DEARBORN, MI—Difficulties in obtaining semiconductor chips will prompt Ford Motor Co. to temporarily halt or scale back production at eight assembly plants in North America.
WASHINGTON—A new U.S. Department of Commerce report says many manufacturers that rely on semiconductors have only a few days worth of inventory at any time.
TUCSON, AZ—NASA is spending $750,000 on a project undertaken by two University of Arizona researchers who use machine learning methods to mitigate defects that occur during the 3D printing of jet engine parts.
DETROIT—General Motors announced Tuesday its plans to invest $7 billion in Michigan to increase the production of electric vehicles and battery manufacturing. It's the single biggest investment in the company's history.
TURIN, Italy—Comau has developed and deployed an automated edrive assembly line for Geely Automobile Holdings at its Geely Veremt plant in Ningbo, China.
TURKU, Finland—Industrial automation giant Kuka is set to build a smart factory for construction company Admares, which specializes in digitalizing the manufacturing of buildings.
SYDNEY—Hypersonix Launch Systems, an Australian engineering, design and build company, is investigating the use of 3D printing to make flight-critical components for its green hydrogen-powered launch vehicles at the University of Sydney.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. says it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center here to 150,000 trucks per year, to meet high customer demand.
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