Speaking at a press conference to launch its Global Status of CCS: 2016 Report at the twenty second conference of the parties (COP 22) in Marrakech yesterday, Global CCS Institute Chief Executive, Brad
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Schneider acquires analyser business; denies Rockwell rumours
Schneider Electric has acquired Applied Instrument Technologies. Simultaneously, rumours have spread that the company is planning to acquire Rockwell Automation.
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Tesla to make “unexpected” announcement today
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, will make an announcement on Monday, with various industry experts predicting it will have to do with improvements in the cars’ driver assistance abilities.
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World Robotics Report 2016 announces collaborative robots as market driver
The World Robotics Report 2016 recently released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) forecasts that compact, user-friendly collaborative robots will become a key driver in the automation market.
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How manufacturers can leverage the potential of intelligent process automation
Intelligent Process Automation is widely recognised as a new tool manufacturers could be leveraging to improve their bottom line. With the underpinning technology continuously evolving and advancing, it’s important to understand that automation is not limited to traditionally labour‑intensive or dangerous work, as in the case of physical robots.
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Volvo puts a self-driving truck to work in the mines
Volvo has tested out its self-driving technology truck underground to work in a Swedish mine.
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World’s first self-driving taxis hit Singapore
The world’s first self-driving taxis have begun picking up passengers in Singapore.
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GE buys out Doosan’s Steam Generator Business
GE Power has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) business of Doosan Engineering & Construction for $USD250 million.
Originally announced in May,
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Modern adhesives – a key manufacturing technology of the future
In recent years, the use of modern adhesive technologies has become increasingly prominent in the industry. There is a good reason for this, as high-performance adhesives deliver numerous advantages for
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Ford announces fully driver-less cars on the road by 2021
Ford has announced plans to have completely autonomous cars on the road within five years, with these initially targeted at the ride-sharing market.
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Thailand’s robotics drive
Thai investment in robotics and automation is rising steadily, but the country is leaving nothing to chance in its efforts to modernise its industry, recently announcing several new incentives in an attempt to speed up its industrial modernisation. Brent Balinski spoke to Ajarin Pattanapanchai from the Thai Board of Investment about the efforts to encourage automation.
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Singaporean start-up adapts factory robots to treat sports injuries
A start-up business incubated by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is using robots commonly used for manufacturing tasks to treat problems such as back pain and tennis elbow.
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Hooking your factory into an Industry 4.0 world (part one)
The Industry 4.0 concept has slowly been gaining traction over the last four years, and despite aspects of it in use, it still hasn’t properly been realised. In part one of the two-part feature, Michael Freyny, Executive General Manager, Digital Factory, Siemens Australia, tells Brent Balinski about what will be needed to be competitive, and the trend towards batches of one.
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China aims to top global workforce automation rankings
China aims to increase its robots from 36 per 10,000 workers to 150 per 10,000 workers by 2020, to become one of the top countries in terms of workforce automation.
Currently, China is ranked just 28th
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OPINION: Unlike in Australia, US elections are all about manufacturing
Unlike our previous election, in fact unlike our past three federal elections, in the US, both candidates for president are vowing to revitalise and resurrect the U.S. manufacturing industry.
In fact,
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INFOGRAPHIC: Rare earth metals supply and where it is found
Rare earth elements and their compounds are a crucial part of our everyday technologies. But our demand for these precious elements are growing, and the world’s supply is not evenly distributed.
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New waveguide bends across 12 frequency bands
Pasternack has released a new line of waveguide bends from 5.85 to 90 GHz across 12 frequency bands, from C band to W band.
These waveguide bends are commonly used in applications such as instrumentation,
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Low-cost magnesium developed by CSIRO
In a move that could help reinvigorate the metal production industry in Australia, CSIRO and Enirgi Group have joined forces to develop and commercialise an affordable and low-emission technology for producing
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Signet invests in $7 million extrusion machine
Queensland packaging and industrial supplies company Signet has invested in a new $7 million plastic extrusion machine, citing the improved fortunes of local manufacturers.
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Robots don’t just take jobs, they can help a new business grow
“Make an appointment for 4pm today with Gary,” I say to my assistant as I hang up from a promising phone call with a potential client. There was a time when you had to be high up in an organisation to have an assistant.
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