Tag: Manufacturing
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
The teeth were redesigned, the manufacturing process rewritten, and new machinery developed to attach the closure to garments. “The absence of the tape posed...
How high-cost Switzerland stayed a manufacturing powerhouse in the offshore era | Fortune
It’s a site you may not expect in one of the world’s most expensive cities. But on the outskirts of Geneva, known for its...
The CEO of U.S.-made electric truck company Slate says removal of EV tax credit is ‘opening up capacity’ from battery suppliers | Fortune
The elimination of the electric vehicle federal tax credit may end up becoming a benefit to some of the newer players trying to compete...
Trump’s EV tax credit cuts are fueling a U.S. battery surplus that could lead to factory cancellations, ‘a poison pill for U.S. manufacturing hopes’
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on electric vehicle tax credits has contributed to a growing battery surplus that may hinder U.S. manufacturing, experts warn.
The lack...
Why China Builds Faster Than the Rest of the World
And that requires swallowing our pride here, right? Like we actually need to learn from China, even though US politicians don’t want to admit...
The Trump-Intel Deal Is Official
The United States government is making an $8.9 billion investment in Intel, representing a 9.9 percent stake in the company, according to a press...
The real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future: A sitdown between Mike Rowe of ‘Dirty Jobs’ and a top labor analytics CEO
America’s AI future won’t be stopped by China, energy shortages, or a lack of investment. It will be stopped by a lack of workers.
That...
The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Don’t Have a Plan
Houchois describes Tesla as a reluctant carmaker, forced to spend industrial levels of capital updating a physical product from which software levels of margin...
Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars
Doug Field, Ford's chief EV, digital and design officer, who formerly ran Apple's car program and was led the development of the Model 3...
Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts glass and 24-karat gold plaque to Trump
As if a $100 billion promise to invest in U.S. manufacturing wasn’t enough, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave President Donald Trump another token of...