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Automated Warehouse is hosting a live webinar tomorrow at noon ET titled “How to Get Started With Warehouse Automation.” The session will outline a phased adoption strategy that begins with a detailed operational assessment and targets high‑impact, low‑risk tasks such as case picking and replenishment. Speakers will discuss autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), pilot‑zone testing, and the role of change management in securing measurable ROI at each stage. Attendees will leave with a practical roadmap for integrating automation without disrupting existing workflows.
University of Sheffield researchers, together with Seismic Group, have showcased a ‘factory‑in‑a‑box’ modular system that can construct a complete home in just ten days. The approach deploys a rapidly assembled, weather‑shielded manufacturing unit directly on the building site, eliminating traditional...
Johnson & Johnson announced a more than $1 billion investment to build a next‑generation cell and gene therapy manufacturing complex on a 154‑acre site in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Construction is slated to start in the second half of 2026, creating over...
End users in process industries are abandoning legacy distributed control system (DCS) tools as support dwindles and upgrade costs rise. The article follows Cassia’s struggle with an unsupported alarm‑management suite and the loss of a single point of accountability from...
Honda Motor Co. will begin exporting two U.S.-built models—the Acura Integra Type S and the Honda Passport TrailSport Elite—to Japan in the second half of the year. The move follows a new U.S.-Japan trade accord that streamlines safety inspections and reduces...
Vancouver‑based 3DQue announced a lifetime licensing option for its AutoFarm3D print‑farm management platform. The service, previously sold as a per‑printer subscription at $10 /mo for Lite and $30 /mo for Standard, will now be available as a one‑time perpetual license. Pricing has...
TSMC is urging its customers to submit applications for the N2 process node as most capacity is already booked through the end of 2027. Remaining slots carry a six‑quarter lead time, and even allocated customers face up to twelve months...
NanoIC, the imec‑coordinated European pilot line, announced the release of two advanced interconnect process design kits – a fine‑pitch redistribution layer (RDL) and a die‑to‑wafer (D2W) hybrid bonding kit. The RDL PDK supports line widths and spaces down to 1.3 µm...
ResponsibleSteel and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released a landmark report on how voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) can drive a just transition in the mining and steel sectors. The study outlines nine guiding principles and five concrete recommendations...
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in southern Manitoba is using five 3D printers, including a Bambu Lab H2S, to fabricate a life‑size Styxosaurus replica. The team scans each fossil fragment, digitally reconstructs missing bones, and prints hundreds of components that...
Martin Guitar, founded in 1833, remains a leading acoustic‑guitar maker alongside Fender, Gibson, Yamaha, Ibanez and Taylor. The company operates two plants—in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and Sonora, Mexico—producing about 500 guitars per day, six days a week. Demand has surged during...
German politician Merz blamed low productivity for China’s competitive edge, arguing Germans must work harder. The article counters that China’s advantage stems from systemic factors—an undervalued yuan, extensive subsidies and strategic industrial policy—that create a 40‑60% price gap despite higher...
A Drexel‑led study demonstrated that low‑melt polyaryletherketone (LM PAEK) can be fused‑filament‑fabricated into porous knee‑revision cones that outperform traditional PEEK in shear strength and stiffness. Using a Taguchi L8 design, the researchers printed 64 cylindrical surrogates with gyroid and diamond TPMS...
During a Beijing visit, the China Building Materials Federation outlined its aggressive decarbonisation agenda for cement and other building products. The federation’s “six zeroes” framework and a mandatory carbon‑market scheme now cover roughly 1,000 Chinese cement producers, positioning China as...
Amid California’s worsening housing shortage, the Terner Center released a report outlining how industrialized construction can cut costs, speed timelines, and boost unit output. The study identifies 40 policy recommendations grouped into seven themes, ranging from building‑code reform and financing...
CEO Echo Yang steers CSCERAMIC, a China‑based advanced ceramics maker, toward high‑purity alumina solutions for laboratory and high‑temperature industrial markets. The firm differentiates itself by engineering‑focused collaboration, tight dimensional control, and stable raw‑material sourcing rather than catalog sales. Customers benefit...
The article explores why hobbyists gravitate toward 3D printing, ranging from machine‑tuning experiments to creating functional daily‑use objects and decorative items. It highlights a niche of “hobbyist industrial designers” who craft custom solutions—like a dog‑poop‑bag holder—purely for the joy of...
The article frames warehouse technology adoption as a series of seasonal maturity levels, ranging from manual operations to fully dynamic, software‑driven facilities. It warns that forcing a single platform across all sites creates fragmentation, higher costs, and stunted growth. Instead,...
Additive manufacturing (AM) has endured a 2‑3‑year sales dip, but recent data shows a modest rebound starting in Q1 2026. CEO Yoav Zeif framed the slowdown as a normal CAPEX cycle, emphasizing that hardware performance and customer usage intent are improving....
The article details a PLC program built in Siemens TIA Portal that uses latching and interlock logic to control a single pump via three RUN buttons. Pressing START sets a SYSTEM_ON memory bit, enabling the RUN inputs while STOP clears...
Stratasys has filed a patent for low‑temperature PolyJet materials that maintain jet‑ready viscosity at around 35 °C, far below the typical 50‑90 °C range. The formulations combine low‑molecular‑weight curable components and reactive diluents to stay under 50 cPs while delivering mechanical performance comparable...
Katana positions itself as the only Shopify‑native cloud inventory and manufacturing platform, unifying real‑time inventory, production planning, and shop‑floor execution. It targets Shopify brands that make their own products, charging a $299 per‑month Core plan plus optional add‑ons and a $2,000...
Fugo Precision 3D has introduced a centrifugal resin 3D printer that combines printing, washing, and curing in a single rotating cylindrical tank. The system spins a resin‑filled chamber, uses 20 UV lasers to solidify layers, and then drains, washes, and...
Inductive Automation has appointed Tom Burke, former OPC Foundation leader, as Technology Evangelist. Burke’s background includes roles at Mitsubishi and the CC Link Partners Association, positioning him to champion lightweight messaging standards like MQTT and Sparkplug within Inductive’s platform. The...
An interim analysis by construction‑automation journalist Jarret Gross reveals rapid global expansion of 3D concrete printing (3DCP) projects. The mapped data, representing roughly 50 % of known installations, shows dense clusters in the Persian Gulf, Northern Europe, China, Japan, Western Australia,...
MP Materials posted a fourth‑quarter revenue of $52.7 million and net income of $9.4 million, buoyed by a U.S. Department of War price‑floor agreement. The company recorded a 12% year‑over‑year increase in rare‑earth oxide concentrate, producing a record 50,692 metric tons, and more...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has unveiled a multiplexed extrusion system designed to accelerate large-format 3D printing. Instead of a single bulky hot end, the prototype uses several small extruders whose outputs merge into one deposition line, improving heating efficiency and...
Manufacturers are increasingly rolling out their own RAMIS (Rapid Automated Manufacturing Integration Systems) platforms, intensifying competition in the industrial automation sector. The surge reflects a broader shift toward modular, AI‑enabled production lines that promise higher efficiency and lower downtime. Vendors...
Researchers introduced MICRO, a multimaterial, single‑step 3D‑printed electrochemical device that integrates electrodes, microfluidic channels, and housing in one build. By leveraging dual‑extrusion printing of conductive and insulating polymers, the platform eliminates wiring, sealing, and machining steps traditionally required for screen‑printed...
Shenzhen‑based Huafast Industry has assembled a 3D‑print farm of 5,000 machines, capable of producing 40,000 desktop ornaments in a single week. The facility stacks printers four high on one‑metre‑wide racks, creating a kilometer‑long line. Management plans to double the fleet...
3dfabs has relaunched a distributed 3D‑printing network similar to the original 3D Hubs model, allowing individual printer operators to list services and accept jobs globally. The platform now hosts 211 participating "fabs" across a dozen countries and charges no usage fees....
Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio’s largest single‑site employer, is emerging as a premier hub for additive manufacturing within the U.S. Air Force. The Rapid Sustainment Office recently awarded a $2.5 million contract to develop a nine‑foot fused filament printer, aiming to...
A new research paper introduces geometry‑adaptive reinforcement learning (RL) to control the peel step in Digital Light Processing (DLP) resin printing. By extracting slice‑level features such as cured area and perimeter, the RL agent dynamically adjusts lift speed, dwell time,...
Boeing reported a 40% drop in quality rework hours over the past year, attributing the improvement to stronger collaboration with its 1,200‑plus suppliers. Senior Vice President Ihssane Mounir highlighted expanded engineering support and a heightened focus on defect prevention as...
Fujio Cho emphasized that standardized work is a learning tool, not a control mechanism. He argued that a shared, current‑best‑practice baseline makes problems visible and enables continuous improvement. When leaders treat standards as compliance checks, employees hide issues; instead, leaders...
Swisslog announced AgileStore, a four‑way roaming pallet shuttle, to debut at MODEX 2026. The system moves forward, backward, laterally and vertically, allowing cross‑aisle travel and level changes without extra lifts. AgileStore’s modular design promises higher density storage, dynamic routing and...
Prusa Research has launched Prusament PETG Ultraglow Green, a glow‑in‑the‑dark filament marketed as the brightest on the market. The material blends clear PETG with a high loading of strontium aluminate phosphor, delivering intense luminescence after UV charging. Prusa warns that...
Interact Analysis projects global manufacturing output to grow 2.9% in 2026, up from 2.0% in 2025, with an average annual rate of 3.1% through 2030. Asia emerges as the strongest region, delivering 3.2% growth and a $30.1 trillion output, while India...
Numina Group unveiled Batchbot 2.0, a modular warehouse automation platform that fuses its Real‑time Distribution Software (RDS‑WES) with KUKA’s fifth‑generation AI‑infused autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and a voice‑guided picking suite. The system claims to eliminate more than 20 minutes of...
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Mesh Feigenbaum, a leading forging‑press expert, released an updated benchmark revealing that global capacity for massive aerospace and defense forging presses is shrinking as aging equipment retires faster than replacements arrive. The study warns that unplanned press failures can stall...
Researchers propose a multimodal sensor‑fusion framework for real‑time fault detection in additive manufacturing, merging vision, thermal, acoustic, vibration, and drive‑current streams. Current single‑sensor solutions often miss subtle defects or generate false alarms, limiting scalability of 3D‑print farms. The fusion model...
The February 2026 Lean Roundup aggregates ten fresh blog posts that explore how Lean thinking is evolving across leadership, strategy, and technology. Highlights include "good trouble" as a catalyst for cultural change, the discipline of Leader Standard Work, and the...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zimbabwean exporters that raw mineral shipments are effectively ending, insisting that value‑addition must occur domestically. The Finance Act now imposes a 10% export tax on unbeneficiated lithium and chrome, with chrome also subject to a 5%...
Italian rocket builder Avio announced a $500 million solid‑rocket‑motor manufacturing complex in Hurt, Virginia, pending approval by the Virginia General Assembly. The 860,000‑square‑foot facility, financed by a €400 million capital increase, will create more than 1,000 jobs and may receive a $97.7 million...
Novo Nordisk announced steep price cuts for its GLP‑1 diabetes and obesity drugs, aiming to broaden patient access amid intensifying pricing scrutiny. AbbVie is committing $380 million to expand API manufacturing capacity, reinforcing supply‑chain resilience. Bora Pharmaceuticals and GSK sealed a...
On February 5, 2026, Mitsubishi Electric US announced a structural reorganization that consolidates Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. (MEAU) and Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America’s (MEAA) operations under Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. (MEUS). The automation business becomes the Industrial Automation Division of...
Prusa Research announced a $200 price reduction for the assembled Original Prusa XL, positioning it as the most affordable multi‑material tool‑changer in its lineup. The XL retains its active tool‑changing architecture, supporting up to five full heads, while the newer INDX...
Oshkosh Corp., led by EVP Jay Iyengar, is championing a "moments of autonomy" strategy that embeds physical AI into high‑value, repetitive or hazardous tasks rather than pursuing full automation. The company is rolling out autonomous jet‑bridge docking systems that align...
Dyze Design has filed a patent proposing a modular motion‑control architecture that separates command streams into priority queues and splits telemetry into real‑time and archival channels. The design adds edge‑processing modules for sensors, stepper and BLDC drives, and even a...
Siemens announced the acquisition of ASTER Technologies, a specialist in PCB test and reliability solutions, to bolster its electronic design automation (EDA) portfolio. ASTER’s design‑for‑test, design‑for‑manufacturing, and design‑for‑reliability tools will be integrated into Siemens’ end‑to‑end digital‑thread platform, enabling earlier validation...
