CHICAGO, IL—The 2022 award was presented on Sept. 16, 2022, at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show at McCormick Place in Chicago by Harry Moser, founder, and president of the Reshoring Initiative. The award honors companies that have effectively reshored products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting, or machining, including additive manufacturing.
As supply chain attacks continue to increase, securing the supply chain is at the forefront of lawmakers’ minds. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order earlier this year that directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create guidance “identifying practices that enhance the security of the software supply chain.”
The goal is to reduce computational costs and accelerate Volkswagen’s adoption of quantum computers to develop battery materials that are safer, lighter, and more cost-effective.
KAOHSIUNG CITY, Taiwan—ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest semiconductor testing and packaging firms, plans to build a highly advanced smart factory here, as the industry grapples with a labor shortage.
CANTON, MS—Nissan’s assembly plant here produced its 5 millionth vehicle on Oct. 6. The milestone represents nearly 20 years of Nissan manufacturing in Mississippi.
They achieve this by removing residual organic metal-binding ligands from the transition metal oxide thin films, enhancing device stability and performance.
CHANGWON, South Korea—Automation has enabled LG Electronics to boost productivity, decrease defects and increase safety at its appliance assembly plant here.
SPARTANBURG, SC—A java green metallic X6 M rolled off the line at the BMW’s assembly plant here on Sept. 30—30 years after the automaker broke ground to build the factory.
GRANITEVILLE, SC—Bridgestone’s factory here has become the first tire manufacturing facility in America to earn the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition for its use of sustainable raw materials to replace synthetic rubber.