📌 Top Highlights
Rumors suggest Intel and AMD are in cahoots
Batteries of the future are coming
The winds of change are headed to Kentucky
🔍 Deep Dive: The Intel on Intel
If the manufacturing industry had a group chat, Intel would be a hot topic of conversation. The intel on Intel is that the company is in early talks with AMD, one of its biggest former competitors.
According to speculation, AMD is considering using Intel for chip production, which would give the latter a significant boost and prove symbolic for the industry, one where adversaries often turn into allies in the common goal of advancing technology.
🖨 Technology Trailblazers
In a Duracell drive and an Energizer expedition, Clemson University and MIT are merging forces to build batteries of the future.
Good fortune is blowing Kentucky’s way. An estimated 22,000 jobs could be created in the Appalachian area as the wind manufacturing industry takes hold.
Friction stir welding has been around since the late 1990s, but it feels as though it’s only recently truly arrived. No longer a niche application, this welding wizardry is rubbing elbows with the automotive, medical, and electronics industries.
💰 The Great Recession Still Rearing Its Ugly Head
Trump’s tariffs are unlikely to fix the manufacturing economy in the foreseeable future, at least according to experts. While employment in the manufacturing sector has rebounded over the past 15 years, it hasn’t been the same since the Great Recession of 2008.
In fact, just this year, manufacturing employment has sunk by 33,000 jobs, with most losses in the automobile, household, and electronics industries.
🏢 Movers and Shakers
The FDA recently launched a program aimed at reviewing generic products made in the US at an expedited pace. While government agencies aren’t exactly known for their speed, this initiative is designed to promote domestic manufacturing.
Becton, Dickinson, and Company celebrated 55 years of manufacturing achievement at its South Carolina facility.
DMR Technology is building a manufacturing facility in Louisiana and plans to hire over 500 people during the next decade. A maker of industrial drones, it has already partnered with SoLA Drones to sell unmanned aircraft for agricultural, industrial, and delivery sectors.
Machina Labs, forward thinkers in the manufacturing and robotics realm, have announced revolutionary automotive body panels and accessories. This tech streamlines the production of automobile customization, enabling cars to be made more personal than ever before….and putting the “me” in Mercedes.
💡 Manufacturing Marvels
National Manufacturing Day took place on October 3rd. This day is dedicated to honoring manufacturers of the past while inspiring the manufacturers of tomorrow. It is often full of tours, workshops, demonstrations, and job fairs.