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Chlorine
Safety
Chlorine Leak at Texas Chemical Plant Prompts Shelter in Place Advisory
The company manufacturers products that are used to make plastics, paper products and detergents.
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Elon Musk gestures as he arrives for a state dinner hosted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in honor of President Donald Trump at Lusail Palace in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
Automotive
Elon Musk Expects to Still Be Tesla CEO in Five Years
And he vows to put hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas on U.S. roads by the end of next year.
May 20, 2025
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Video
Philips Helps Users 3D Print Their Own Trimmer Accessories
The right to repair argument is about to get right up in your face.
May 20, 2025
Robin Zeng, chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), center right, strikes the gong at the listing ceremony in Hong Kong, Tuesday, May. 20, 2025.
Automotive
Shares in China's CATL, World's Biggest EV Battery Maker, Surge in Hong Kong After $4.6 Billion IPO
The company held a nearly 38% global market share for EV batteries in 2024.
May 20, 2025
A worker lifts a steel sheet after cutting it in a specific design at a factory in a suburb of Bengaluru, India, Feb. 27, 2025.
Operations
India's Steel Expansion Threatens Climate Goals, Global Efforts to Clean Up Industry
"So goes India, so goes the world.”
May 20, 2025
Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Ga., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
Operations
Company Decides Not to Rebuild Chlorine Plant with History of Fires, Explosions, Toxic Clouds
The most recent catastrophe took place last September.
May 19, 2025
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The DO-1 universal monitor for Modbus devices from Altech.
Technology
Universal Monitor for Modbus Devices Combines Data Collection, Analysis, Alerting in Single Package
Altech’s DO-1 is built for enterprises of all sizes.
May 20, 2025
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Operations
WHA Group Accelerates Expansion in Vietnam with Two Industrial Zone Projects
The new developments would increase WHA's total industrial zone coverage to 4,590 hectares.
May 20, 2025
A Levi's banner adorns the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Operations
Levi Strauss to Sell Dockers for Up to $391 Million
The brand birthed "Casual Fridays."
May 20, 2025
One of the primary advantages of data analytics in manufacturing is the ability to access real-time data. By leveraging technologies, companies can monitor every aspect of their operations, from machinery performance to supply chain logistics, in real-time.
IOT
Implementing IIoT Drives Manufacturing Efficiencies
The seamless integration of advanced software technologies can improve processes.
May 20, 2025
Augmented Reality IoT graphic.
Artificial Intelligence
BEET Unveils AI-Driven Intelligent Manufacturing Platform
The platform can help uncover hidden opportunities to increase throughput company-wide.
May 20, 2025
In the optical power beaming receiver designed for PRAD, the laser enters the center aperture, strikes a parabolic mirror, and reflects onto dozens of photovoltaic cells arranged around the inside of the device which convert the energy back to usable power.
Operations
DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming
More than 800 W of power was delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 5.3 miles away.
May 20, 2025
Mechanical Engineering Masters Student, Putu Brahmanda Sudarsana, holds a 3D printed sphere with holes at the Marine Hydrodynamics laboratory on University of Michigan's Central Campus in Ann Arbor, MI on December 17, 2025.
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Agile Underwater Vehicles Inspired by Golf Balls
WATCH: The spherical prototype can change its surface from smooth to dimpled cuts.
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The Boston LEGO Hub ribbon cutting ceremony.
Operations
LEGO Group Officially Opens New Boston Hub
The new headquarters looks to add more than 800 jobs.
May 20, 2025
A sign for the company Equinor is displayed on Oct. 28, 2020, in Fornebu, Norway.
Energy
Developer to Resume NY Offshore Wind Project
A stop-work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project.
May 20, 2025
A person with a prosthetic hand printed on a 3d printer at the wheel of a car.
Additive Manufacturing
How 3D Printing Is Personalizing Health Care
The field is moving quickly.
May 20, 2025
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech at the 80th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of Victory in Europe at Taipei Guest House, in Taipei, Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Trade
Taiwan's President Calls Tariff Tensions with U.S. 'Frictions Between Friends'
The U.S. has been Taiwan's strongest unofficial ally in the face of military threats by China.
May 20, 2025
A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus works near the logo of Honda Motor Company at a showroom on May 13, 2021, in Tokyo.
Automotive
Honda Pulls Back on EV Strategy, Will Push Hybrid Sales
The automaker is drastically cutting its EV goals.
May 20, 2025
This screengrab shows a quadruped robot integrated with multiple sensing modalities, including an RGB camera, LiDAR, inertial sensors, and, notably, contact microphones and tactile sensors.
Artificial Intelligence
Robots Given Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
WATCH: A Duke-developed AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and the robot's own body.
May 19, 2025
ABB's PixelPaint technology enables Mercedes-Benz to develop new personalized options for its most exclusive models. The solution is initially being used for the Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series. The obsidian black hood of this exclusive model is available with an intricate Maybach pattern upon customers’ request.
Automotive
ABB’s PixelPaint Brings Exclusive, Sustainable Paint Finishes to Mercedes-Benz Plant
PixelPaint uses a paint head with more than 1,000 individually controlled nozzles.
May 19, 2025
Bottles of Perrier are pictured in a supermarket, as a French Senate inquiry commission said the government of President Emmanuel Macron covered up decisions over the illegal treatment of mineral water by food industry giant Nestle, Monday, May 19, 2025 in Paris.
Laws & Regulations
Inquiry Says France's Government Covered Up Nestle's Illegal Treatment of Bottled Water
The world-famous Perrier brand is ensnared in the scandal.
May 19, 2025