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Timken Expands Manufacturing Footprint in Latin America

The Timken Company

The new facility manufactures tapered roller bearings and will serve customers across the Americas and globally.

The new facility in Mexico will manufacture tapered roller bearings using advanced manufacturing technologies.

Ricardo Receives Funding to Improve Electric Vehicle Efficiency and Performance

Ricardo will research methods for improving the performance and efficiency of electric motors, batteries and electronic components.

Part of Ricardo's research will involve development of a test platform for monitoring and prognostics of battery health.

Market Analysis

Metalformers Predict Little Change in Economic Activity

Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)

According to the December PMA Business Conditions Report, 49% of metalforming companies expect no change in economic activity in the next 3 months.

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DEUTZ Invests €41 Million in its German Sites

DEUTZ Corporation

The investment includes capital expenditure that will make the company's facilities more competitive and enhance their ability to innovate.

Camshaft production at the DEUTZ facility in Cologne.

GM Defense Begins Build-Out of Facility for Production of Infantry Squad Vehicle

As GM Defense ramps to full-rate production, the facility will help to manufacture 649 ISVs and will support the production of up to 2,065 vehicles.

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World Bearing Association Releases New App to Identify Counterfeit Bearings

The app allows bearing customers, distributors, and customs officials to scan a QR or DMC code on the bearing packaging to identify whether that code is correct.

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Manitou Group Consolidating U.S. Footprint

To further optimize its production capacities within the United States, Manitou Group has decided to discontinue its operations in Waco, TX.

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ACEINNA OpenRTK330LI EVK Development Kit

The OpenRTK330LI EVK development kit is designed to aid developers who are creating 3D machine control and guidance systems, as well as navigation systems for autonomous vehicles.

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dSPACE Offering Development Tools on Microsoft Cloud Computing Platform Azure

dSPACE will work with Microsoft to provide mature and proven end-to-end solutions for the development of advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving systems.

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Engineering & Manufacturing

ABI Research Forecasts Smart Manufacturing and Simulation to be Top Trends in 2021

ABI Research sees additive manufacturing, simulation and smart manufacturing making a bigger impact in the industrial and manufacturing markets in 2021.

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Daimler Trucks North America Commits to Carbon Neutral Vehicle Production by 2025

Daimler Truck North America LLC

The company plans to incorporate carbon dioxide-neutral production at all of its truck manufacturing plants by 2025.

DTNA's Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant will achieve carbon neutral production in 2020 with reduced energy consumption and the offset of on-site emissions.

Obsolescence Engineering & Supply Chain Development for Existing Components

GS Engineering Inc.

GS Engineering and L’Anse Manufacturing designed and produced replacement wheels for critical firefighting equipment in California.

A 3D scan and coordinate measuring machine (CMM) inspection of a representative legacy wheel was completed. The result of this data collection was a surface model of the component.

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