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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance has added new production capacity in its manufacturing facilities in Maubeuge and Sandouville, France.
Maubeuge serves as Renault’s small van center of excellence and Sandouville is the production center for the Renault Trafic van.
By the end of the strategic plan, Alliance 2022, the Alliance aims to double annual synergies to €10 billion. [Read more…] about Van production expands for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in France
Klaus Allion, managing director at ANT Telecom, explains why strengthening automation capabilities should be an automatic choice for production and manufacturing companies
Automation and the manufacturing/production industries are no strangers; they’ve been bosom buddies since the 1970s and have been quietly reshaping business for almost half a century.
Few sectors have embraced automation so much and for so long. However, the world is changing and some within the sector are being left behind.
Seismic advances in technology – from artificial intelligence and machine learning to the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technologies – have redefined what’s possible through automation, giving organisations renewed opportunity to transform processes, strengthen safety and increase efficiencies. [Read more…] about Insight: ‘Auto-mate’ – why automation can be a business’s best friend
Four powerful entities team up for new headquarter site
Kärcher and the US state of Colorado’s Aurora Economic Development Council are teaming up for a new North America headquarter facility in Aurora, Colorado, slated for opening in September 2019.
This next step for Kärcher is to improve the United States operations’ footprint to ensure competitiveness and sustainable growth.
Kärcher is a Germany-headquartered giant manufacturer of cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners and its annual revenues are approximately $2.5 billion. [Read more…] about Kärcher Partners with the Aurora Economic Development Council
As growth in the U.S. economy continues and manufacturers create more and more jobs in a thriving sector, the industry’s pre-existing workforce crisis could get even worse according to a new 2018 skills gap study, released by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute.
The widening manufacturing skills gap is expected to grow from about 488,000 jobs left open today to as many as 2.4 million manufacturing jobs going unfilled between this year and 2028 (compared with 2 million jobs between 2015 and 2025 per an earlier study).
In turn, $454 billion in manufacturing GDP could be at risk in 2028, or more than $2.5 trillion over the next decade.
[Read more…] about US skills gap worsens in manufacturing – new report
SAP says it has strengthened its enterprise resource planning software for manufacturing and other sectors.
The software giant says it is delivering on its “promise to help customers become intelligent enterprises, especially within the manufacturing and professional services industries”.
SAP says its S/4HANA Cloud has already “made great strides” in integrating intelligent capabilities and is now taking “an even bigger step forward with the November release”. [Read more…] about SAP strengthens ERP software for manufacturing
It might sound strange to some people but some Chinese companies have difficulties finding enough skilled workers for certain jobs.
You might expect that would not affect manufacturing because many jobs in the sector may require minimal training.
But, in fact, many jobs in manufacturing involve complex tasks which often require learning new skills and thorough training. [Read more…] about HRG takes initiative in recruiting talent for robotics development
In this article, Robotics and Automation News ponders on the prospects for, and recent history in, America’s manufacturing sector.
One of the main reasons Donald Trump won the US presidential election is because he pledged to revitalise the American manufacturing sector and bring back jobs that have been lost to other nations over the past couple of decades.
Some may argue that he’s done well so far, persuading big-name companies such as Apple and General Motors to increase their investment in manufacturing operations in the US rather than spend the money abroad. [Read more…] about Briefing – Robotics and Automation in Manufacturing: Making America create again
Advisory firm ABI Research has listed what it regards as the most transformative technologies in manufacturing.
The company outlines how the technologies fit together with each other in its report Smart Manufacturing.
The eight transformative technologies the report highlights are:
The manufacturing sector has already seen increased adoption of IIoT platforms and edge intelligence, says ABI. [Read more…] about Industry analysis: 8 technologies that will transform manufacturing
Cimpress was practising “mass customisation” years before the term became fashionable. In 1999, the Netherlands company took its operation to the internet and launched its now-famous Vistaprint brand, among others.
Originally established in 1995, Cimpress now employs 12,000 people worldwide and last year generated revenue of more $2 billion.
In this article, Maarten Wensveen, chief technology officer at Cimpress, provides an insight into the company’s operations and technology.
Modern manufacturing technology is improving how goods are made and how quickly they can be delivered to customers.
Within every intelligent machine, such as an industrial robotic arm, there is, of course, software.
The software is what enables it to operate according to its requirements.
And as the machines get more sophisticated, so does the software. [Read more…] about Hannover Messe: A new software paradigm for industrial hardware
