Just before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, my company worked with a leading U.S. footwear manufacturer as they strategically assessed the role of additive manufacturing (AM) in its future trajectory. Recognizing the pivotal role of AM in footwear evolution, the company embraced the notion that AM was the crucial technology to unlock the future of shoe manufacturing.
U.S. regulators approved the sale of cultured meat to consumers for the first time in June, opening the floodgates to a new era in which your steak or chicken breast may be grown by dividing cells in a lab instead of raising an animal on a farm. The innovation presents a unique business opportunity for one Israel-based company, Pluri, Inc., which is taking the meat-growing process outside of a basic bioreactor — making the process more economical and sustainable.
Growing up around a family of mechanics, maybe it was predestined that Justice Ceasor would eye an automotives career of his own. But the senior at Richmond Heights High School, outside Cleveland, doesn’t envision himself fixing car parts. Instead, he wants to make them.
In today’s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing firms must constantly adapt and innovate simply to remain competitive – and the makeup of their workforce is no exception. According to the latest figures, the average age of manufacturing workers is currently more than 40, while the industry also faces a widening skills gap. Attracting and integrating the next wave of talent has become an urgent priority.
John Clemons consults for Rockwell Automation and Maverick Technologies, a leading platform-independent automation solutions provider.
Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected efforts to restrict native peoples' rights to reservations on their ancestral lands.
Hong Kong police are investigating allegations of fraud against cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX after investors complained of HK$1.3bn ($166m; £134m) in losses.
Armenia is ready to host people displaced from the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after its surrender to Azerbaijani forces, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said.
A woman has accused Russell Brand of exposing himself to her and then laughing about it minutes later on his BBC radio show.
Police have found a "large quantity" of fentanyl, other drugs and paraphernalia hidden under a trapdoor at a New York City nursery where a boy died from exposure to the opioid.
© OfficialAffairs
