NPE2024, May 6–10, in Orlando, Florida, X-Rite, a global leader in color science and technology, will showcase how digital color…
(MetalForming Magazine: Independence, OH) -- When it comes to producing aluminum hydrogen tanks, fabricators require flexibility in terms of shaping for sophisticated neck geometries and wall-thickness gradients for high operating pressures. To that end, Leifeld Metal Spinning GmbH has developed an…
(SignalFire: Marlborough, MA) -- SignalFire Wireless Telemetry, a leading manufacturer of industrial wireless telemetry products, is partnering with Axess-Corrosion, a United Kingdom provider of corrosion monitoring sensors, to integrate SignalFire’s RANGER cellular transmitter in a new pipeline…
(Sunnova: Houston) -- Sunnova Energy International, an industry-leading adaptive energy services company, is opening the Sunnova Adaptive Technology Center (ATC) during the first quarter of 2024.
The ATC will comprise state-of-the-art energy testing and integration technologies, including a…