LONDON--About a year and a half ago, well-known automobile designer Gordon Murray designed the OX truck to be cheap to manufacture, shipped in flat packs and quickly assembled at its final destination. According to the Global Vehicle Trust, three skilled people can put an OX together in approximately 12 hours.
HOUSTON--U.S. manufacturing sector reported the greatest improvement in overall business conditions since September 2014, while the service sector continues to expand, the IHS Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index showed on Monday.
DETROIT--Wallace Detroit Guitars and Chevrolet are teaming up to release a line of guitars made with wood salvaged from the GM truck plant in Fort Wayne, IN. The move further cements the bond between Detroit's long legacies of automobile and music production.
HANNOVER, Germany, and PLANO, TX--Siemens has announced the launch of its Additive Manufacturing Network, an online collaborative platform designed to bring on-demand design and engineering expertise, knowledge, digital tools, and production capacity for industrial 3D printing to the global manufacturing industry.
OTTAWA, ON—The top U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials driving NAFTA renegotiations will meet in Washington today, as pressure for a quick deal is mounting.
MORRISTOWN, TN—A Belgian company that makes buses and industrial vehicles will invest $47 million to build its first assembly plant here, a move expected to create nearly 640 jobs in five years.
KILDEER, IL—Thanks to reshoring and foreign direct investment, the United States gained more than 170,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017, according to the latest data from the Reshoring Institute.
FREMONT, CA—Tesla Inc. has temporarily suspended production of the Model 3 sedan at its assembly plant here in what the company said on Monday was a planned production pause. It was the second time since February that Tesla has temporarily shut down assembly of the Model 3.
SAN DIEGO--Boeing, through its subsidiary Tapestry Solutions, announced Monday that its Enterprise Sensor Integration (ESI) software platform has gone live at BAE Systems' Nashua, NH, facility. The rollout of Tapestry's ESI is part of BAE Systems' large-scale effort to standardize and automate the infrastructure for its manufacturing operations.
SAN FRANCISCO--The battle for the midsized, middle-class electric car market is revving up as high-tech upstart Tesla scrambles to get its Model 3 out to buyers in the face of strong competition from Detroit mainstay General Motors, reports Seeker. Deliveries of the GM-produced Chevy Bolt have increased significantly, while Tesla continues to deal with persistent production delays.