How the Iran war is affecting local manufacturers

Commercial printer and marketing firm Quad/Graphics Inc. has implemented a temporary surcharge on ink due to the impact of ...
Wall Street Journal

Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory

BERLIN—As its export model breaks down, Germany is pivoting from cars to cannons—and trying to turn industrial decline into a defense boom. After decades as Europe’s manufacturing engine, the country ...
CNBC

China's factory activity returns to growth, expanding at its sharpest pace in a year

China's official gauge for manufacturing activity pointed to a better-than-expected expansion in March. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for March rose to 50.4, according to the National ...
BGR

Xiaomi's Dark Robot Factory Can Make A Phone Every Second Without People - Here's How

Xiaomi's smart factory in Changping, Beijing, stands at the forefront of a global manufacturing shift. This 96,900 square-yard facility uses advanced robotics and AI to operate without any human ...
TechCrunch

This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans

While many robotics companies are building human-sized robots, or working to automate entire factories, MicroFactory is instead trying to think big by building small. San Francisco-based MicroFactory ...
NPR

Russian airstrikes hit a U.S. factory in western Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Two Russian cruise missiles slammed into an American electronics factory in a remote corner of far western Ukraine before dawn Thursday, causing extensive damage and more than a dozen ...
Android Police

How to factory reset your Android phone or tablet

Resetting your Android device to factory settings erases all data on the device and clears out unnecessary files. The reset process wipes all your information from it, including private data, messages ...
Tennessean

Nissan is closing a major factory in Japan to cut costs. Could American plants be next?

Nissan announced July 15 the company will close its flagship factory just south of Tokyo in Oppama, Japan, the latest edition of the company's cost-cutting efforts. The move is part of a larger ...
Reuters

Nissan says Oppama plant will stop production by March 2028

Oppama operations will be transferred to Nissan Motor Kyushu Nissan Shatai's Shonan plant also to cease output by March 2027 Part of a restructuring plant to reduce capacity YOKOHAMA, July 15 (Reuters ...