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Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Despite manufacturers’ best forecasts, no one could have predicted what 2020 had in store. For many manufacturers, the destabilizing force of the pandemic exposed weaknesses along the value chain. It also highlighted opportunities to justify larger-scale.

How Industry 4.0 Drives Sustainable Manufacturing

An argument is made that manufacturing can be an exemplar of sustainability by adopting Industry 4.0 towards decarbonization and for building a circular economy.

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Stanford Engineers Create Perching, Bird-Like Robot

When attached to a drone, the robot can fly around, catch and carry objects, and land on a range of surfaces.

The Starlab commercial space station.

Nanoracks Gets $160M NASA Starlab Contract

Bring on the large inflatable habitats.

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Mexico Threatens Legal Action Over U.S. Electric Vehicle Subsidy

Mexican officials say the provision violates the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact.

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Shell Pulls Out of Controversial Offshore Project

The company said the Cambo project no longer makes economic sense.

Time reversal technique focuses wave energy to knock over minifig targets in museum demonstration.

Focused Vibrations Knock Over Lego Minifigs

Time reversal can destroy kidney stones and brain tumors or even locate cracks in nuclear fuel canisters.

Members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly approved picking their leaders by direct ballot elections, Thursday, Dec. 2, rejecting a system that many blamed for a bribery and embezzlement scandal in the union's top ranks.

UAW Votes for Direct Election of Leaders in Wake of Scandal

The results are not official until approved by the Labor Department and a federal judge.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, speaks with workers, and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, left, Thursday Dec. 2, 2021, while visiting an under construction fabrication and assembly facility for offshore wind turbines at the Port of Providence, in Providence, R.I. The building is scheduled to be finished this spring to support two offshore wind projects, Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind.

Energy Secretary: Offshore Wind Brings 'Gust' of Job Growth

A new manufacturing hub at the Port of Providence is scheduled to be finished this spring.

Honda is recalling nearly 723,000 SUVs and pickup trucks, Friday, Dec. 3, because the hoods can open while the vehicles are moving.

Honda Recalls SUVs and Pickups Because Hoods Can Fly Open

It affects nearly 723,000 vehicles.

In this Sept. 21, 2017 file photo, the BP Whiting refinery in East Chicago, Ind., is shown on Sept. 21, 2017. Oil giant BP agreed Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana under an agreement with regulators and activists who accused the company of violating an earlier deal.

BP Agrees to $500K Penalty, Soot Limits at Indiana Refinery

The refinery converts around 440,000 barrels of crude oil into gasoline every day.

Folsom Vice Mayor Sarah Aquino wrings out a rag before cleaning a table at Back Bistro in Folsom, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Aquino is an insurance broker. But she took a part-time job at one of her favorite local restaurants because they were struggling to hire people. Employers have reported a shortage of workers to meet demand as more people return to normal habits following the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic. Aquino sees it as her civic duty to help out local businesses.

U.S. Employers Added a Sluggish 210,000 Jobs in November

For now, though, Americans are spending freely.