MIAMI—To highlight unique careers and companies in the welding and metal fabrication industries, the American Welding Society has launched Metal America, a new video series streaming exclusively on YouTube.
TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric Corp. says it has acquired 42,000 square meters of land in Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, where
it will build a new plant to manufacture factory automation control system products starting in April 2025.
SHANGHAI—China’s biggest microchip producer, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., and Apple Inc. supplier Pegatron
Corp. continue to operate factories here during the city’s most-recent COVID-19 lockdown by isolating workers and running a closed-off procedure allowed by local authorities.
ALEXANDRIA, VA—The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded a patent to Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions Inc., GE
Appliance’s parent company, that describes a refrigerator with an internal system for boiling eggs.
HAGERSTON, MD—Hitachi Rail has announced that it will build a new $70 million plant here to manufacture IntelMetro’s eighth generation
of rail cars starting in late 2024.
CARY, NC—Xerox Elem Additive Solutions has installed an ElemX 3D metal printer at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—BMW i Ventures Inc. has invested in Alitheon's digital fingerprinting technology (FeaturePrint ID), which represents product surfaces as math formulas to enable on-demand verification of an authentic auto part via an industrial camera or a handheld app.
WASHINGTON—In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Commerce Department has banned exports of high-tech products to Russia. The BIS' goal is to hamper Russia's ability to produce tanks, airplanes and other military equipment.
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