Industry — Manufacturing

Record manufacturing jump boosts markets in UK, US and eurozone Oil prices surge as pent-up demand in May adds to last month’s growth records Workers at a marble factory in Brooklyn, New York, last month. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty A record jump in manufacturing activity in the UK, the US and the eurozone lifted stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday. Pent-up demand after a year of stop-start activity due to the coronavirus outbreak pushed factory order books to fresh highs in May, adding to previous growth records set in April, according to a bellwether survey of factory...

To Reduce Waste in Manufacturing, Get Rid of Workarounds Reducing waste in manufacturing starts by identifying the root cause of quality issues. April 7, 2021 KEYWORDS customer needs / data collection software / statistical process control (SPC) / waste reduction Order Reprints No Comments Waste reduction is a ubiquitous topic in manufacturing. There are opportunities to reduce waste at every step of production, and so it is everyone’s job. When InfinityQS quality professionals visit a facility to advise on how to best implement our Quality Intelligence products, data collection is almost always the first place we start. This is a...

These 10 new 'Lighthouse' factories show the future of manufacturing is here Lighthouses are leading the way in the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Image: REUTERS/Satish Kumar The World Economic Forum COVID Action Platform 44 of the most advanced manufacturing factories in the world are lighting the way as learning beacons Advanced Manufacturing and Production 10 new manufacturing sites have joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network. There are now 54 ‘Lighthouses’, the world’s most advanced factories, which are leading the way in the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. As well as increasing speed and productivity of...

Bactiguard starts manufacturing disinfectants in Sweden Bactiguard launched the disinfectant HYDROCYN aqua® in Sweden at the beginning of March and, since then, demand has been high. As late as this weekend, products were flown in from the company's production facility in Malaysia via a newly established air bridge. Now, work is in progress to start production in Sweden as well.  “In times like these, efficient logistics is extremely important in providing patients, healthcare providers and other critical societal functions with protective medical supplies. To ensure that we can meet the needs in the Swedish and European markets, we are now...

Tesla is building a pilot battery cell manufacturing line in Fremont If you needed more proof that Tesla is going to make its own battery cells, we’ve now learned that Tesla is building a pilot battery cell manufacturing line in Fremont and designing its own equipment to produce the cells. For a few months now, Tesla has been rumored to be working on making its own battery cells for its electric vehicles. It started with the acquisition of Maxwell, a supercapacitor manufacturer with some battery cell technology, and later at its annual shareholder’s meeting, Tesla all but confirmed that it’s going...