Manufacturing

Scottish Renewables has joined the steering board of SusWind, the wind turbine blade recycling programme started in 2021 by the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. On the steering board, “Scottish Renewables joins The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland, BVG Associates, RenewableUK, ZeroWaste Scotland, Net Zero Technology Centre and Vestas”, said NCC. “Collectively, they ...

Chips Act investments to boost semiconductor manufacturing are not seeing the expected results, point out the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and FT. In May 2020 TSMC announced plans to build a fab in Arizona with construction starting in 2021 and production on 4nm scheduled to start in 2024. Production has now been put back to 2025. The second fab was ...

Richard LeCain has been appointed chief technology officer at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC). “Richard has more than 20 years of experience working in the battery industry, having previously held technical and leadership positions at A123 Systems and Britishvolt,” according to UKBIC. He “has worked in battery plants across the world, transferring processes and designs from the lab into ...

Hertfordshire UK contract manufacturer Alan Anderson Manufacturing has signed a deal with Continental Device India (CDIL) to supply discrete semiconductors including silicon carbide components. “We are taking a different approach to the supply of PCB assemblies,” said AA Manufacturing sales director Michael Knight. “We ensure supply by forging partnerships with our suppliers. When we get a BOM from a customer, ...

With the certificate of occupancy secured on the building’s construction, Terran Orbital – the satellite manufacturer – is commencing construction of a new space vehicle assembly facility. The 94,000 square feet building – situated on a five-acre site – is located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, California. The company says it is targeting occupancy in Q1 2025. Terran says it ...

Intel is moving its second High NA EUV tool into its Oregon development fab. “As we move the Intel 4, Intel 3 capacity into Ireland, it also gives our TD (technical development) team more focus on their capital on 18A as well as then 14A and 10A, and we’re taking, for instance, the second high NA tool is coming into ...

TSMC will break ground on its first European fab in August, reports the Nikkei, with TSMC chairman and CEO C.CWei attending, “TSMC plans to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for the ESMC’s fab in Dresden, Germany, on August 20,” says TSMC, “this event represents a significant milestone for TSMC and our investment partners in the European semiconductor industry. The ESMC project ...

Axiom Manufacturing Services is setting up to make a smart Internet-connected thermostat for Switchee “a British technology company that works with over 130 social housing providers”, said Axiom. Our “responsibilities will extend beyond the design of bespoke manufacture and test solutions and printed circuit board assembly, providing a full turnkey solution to ensure complete boxed products are delivered”, it continued. ...

Panasonic has produced a range of micron-accurate industrial distance measuring sensors. Unlike its earlier similar sensors, digital output devices in the new HL-G2 series include interfaces for both Ethernet and RS-485 in each unit, selected by the cable used to connect them to the host system. They can communicate using EtherNet/IP, SLMP (seem-less message protocol), Modbus TCP or Modbus RTU. ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced an open competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute focused on the use of  AI to increase the resilience of U.S. manufacturers. The Notice of Funding Opportunity is  published on Grants.gov. NIST anticipates funding up to $70 million over a five-year period, subject to the availability of federal funds, ...