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Feb. 4, 2013

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Samsung Boosts US Research

Company is launching a $100 million 'catalyst fund' to fuel innovative technologies and will create offices in California, South Korea and Israel. Samsung said the new drive would "create a powerful platform for igniting global innovation" and was part of an effort "to create new businesses and build open ecosystems through research and development, investments, strategic alliances, and M&A (mergers and acquisitions)."...More
Jan. 17, 2013

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IndustryWeek

Technology: Taming the Nanotech Risks 1

Like many in the nanotech industry, CEO Craig Bandes' Baltimore-based nanocrystal additive manufacturing company, Pixelligent Technologies, has enjoyed a record year for growth....More
Jan. 15, 2013

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IndustryWeek

Additive Manufacturing's Newest Giant

The merger between Stratasys and Objet creates a new R&D powerhouse that could push 3-D printing to the next level....More
Jan. 10, 2013

Commentary

Achieving Business Impact through New Technologies and Product Engineering

Manufacturers today are presented with a rich array of new innovations and technologies to help them compete -- harnessing them can make all the difference....More
Dec. 17, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Lotus Lightweight Vehicle Could Get 100 MPG

By using advanced materials, state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques and innovative design, Lotus says it might be able to profitably produce a low-mass vehicle that gets 120 miles per gallon....More
Dec. 17, 2012

Commentary

How Some US Manufacturers are Successful in Competing Globally

While attending the FABTECH Expo in Las Vegas last month, I interviewed several companies that do all or the majority of their manufacturing in the U.S. to find out what they are doing to successfully compete in the global marketplace....More
Dec. 13, 2012

Commentary

The Pentagon's Invisible Hand in U.S. Manufacturing Success

The more you look at patterns of technological progress in the postwar era, the clearer it becomes that America's military has provided much of the seed-corn to grow today's technologically advanced economy....More
Dec. 5, 2012

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GM Opens Phase Two of Design Center in China

Complex includes 62 test labs, 9 research labs and employs 250....More
Nov. 15, 2012

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China Firm AVIC to Invest $1.6 Billion in 'Advanced' Airplane Engine

China Aviation Industry Corp. already produces engines for smaller planes such as trainers and executive jets, as well as for military aircraft, according to reports....More
Nov. 7, 2012

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Clear as ... Paper? Scientists 'See' through Solid Layers

A method to 'see through' layers of thin, solid material holds promise for medical imaging, nanotechnology -- and the spy trade....More
Oct. 24, 2012

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Tomorrow's Global Manufacturing Competitors Could Be Today's Customers

By investing in the necessary research, U.S. companies can be prepared to address changes in standards, economies and requirements for prospering in tomorrow’s global marketplace....More
Oct. 14, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Retired Lockheed Martin CEO Still Sounding Alarm about Importance of Technology and Innovation for US Competitiveness

Quoting 'the great philosopher Pogo Possum,' Norm Augustine told attendees of the Aviation and Aerospace Manufacturing Summit in Fort Worth, Texas: 'We have met the enemy, and it is us.'...More
Oct. 9, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Obama Administration Announces $20 Million in Grants to Support U.S. Manufacturing Clusters 1

The Obama administration today announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help revitalize American manufacturing and encourage companies to invest in the United States....More
Oct. 4, 2012

Commentary

Creative Destruction: When Incremental Innovation Isn't Enough

Driving breakthrough innovations require big dreams and a willingness to make those dreams a reality -- no matter what it takes....More
Sep. 25, 2012

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Legislation Clears California Roads for Self-driving Cars

Development of an autonomous vehicle is a special project of Google, whose Mountain View campus was host to the governor’s signing ceremony....More
Sep. 24, 2012

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Airbus Teams with Sinopec to Develop Jet Fuel from Renewable Resources

Sinopec will develop the fuel, made from biomass, with its own technology at a plant recently built in Hangzhou, near Shanghai....More
Sep. 21, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Drug Companies Join Together to Accelerate R&D

New organization aims to reduce bottlenecks in R&D and increase efficiency....More
Sep. 20, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Collaborative Research Center for Manufacturing Adds More Industry Members

GF AgieCharmilles, Buehler and Cool Clean Technologies bring advanced manufacturing equipment to Virginia’s Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing....More
Sep. 19, 2012

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Inventors Say New Material Achieves Record for Converting Waste Heat to Power 1

The compound is a derivative of lead telluride, a semiconductor first used in the Apollo moon landings to provide astronauts with a renewable power source....More
Sep. 6, 2012

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Clean Energy Should be Invented in America, Made in America and Sold Around the World

Those are the fighting words of U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu who spoke them back in June of this year as he announced the 13 projects that his department will fund. With the goal of helping the manufacturing sector get the resources it needs, the Energy Department invested $54 million in 13 projects. Waving the flag at every turn, Secretary Chu’s office said it is supporting "an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, and skills for American workers."...More
Aug. 28, 2012

Article

The Fallacy of Voice of the Customer

By not confounding the job and solution and putting the job in the context of its higher purpose and barriers, we can better observe how customers are truly struggling with their current solutions and we can better help them....More
Aug. 16, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Intel to Build $300 Million R&D Facility at its Arizona Site

The new facility will support the expansion of Intel's packaging operations, the company said....More
Aug. 14, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Toyota's Lentz Preaches Collaboration as Auto Industry Tackles Tough Challenges

With stringent fuel-economy standards and a new generation of vehicle buyers on the horizon, Toyota Motors Sales USA CEO Jim Lentz believes that the industry's stakeholders must work together to succeed....More
Aug. 11, 2012

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How Have NASA Spinoff Technologies Affected YOUR Industry?

A database of NASA Spinoff technologies holds a set of amazing research papers that demonstrate the application of technologies developed for NASA's programs in the military and consumer spheres....More
Aug. 9, 2012

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IndustryWeek

Demand for Diagnostic Products to Exceed $24 Billion in 2016

An expanding volume of patient care activity, spurred by aging demographic patterns, a rising incidence of diseases and disorders, and the extension of health insurance coverage by the Affordable Care Act of 2010, will create a large demand for in vitro (IVD) diagnostic products in the United States. The sector is predicted to increase 6.1% annually to $24.7 billion in 2016, according to a new study from the The Freedonia Group, Inc. ...More