Day: November 7, 2016
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Trust Automation adds ‘revolutionary capture technology’ to robotic aircraft
Trust Automation says it has provided critical engineering support in the development of the recovery system for Zipline International’s medical delivery drones. Trust Automation is a provider of standard and custom motors and controls as well as support system solutions. Trust Automation says it was instrumental in taking a concept provided by Zipline from drawing…
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Foxconn and Apple negotiating with Indian government on manufacturing and retailing
Apple and its main manufacturer Foxconn are negotiating with the Indian government over the possible establishment of a manufacturing plant and retail stores in the country. This is according to reports on the AppleInsider.com website, which quotes India’s Economic Times newspaper. Indian business regulations require foreign companies to source at least 30 per cent of their goods from local…
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China making ‘30 per cent more industrial robots’
China made 30 per cent more industrial robots in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the Communist government’s propaganda outlet CCTV. CCTV quoted a “ministry of industry and information technology official”, who was speaking at the Shanghai Industry Fair last week, when providing the figure. China…
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Electric car industry sparks into life
Two of the world’s biggest automakers have made moves which would suggest electric cars will become mass-market vehicles much sooner than perhaps some may have expected. General Motors has decided to bring forward its production of the all-electric Chevy Volt, according to a report in Manufacturers’ Monthly, which quotes a report on Associated Press. The vehicles…