There are reports today of a 22,400-page leak of details on submarines designed by DCNS – which will design Australia’s upcoming submarines – for the Indian navy.
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Flexco launches belt trainer for conveyor tracking
Flexco has released the PTEZ Belt Trainer tracking idler for its line of belt trainers. Designed with the company’s “Pivot and Tilt” feature, it can be used in any application that requires tracking
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Arrium administrators find Orica execs as the solution for Moly-Cop
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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Intel announces licensing deal with rival ARM
Semiconductor maker Intel has announced a licencing deal with rival ARM Holdings, which will use Intel’s manufacturing resources to produce 10-nanometre mobile phone parts.
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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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New X-ray technique to view activity inside of batteries
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new imaging technique that allows scientists to probe the internal makeup of a battery during charging and
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Tesla Autopilot accident in Beijing
There has been another Tesla Autopilot accident, this time in Beijing, with the company citing a misunderstanding over the car being “self-driving”.
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Ford wants to make car parts from tequila plant
Ford and Jose Cuervo are collaborating to determine whether it would be possible to use leftovers from agave plants to create a bioplastic that could replace fiberglass or caulk, to be used in some of Ford’s car parts.
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China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP
If the United States backs out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 member mega regional trade agreement, it could leave a gap for China to emerge the dominant trading power in the Asia Pacific.
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Tesla to acquire SolarCity
Tesla has announced that it will merge with SolarCity, creating a 30,000-employee entity it claims will be “the world's only vertically integrated sustainable energy company.”
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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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Australian Seabin invention expected to be in production early-2017
Viral sensation the Australian Seabin invention is in its final trials, with the team developing it in Europe anticipating production early next year.
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Can the world’s biggest factory ever be fully green?
Like Henry Ford before him, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is taking a new approach to car making. Where Ford focused on manufacturing a car that the mass market could afford, Musk is keen to build a vehicle that the environment can bear.
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Tesla ramps up construction to finish Nevada battery site
Tesla has doubled the amount of workers involved in construction of its “gigafactory” in the Nevada desert, aiming to have it complete by early next year and the launch of its Model 3 vehicle.
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USA manufacturing sector achieves best growth since last October
The United States’ manufacturing sector is growing at its strongest rate in nine months, according to the Markit flash PMI result for July.
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Komatsu will acquire mining machinery manufacturer Joy Global for US$3.7 billion
The acquisition is the first major step for Komatsu into the underground mining space since its partnership with GE to develop underground mining technology, as despite the fact it has manufactured mining equipment since 1921 “the company's portfolio does not include equipment for underground mining”.
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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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