One makes contact lenses with layers thinner than a human hair. Another produces sensors that help cars avoid collisions. And one makes grown-up “toys” — golf cars, Waverunners and four wheelers. […]
Category: Manufacturing
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Adidas’s Robot-Staffed Atlanta Factory Will Create 160 Human Jobs
Score one for the humans. While robots have been among the prime culprits in siphoning jobs from American workers in recent decades, a new factory from German sportswear giant Adidas […]
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Dutch Manufacturer Uses Robotics, Race Car Materials for Aerospace Innovation
Editor’s note: When Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his counterpart, Geert Bourgeois, minister-president of the Flanders region of Belgium, visited Atlanta last year, aerospace wasn’t supposed to be on […]
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Bilingual High-Tech Talent, Not Just Tourism Appeal, Beckons Multinationals to Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s “pura vida”, or relaxed culture, and tourism appeal are no longer the main reasons for its success in attracting multinational investment. A highly skilled and bilingual workforce has […]
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Century-Old Columbus Foundry Fends Off Global Challenges
Back in the factory, huge ladles pour molten iron into molds of dark green compacted sand. Up in the front office, George Boyd Jr. turns into an instructor, his deep, calm voice […]
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German Manufacturer to Open Plant in Hart County
A Düsseldorf, Germany-based manufacturer of precision machine tools is to open its first production facility and headquarters in the U.S. in Hart County this spring. SD Automotive Group, which will...