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…of U.S. trade disputes with China and supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, many e-commerce and logistics providers have described an acceleration of demand. Increases that were predicted for five years coincided first with staffing shortages and then the need for social distancing. “A lot has changed in the past year,” acknowledged Prather. “The pandemic may have brought attention…
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…overexposure, to certain locations like China. Systems are needed that allow us to manufacture closer to design, closer to the consumers. Although environments like the U.S. or Europe have higher labor costs, automation can benefit from stronger institutions and infrastructure, high-quality talent, and great innovation ecosystems. These countries and regions need manufacturing jobs and a sustainable manufacturing industry for a…
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…growing pharmaceutical export market in China. CSafe Global, a leading U.S. producer of cold containers, has expanded its global reach and local presence with a new hub operation in Taipei, Taiwan. This new addition to CSafe’s worldwide container operations facilities ensures Taiwan’s thriving biotech and pharmaceutical sectors have consistent and easy access to the cold chain industry’s top performing containers.…
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…business mindset, such as the China Plus One strategy, calling for companies to invest in China plus at least one other country rather than put all of their eggs in the China basket. These forces drive real changes to the distribution network, customer profiles, product profiles, channels and partners. This is resulting in a large number of suboptimized process variations…
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…economies such as India and China. A rousing demand in consumer electronic products has attributed success to market growth in thermoplastics. A rising population on a global scale and increasing disposable incomes has powered demand for these products in end-use industries that include thriving growth for market. A sizeable middle-class population and growing urbanization has boosted demand for advanced and…
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Atomstack, a China-based 3D printing company, has launched Cambrian, a 3D printer for thermoplastic rubber filament. This new desktop FDM 3D printer is a tool capable of producing virtually any end-use rubber product as well as handling traditional 3D printing tasks. Atomstack Cambrian is available now on Kickstarter. With Atomstack Cambrian, users can print in thermoplastic rubber (TPR). This material…
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…mobile robot (AMR) provider in China, announced today that it has recently completed a new financing round. The C+ round funding was led by KION Group, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial trucks and supply chain solutions, Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures as well as multiple investment institutions in China. All proceeds will go…
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…1990s and 2000s, offshoring to China was the economic strategy for many U.S. manufacturers,” Coates says. “Fast forward to 2020, and companies are looking to move away from China and back to the U.S.” Coates says that the catalyst for reshoring was the 2012 election, although companies didn’t immediately start moving their operations. “It was the turning point and beginning…
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…parts from remote locations like China to on-site production facilities. AM accelerated their time to market because manufacturers could make parts in a matter of hours, solving the problem of waiting on global suppliers.” Overall, survey respondents were bullish on the future of large-scale production AM. The majority (84%) believe AM investments will deliver a clear competitive advantage over the…
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…Beiyang 83.9 86.2 -2.7% Shandong, China X X 14 14 Keyence 104.1 80.0 30.1% Itasca, Ill. X X X X 15 15 Bluebird Corp. 68 79.1 -14.0% Palisades Park, N.J. X X 16 16 Unitech 55.4 55.3 0.2% Los Angeles, Calif. X X X 17 17 Vitronic 52.8 49.8 6.0% Wiesbaden, Germany X 18 18 Avery Dennison 48.5 47.5 2.1%…
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…Bringing Long-Haul Electric Trucks into China This paper addresses two main questions; What are the potential impacts on carbon emissions of electric long haul trucks in China, and what are the barriers to the adoption of electric long haul trucks in China? Download Now! 2020 Strategic Freight Management Trends In this educational and informative white paper, you will learn about…
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…older age groups (based on China). Among shoppers living in cities classified as Tier 3 and below, e-commerce activity accounted for 69.2 percent of the total share during the outbreak. That was an increase of 12 percent from January. In January, those aged 31 and above made up 49 percent of online consumers. This leaped to 60 percent by the…
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…In the Shadow of the U.S.-China Tension Whereas Mellanox gave NVIDIA the interconnects that are critical in HPC (high performance computing), Arm is expected to give NVIDIA the energy-efficient microprocessor technology and IP essential to the development of various SoCs (systems on chips). Both are crucial building blocks to AI computing architecture. Under normal circumstances, regulatory approval for the transaction…
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…are revisiting their reliance on China and looking to the U.S. as the next key manufacturing center; nearly all (97%) said COVID-19 has created new opportunities, with 87% making digital transformation a high priority; and supply chain resilience is important to 99% of respondents, with 96% working to increase supply chain agility. The unprecedented transportation disruptions and shutdowns from the…
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…all over the world, including China, Taiwan, and other parts of Asia, and the U.S … For the most part, factories have adjusted, and most are now running in almost full capacity. Nothing is not flowing; some are just flowing less evenly than they used to,” noted Govshteyn. Production is resuming but things are not the same. Welcome to the…
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