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PLM is not just a specific technology platform. It is a fundamental way to manage and better implement a company’s vision of products and services.
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How PLM Delivers on a More Agile Business Mindset
PLM has the capacity to help you launch products with the potential to significantly change—and improve—how you do business.
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Electric Smelting Furnace Could Cut Steel Emission By More Than 80%
A pilot plant will test and optimize iron production using a new type of furnace.
March 24, 2023
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California Bill Would Crack Down on Candy
Newly proposed legislation would ban a host of additives commonly found in candy and snacks.
March 24, 2023
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EVs Not As Sustainable As Advertised
At least not yet.
March 23, 2023
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Tire Manufacturer Building World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Panel
It will cover 100,000 square meters.
March 23, 2023
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Elvis Presley's Private Jet Will Be Converted Into an RV
It had sat unused in Roswell, New Mexico for nearly 40 years.
March 22, 2023
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2 Mercedes-Benz Employees Center of Bribery Investigation
March 22, 2023
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Foxconn Learns Making Vehicles is Hard
March 21, 2023
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Supplier Recalls Strawberries Linked to Hep A Outbreak
March 21, 2023
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NYC Man Pleads Guilty in Baby Formula Scheme
March 20, 2023
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How to Select Ideal IIoT & Networking Solutions
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How to Select Ideal IIoT & Networking Solutions
For many industries, IIoT presents as many challenges as opportunities, but it is clearly the way of the future. Successfully deploying an IIoT application requires careful planning and attention to detail from the moment you decide to begin your journey.
February 23, 2023
Construction continues on the plant, part of a $5.6 billion joint project by Ford Motor Co. and battery maker SK on Friday, March 24, 2023 in Stanton, Tenn. Ford says its new assembly plant being built in western Tennessee will be able to build up to 500,000 electric pickup trucks per year at full production.
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Ford's New U.S. Plant Could Make 500,000 Electric Pickups Per Year
The new site will employ about 6,000 people and cost the company roughly $5.6 billion.
March 24, 2023
Dan Stickel, chief economist with the Alaska Department of Revenue's tax division, left at table, speaks to the Senate Finance Committee as part of a presentation on the major North Slope oil project known as the Willow project on Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Seated next to Stickel is Owen Stephens with the tax division.
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Official: Willow Oil Project Holds Promise, Faces Obstacles
The project isn't a sure thing.
March 24, 2023
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3D-Printing Brain Blood Vessels Can Improve Neurosurgery
The blood vessels are printed in silicone to improve and personalize the procedure.
March 24, 2023
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Software Simplifies Specialty Bicycle Manufacturer’s Corporate Month-End Close
PowerClose integrates fully with the company’s ERP for fast, easy end of month reconciliation.
March 24, 2023
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Stratasys Rejects Takeover Attempt by Nano Dimension
Nano Dimension issued a statement expressing disappointment in Stratasys' decision.
March 24, 2023
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Scandal-Plagued Japan Tech Giant Toshiba Gets Tender Offer
The buyout would keep Toshiba's business Japanese in an alliance with Japanese partners.
March 24, 2023
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4 Ways to Apply PLCs in Manufacturing
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are widely used in manufacturing to oversee and influence various processes.
March 24, 2023
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Safety Device, Human Error Derailed Wash. Train
The devices force trains off the tracks when the bridge is open. But it wasn't open.
March 24, 2023
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Army Corps Further Delays Decision on Great Lakes Oil Tunnel
An approval decision would be expected in early 2026.
March 24, 2023
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New Wood-Based Technology Removes 80% of Dye Pollutants in Wastewater
These tiny nanoparticles have an outstanding adsorption capacity, which the researchers have now found a way to utilize.
March 24, 2023
A cleanup worker stands on a derailed tank car of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2023.
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Norfolk Southern Won't Push for 1-Person Train Crews
The embattled railroad made the announcement with the nation’s largest rail union.
March 24, 2023
Cooling towers release heat generated by boiling water reactors at Xcel Energy's Nuclear Generating Plant on Oct. 2, 2019, in Monticello, Minn.
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Radioactive Water Leaks at Minn. Nuclear Plant for 2nd Time
The plant is scheduled to power down.
March 24, 2023
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Motion Parent Announces Partnership with Google Cloud
The collaboration aims to accelerate the company's data, digital and technology initiatives.
March 23, 2023
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Albemarle Announces $1.3B Lithium Processing Facility in U.S.
Production will support the manufacturing of some 2.4 million electric vehicles each year.
March 23, 2023