Virus impact: Automakers look at restarting China operations
Automakers are considering whether to resume operations in China amid efforts to contain a virus outbreak while the impact on other companies spreads.
Feb 5, 2020
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Clock is ticking for companies that depend on China imports
For companies bracing for losses from China's viral outbreak, the damage has so far been delayed, thanks to a stroke of timing: The outbreak hit just when Chinese factories and many businesses were closed anyway to let workers ...
Feb 4, 2020
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Automotive
GM to invest $2.2B in Detroit to build electric vehicles
General Motors is spending $2.2 billion to refurbish an underused Detroit factory so it can build a series of electric and self-driving vehicles, eventually employing 2,200 people.
Jan 27, 2020
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GM, Korea's LG Chem in venture to build factory in Ohio
General Motors and Korea's LG Chem have formed a joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery cell factory near Lordstown, Ohio, east of Cleveland.
Dec 5, 2019
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Robotics
Giving robots a faster grasp
If you're at a desk with a pen or pencil handy, try this move: Grab the pen by one end with your thumb and index finger, and push the other end against the desk. Slide your fingers down the pen, then flip it upside down, ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Samsung ends smartphone phone production in China
Samsung Electronics said Friday it has ended the production of smartphones in its last factory in China.
Oct 4, 2019
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No Deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute
More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
Sep 16, 2019
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Labour report alleges violations by China iPhone supplier
Apple and its supplier Foxconn admitted they have been using too many temporary workers to staff an iPhone factory in central China, as a labour rights group accused them Monday of a number of workers rights violations.
Sep 9, 2019
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Volvo's Polestar opens China factory to export to Europe, US
Volvo Cars' performance electric car brand, Polestar, has opened a factory in western China to produce a gasoline-electric hybrid for export to Europe and the United States.
Aug 27, 2019
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ABB robots will go to work at Shanghai factory of future 2020
ABB has announced its intent to build a $150 million factory in Shanghai; the Swiss-based engineering group is drawing lots of press not because of the factory's investment dollars but what this factory means as a manufacturing ...
Factory
A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Typically, factories gather and concentrate resources: laborers, capital and plant.
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