Airlines wish to see a new middle-of-the-market aircraft developed, according to a new survey jointly produced by Penton Aviation Week Network and BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
Read more...Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co, a group company under Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has completed delivery of its first Ablaser laser micromachining system to a Japanese manufacturer of precision instruments.
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Machine tool and laser manufacturer Trumpf is building a demonstration factory in Chicago that is designed as a flexible, digitally connected production plant. The entire sheet metal process chain will be on display, from the ordering of a sheet metal part to its design, production and delivery is intelligently interlinked.
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Lightweight metals manufacturer Alcoa has opened a 3D printing metal powder production facility at its Alcoa Technology Centre, a research centre for light metals. The New York City-headquartered company will produce titanium, nickel and aluminium powders for 3D printed aerospace parts. Alcoa has also invested in a range of technologies to further develop additive processes, product design and qualification.
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Georgian to begin developing a new Silk Road rail link between China and Europe.
Read more...Germany-based ZF Friedrichshafen AG has plans for a bigger presence in India, focusing on the auto components business. The global auto parts maker is also looking to set up a research and development facility in the country.
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A key trend that will propel the growth of the global aluminium die casting machinery market is stimulation-based castings, according to a 2016 market report by RnR Market Research.
Read more...Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) plans to ask the Trade Department to provide incentives to rationalise the cost of bringing in hybrid vehicles into the country, and has indicated plans to inject additional investments in the local automotive industry.
Read more...Midas Holdings' joint venture company CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport (NPRT) has secured four contracts with a cumulative value of ¥3.3 billion (US$501 million) in China for the supply of metro trains and trams.
Read more...According to a report by Research and Markets, the global metal additive manufacturing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24.47 percent during the period 2016 to 2020.
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