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RTX’s Pratt & Whitney announces further capacity expansion at Singapore Manufacturing Facility

Pratt & Whitney announced a $20 million investment to grow its manufacturing capacity in Singapore for the production of Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine high pressure turbine (HPT) disks.

Toyota Advances Its Commitment To Vehicle Electrification

Toyota Advances its Commitment to vehicle electrification, Toyota will assemble three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025

ADDMAN expands polymer additive and quick-turn capabilities via Dinsmore acquisition

ADDMAN Engineering announced that it had acquired Dinsmore & Associates, Inc., an Irvine, California-based provider of polymer 3D printing services, to its manufacturing solutions network. The addition of Dinsmore broadens ADDMAN’s polymer production capability and is highly complementary to its existing additive and traditional manufacturing services.

Allied Electronics & Automation Announces Ready-to-Ship Solutions for Medical Industry Applications

Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc, a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, announces ready-to-ship solutions for medical industry applications from ABB Robotics, Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, Keystone Technologies, and MicroCare.

Experience Mycronic comprehensive range of advanced electronics assembly technologies at APEX

Experience Mycronic comprehensive range of advanced electronics assembly technologies at APEX

Mycronic is leveraging its end-to-end expertise, software and solutions to unleash new levels in quality, flexibility and productivity throughout the factory. At IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego 4-6 February, Mycronic will show a wide array of state-of-the-art assembly technologies that will help improve quality, flexibility and productivity in electronics manufacturing, including new advances in machine-to-machine communication, machine learning, full SMT line capabilities and automated material handling systems.

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PCB Piezotronics Completes $1M Cleanroom

PCB Piezotronics Completes $1M Cleanroom

PCB Piezotronics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), announced the completion of new environmentally controlled clean rooms totaling 4,300 sq. ft. at their Walden Avenue headquarters. Earlier this year, the sensor manufacturer began assembly of all pressure and force products in this new state-of-the-art facility.

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Lockheed Martin’s Meridian, MS Facility Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Lockheed Martin’s Meridian, MS Facility Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Lockheed Martin’s Meridian facility began production operations in August 1969, initially producing the L-1011 jet airliner’s empennage. Since then, the Meridian facility has been involved in the production of aircraft components for the JetStar, the C-5 Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter strategic airlifters, the P-3 Orion submarine hunter, the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and the C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter.

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Particle Robotic System

Particle Robotic System

Taking a cue from biological cells, researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks.

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New Injection Molding Machine for Beta Testing

New Injection Molding Machine for Beta Testing

HTI Plastics recently received a new Krauss Maffei Injection molding machine for beta testing. The PX All-Electric arrived on our floor in late January. This is the second time HTI has been selected to host a Krauss machine for testing, with the option to purchase.

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Lasers on Silicon Offer a Glimpse into the Future

Lasers on Silicon Offer a Glimpse into the Future

Ten years into the future — that’s about how far UC Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor John Bowers and his research team are reaching with the recent development of their mode-locked quantum dot lasers on silicon. It’s technology that not only can massively increase the data transmission capacity of data centers, telecommunications companies and network hardware products to come, but do so with high stability, low noise and the energy efficiency of silicon photonics.

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