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Kyocera has ceremonially broken ground on a new manufacturing plant for ceramic structural components in Kagoshima, Japan.
The new facility will produce durable, high-precision components for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment, says the company.
Kyocera held a groundbreaking ceremony last week, attended by the company’s president, Hideo Tanimoto. [Read more…] about Kyocera breaks ground on new manufacturing plant
According to its owners, “experience, tradition and passion” are the values which ensure the five-star quality at the five-brother company Bühler Bedachungen und Bauspenglerei from Romanshorn in Switzerland, a business specializing in roofing and architectural sheet metal.
Quality is the top priority for the family business – particularly when it comes to selecting its partners and suppliers.
Among these is the Swiss company Jorns, which supplied the new double bending machine, model TP-150G-RH-UV-SL-1250-CP200-6.4-mp, including safety concept for the architectural sheet metal area as well as the manufacturer for optical sensors, which ensures the corresponding safety at work for man and machine, Leuze electronic. [Read more…] about ‘Experience, tradition and passion’ forges business partnerships for Buhler
Digitalisation is, in essence, simple. It means exactly what the word implies – the digitalisation of everything.
But as simple as it sounds, digitalisation can be applied to any business in any sector, and that is what makes it difficult to provide a simple overview.
If we stick to one sector – manufacturing – that might make it more manageable.
But since manufacturing is already a hugely complex endeavour, the process of digitalisation – even in this one single sector – encompasses so many different disciplines that it’s difficult to think of it as being, essentially, simple.
But enough complaining about having to do some work for a change, let’s get on with the show. [Read more…] about Digital manufacturing: An overview of an increasingly complex scenario
OR Laser has launched its new hybrid metal additive and subtractive manufacturing platform, the ORLas Creator Hybrid, and unveiled its new cloud manufacturing services at this year’s FormNext event.
FormNext, is into its final day in Frankfurt, and it’s where the great and the good of the 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry congregate.
Traditionally the latest additive manufacturing developments are unveiled at FormNext, and this year has been bigger and better than years gone by, according to some visitors. [Read more…] about OR Laser launches new hybrid metal additive and subtractive manufacturing platform
Adient, a provider of automotive seating, has broken ground on a new automotive seating prototyping and testing facility in Pune that the company says will be “the largest of its kind ever to be built in India”.
Construction of the new facility marks a major expansion of Adient’s existing technical center in Pune, already a world-class facility with the largest workforce among the automotive seating suppliers global network of tech centers.
The new facility, which is scheduled to open in late 2018, will provide physical testing to augment the capabilities of the existing technical center in Pune, a global Center of Competence at Adient for computer-aided engineering, computer-aided design automation and finite element analysis simulation expertise. [Read more…] about Adient breaks ground on ‘largest-ever’ automotive seats prototyping and testing facility in India
Huawei is partnering with Petro-Cyberworks Information Technology Company to develop what the companies call “Smart Factory 2.0” technologies.
The aim is to contribute to the progress made in energy conservation and emission reduction.
In a statement, Huwaei says: “Our Earth faces increasingly grave environmental problems.
“Although more people have realized the significance of environmental protection and have chosen shared bicycles and electric cars as part of their low-carbon lifestyles, yet we still rely heavily on non-renewable energy such as petroleum.” [Read more…] about Huawei partners with PCITC to develop smart factory technologies
The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute has announced that Savigent Software has joined the Manufacturing USA initiative as its first national member.
In partnership with the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, CESMII brings over $140 million in public-private investment to enable smart manufacturing technologies and systems to become the driving, sustainable engine that delivers real-time business and energy improvements in US manufacturing.
Jim Wetzel, CEO of CESMII, says: “Savigent is not only our first national member, but will be an important technical partner moving forward. [Read more…] about Savigent Software becomes first national member of Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
The solar energy sector is seeing many advances both in the products it makes and in the way they are made.
JinkoSolar, which claims to be the world’s largest solar photovoltaics manufacturer, says it has set a new record for solar cell efficiency.
And it has achieved this through “new applications of cutting-edge technology such as IoT devices, intelligent mobile devices, and mobile robots to its manufacturing process”. [Read more…] about Solar power industry using robotics and automation to achieve productivity gains
The boss of one of the world’s largest beer, spirits, and soft drinks companies says he is looking forward to fully automated breweries in the future.
Speaking at a Nikkei Global Management Forum, Naoki Izumiya, CEO of Asahi, said it’s no good crying into your beer about the effects of automation – that can only lead to self-destruction.
Izumiya says a “stubborn adherence” to traditional drinking strategies will not be enough to keep up with the competition. [Read more…] about Asahi boss looks forward to ‘fully unmanned’ breweries
Asian country’s government-backed investment organisation talks up ‘Thailand 4.0’, highlighting the industrial robot manufacturing sector, where sales are forecast to increase by 133 per cent from 2,131 units in 2013 to 7,500 units in 2018 – and it’s offering huge tax breaks to achieve it
Thailand has been doing well as a result of globalisation, but with increasing attention to, and investment in robotics, the country is looking to further accelerate its development.
Authorities in the country have launched something they call “Thailand 4.0” – based on Industry 4.0 – which essentially refers to the greater levels of internet connectivity in the industrial sector.
And even if the country’s industrial sector has been doing well, greater levels of connectivity would elevate operations to a higher level, or create value, as the authorities see it. [Read more…] about Robotics and automation reshaping Thailand’s economy, as it looks to sell more industrial robots
