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Goodyear launches $320 million expansion of its Lawton plant
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced a $320 million, four‑year expansion of its Lawton, Oklahoma facility, boosting capacity by nearly 30 % and adding the ability to produce an extra 10 million tires annually (about 120,000 per day). The upgrade targets higher‑margin, larger‑rim tires for electric vehicles.
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Private 5G networks now embed precise indoor positioning, delivering meter‑level accuracy without separate hardware. This unified approach replaces fragmented Wi‑Fi, UWB, Bluetooth and RFID solutions, giving manufacturers real‑time visibility of assets, workers, and equipment. Integrated location services feed directly into MES, ERP and predictive‑maintenance platforms, enhancing safety, inventory control and process efficiency. Deployments can be incremental or facility‑wide, leveraging dedicated spectrum and IEC 62443‑aligned security for industrial‑grade protection.
The FDA issued a warning letter to Henan Lvyuan Pharmaceutical after a September 2025 inspection uncovered multiple Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) violations. Inspectors cited severe facility maintenance issues, including corrosion and water leaks that could compromise API potency and...
The FDA issued Warning Letter 320‑26‑53 to Microbiological Testing & Consulting, LLC after a September 2025 inspection uncovered multiple Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) violations. The firm failed to maintain adequate laboratory controls, documentation, media qualification, and a functional quality‑control unit,...
APA Solar, a ground‑mounted solar racking and foundations maker, opened a new 30,000‑sq‑ft headquarters in Ridgeville Corners, Ohio, consolidating its business, engineering, customer service and manufacturing teams under one roof. The campus now hosts a Foundations Center of Excellence that...
Epson Robots has entered a strategic alliance with Clayton Controls to provide advanced automation solutions across the Southwest United States. Clayton, a 60‑year‑old integrator with ISO 9001:2015 certification and a UL508A panel shop, will distribute Epson’s full robot lineup, including SCARA,...
The FDA’s recent “green list” designation has cleared more than 50% of Chinese manufacturers of GLP‑1 obesity drugs, effectively handing China a dominant role in the U.S. supply chain. Critics warn the move could expose American patients to substandard products...
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will showcase its NXD tupH® surface‑treatment at Seafood Expo 2026 in Barcelona, demonstrating how the technology gives aluminium drive components stainless‑steel‑level corrosion resistance and food‑safe hygiene. The exhibit includes fanless IE5+ synchronous motors, the plug‑and‑play DuoDrive gear‑unit/motor concept, and...
MIT Professional Education launches a five‑day Enterprise Additive Manufacturing program, running April 13‑17, 2026, that blends MIT classroom instruction with hands‑on project work. Led by Professor John Hart, the course guides engineers, operations, and business leaders through the full adoption cycle—from...
Ford Motor Co. announced it will forgo the traditional one‑week summer shutdown at four U.S. plants, aiming to add more than 50,000 F‑Series trucks in 2026. The move follows aluminum supply disruptions and a 34% dip in February dealer inventory.
Sony Japan announced a temporary suspension of orders for its CFexpress and SD memory cards, citing a global semiconductor shortage that threatens to outstrip demand. The halt, effective March 27, 2026, impacts a wide range of professional and consumer cards...
Sony announced U.S. price increases for its PlayStation 5 lineup, moving the standard PS5 to $649.99, the Digital Edition to $599.99, and the PS5 Pro to $899.99. The hikes, driven by rising memory chip costs, affect millions of gamers and...
Palantir Technologies announced a five‑year renewal and expansion of its partnership with Stellantis, adding the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform to the automaker’s existing Foundry deployment. The deal deepens Palantir’s foothold in automotive SaaS and comes as the company’s stock slipped...
China’s 15th Five‑Year Plan (2026‑2030) puts advanced manufacturing, AI and advanced materials at the core of its industrial agenda, but it does not name additive manufacturing (AM) outright. The omission is strategic: AM is treated as a systemic layer that...
Airbus has begun extensive ground‑testing of the A350 freighter (A350F), a purpose‑built cargo variant that required roughly 40% new or modified test procedures. The program features co‑design between final‑assembly‑line engineers and chief designers, enabling automated wiring self‑tests that check over...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, a case that asks whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) preempts state negligent‑hiring claims against freight brokers such as C.H. Robinson. Lower courts dismissed the claim, but...
PanOptimization will showcase its PanX simulation and optimization platform for metal additive manufacturing at the RAPID + TCT 2026 trade show in Boston from April 13‑16. The platform targets laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition processes, enabling high‑resolution simulation of...
CRP USA will exhibit its Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) solutions using Windform high‑performance composite materials at RAPID + TCT 2026 in Boston from April 14‑16. The showcase, located in Booth 2443‑3 within the America Makes Pavilion, targets aerospace, defense, and...
General Motors temporarily idled its Factory Zero plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, laying off 1,300 workers until production resumes on April 13. The shutdown affects the assembly of the Escalade IQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, and GMC Hummer EVs....
Saudi state‑owned Folk Maritime announced it is pulling its India‑Gulf service out of the Hormuz corridor and redirecting the two 1,900‑TEU vessels to the Red Sea, focusing on Jeddah and Aqaba. The move follows the effective closure of the Strait...
Metal fabrication is the invisible backbone of modern buildings, machines, and even food‑processing equipment, turning raw steel into staircases, brackets, and custom frames. Fabricators cut, bend, weld, and finish metal to exact specifications, offering bespoke solutions when off‑the‑shelf parts fall...
Tesla announced a new battery for its Semi truck that is engineered to last one million miles, directly tackling the durability concerns of long‑haul fleets. The company says the Semi can charge at up to 1.2 MW, restoring about 60% of...
Greek owner Venergy Maritime has firmed up options for two additional 50,000‑dwt MR product tankers at South Korea’s K Shipbuilding. The options raise its total MR orderbook at the yard to eight vessels, with the new pair slated for delivery...
The article charts the transition of pharmaceutical 3D printing from research pilots to routine pharmacy practice, focusing on pediatric compounding. Companies such as FabRx and CurifyLabs have built platforms that let pharmacists print chewable tablets, gels, and mini‑tablets tailored to...
Family‑owned Hertzog Meat Co. opened Hertzog South, a new processing and retail facility in Butler, Missouri, creating 22 jobs. The plant expands protein processing capacity for beef, pork and chicken and adds sliced, marinated and ready‑to‑cook product lines. The multi‑million‑dollar...
CESCO, a leading grain handling firm, has established a new Italian company to integrate Technobins' advanced bin technology into its European operations. The joint venture involves a €10 million (≈$10.8 million) investment and aims to increase storage capacity by roughly 20% across...
RTX announced a $3.81 billion contract modification to produce F135 engines for Lot 18 and Lot 19 of the F‑35 program, extending production through March 2028. The award funds propulsion systems for U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, partner nations, and foreign‑military‑sales customers, with...
Researchers have leveraged conventional papermaking lines to produce a hygroscopic sheet infused with lithium chloride and polypyrrole‑chloride, creating a sorbent that captures water from air and releases it using solar heat. The material powers a lightweight, continuously rotating crawler that...
DEScycle is commercializing a salt‑based iono‑metallurgy platform that uses deep eutectic solvents (DES) and electrocatalysts to dissolve and recover metals from e‑scrap at low temperature. The pilot process delivers over 99% recovery in under 15 minutes, dramatically cutting leach time...
South Korean shipbuilder Kangnam has hired Incat Crowther to design an 80‑metre high‑speed catamaran RoPax ferry for Korea Express Ferry. The vessel will link Incheon with the Yellow Sea islands of Daecheongdo, Baengnyeongdo and Socheongdo, carrying up to 572 passengers,...
Challenge Group has placed its first Boeing 777‑300 passenger‑to‑freighter (P2F) conversion, 9H‑CAZ, into service after an IAI‑led retrofit completed in January. The aircraft adds roughly 100 tonnes of payload capacity, expanding the carrier’s ability to move pharma, live animals, oversized and...
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index climbed to 50.4 in March, up from 49.0 in February, signalling the first expansionary reading in two months. The rebound, driven by faster resumption of work after the Spring Festival and stronger new‑order demand,...
Syre, the H&M‑backed textile recycling startup, has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering giant ABB to equip its first recycling facility in Vietnam with advanced automation, electrification and digital systems. The partnership sets the stage for construction to begin...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released its first national standard system for humanoid robots in February 2026, aiming to unify safety, technical, and ethical requirements. The framework, developed by a 120‑member committee, addresses hardware integrity, predictable software behavior,...
Trafo Power Solutions secured an order for seventeen custom mini substations to power an underground copper mine in Zambia. The units, comprising 800 kVA and 1,000 kVA dry‑type transformer packages, were engineered to fit the mine’s tight shaft‑cage dimensions and to be...
Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) and Raise3D have announced a partnership that integrates AMT’s vapor smoothing post‑processing systems with Raise3D’s RMS220 SLS 3D printer. The collaboration will offer European customers pre‑configured, powder‑optimized solutions and introduces AMT’s existing SFX system plus the...
Researchers at UCL and Brunel University have created a custom aluminum alloy, PA1, that outperforms the industry‑standard AlSi10Mg in directed energy deposition (DED) 3D printing. By engineering a narrow solidification window and adding nickel, cerium, manganese and controlled iron, the...
Researchers at CUHK, MIT and Manchester introduced a vat‑free thin‑film DLP printer that creates a uniform resin film on a PET release sheet, enabling the production of sealed internal cavities and clean multi‑material parts. The approach reduces entrapped resin to...
Häfner & Krullmann has launched a precision‑engineered 1 kg filament spool (model 3D 200/52‑68) designed for Bambu Lab’s Automatic Material System and other multi‑material systems. The spool features a 200 mm outer diameter, 60 mm winding width, and a 52 mm bore, with both polystyrene and polycarbonate material...
Farsoon Technologies introduced two large‑format metal powder‑bed‑fusion printers at TCT Asia 2026: the FS812M‑U and the FS1311M‑U. The FS812M‑U retains an 810 × 810 mm footprint while extending build height to 1.7 m and reducing its overall footprint by 41 %. The FS1311M‑U scales up...
Construction is starting to behave more like a production system. ICON’s new printer reduces setup time by moving between sites, while covering larger build areas with a single system. What matters isn’t just speed. It’s repeatability, lower labor dependency, and the ability to...
Revolutionizing Industrial Lifting: InfinityCranes by CeiliX #Technology GmbH Maximizes Space and Efficiency by @IntEngineering #Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood https://t.co/8vkoBgYtrw
Researchers from the MP4MNT group at DISAT have created laser‑induced graphene (LIG) electrodes that are three‑dimensional, fully conductive, and selectively porous. The patented process uses a focused laser to convert polymer into graphene, allowing rapid, low‑cost production that fits into...
This Machine Sews Perfect Seams in Seconds by @Fabriziobustama #Innovation #TechForGood #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech https://t.co/WpLqqjI0wm
With AI, most companies think they bought a factory. They’re still swinging a hammer. That’s Level 1. The companies pulling away in speed, cost and market share are building an AI operating system. That’s Level 2. 👉 https://t.co/31Z0V8EpqB #AIOperatingSystem #DigitalEnablement https://t.co/VUK9fKME6U
This is a very interesting piece on Chinese companies moving production to Vietnam. In some sense it's happening at major scale. But also in some other sense, it's very minor, with very little of the TVA leaving China. https://t.co/ZixLeXz4nC https://t.co/BnujaABZ5M
#Robots Run the Show in China’s Almost Unmanned #Logistics Factory by @Natie2Natie #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/BtfY58zCWx
