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May 6, 2024

Current Climate: California, Tesla And The EV Market’s Mixed Signals

This week’s Current Climate, which every Monday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability.

ByAlan OhnsmanForbes Staff
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PREMIUMMay 3, 2024

Lukas Walton’s Climate-Focused Investment Firm S2G Raises $600 Million In Outside Funding

The move by the Walmart heir represents the first time that he’s opened the firm up to outside investors.

ByAmy FeldmanForbes Staff
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PREMIUMMay 3, 2024

This Startup’s AI Designs Enzymes That Can Eat Plastic Waste

Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material that acts new. Now the three-year-old company needs to prove that it can scale up.

ByAmy FeldmanForbes Staff
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May 2, 2024

UVeye And The Future Of Machine Vision In Supply Chain

UVeye is a great example of transforming a business with machine vision. Now is the time to widen the aperture on what is possible for supply chain.

ByKevin O'MarahContributor
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May 2, 2024

A 3D Printer On Every Desk? Why Companies Are Buying More 3D Printers

Entry-level desktop 3D printers saw record sales in 2023. It’s not the number of machines sold that’s surprising; it’s who’s buying them: businesses.

ByCarolyn SchwaarContributor
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Apr 30, 2024

Shein And Temu Aren’t The Only Forces Behind U.S. Apparel Manufacturing Slump

There has been another big round of closures of small American garment makers. Most blame is directed at tariff-ducking by Temu and Shein, but things go well beyond that.

ByJim VinoskiContributor
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Apr 29, 2024

Current Climate: A $46 Million Renewable Energy Swindle

This week’s Current Climate, which every Monday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week.

ByAmy FeldmanForbes Staff
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Apr 26, 2024

UAW Wins Last-Minute Deal At Daimler Truck Averting A Strike

A UAW strike against Daimler Truck North America was averted when the two sides reached a deal shortly before the contract was due to expire.

ByEd GarstenSenior Contributor
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Apr 25, 2024

As Copper Demand Surges, Urban Mining May Save The Day

India’s growing manufacturing sector and demand for AI infrastructure could strain copper’s fragile supply chains. Scrap copper could help leaders circumvent the crisis.

ByKevin O'MarahContributor
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Apr 25, 2024

‘Sustainable Fashion’ Needs A Breakthrough. Here’s A Blueprint For It

The arbiters of the industry (designers) have long been educated to uphold their 'vision' and aesthetic tendencies at the expense of all else.

ByBrooke Roberts-IslamSenior Contributor
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Apr 25, 2024

Micron’s $6.14 Billion CHIPS Grant Will Support A Commodity Product

Micron's CHIPS Act grant will support manufacturing of a commodity product - memory chips, that are vital in the age of AI.

ByWilly ShihSenior Contributor
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Apr 23, 2024

Risk & Reward Through MRO: How AI Is Tackling Manufacturing’s Billion-Dollar Parts Problem

Too often, the amount of working capital allocated to manage the risk of downtime is an afterthought and becomes out of balance.

ByPaul J. NobleContributor
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Apr 23, 2024

SkyWater Technology Is Lowering Barriers To Advanced Chip Packaging

SkyWater has partnered with Deca Technologies to develop a multi chip packaging capability that will lower the entry barriers to advanced packaging.

ByWilly ShihSenior Contributor
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Apr 22, 2024

Manufacturing’s Faster Horse Moment: Some Thoughts On Composable MES

We’re thinking about MES in a misguided way, and that this wrongheaded conception of MES is preventing organizations from realizing the promise of digital transformation.

ByNatan LinderContributor
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Apr 22, 2024

A Rapidly Growing Carbon Capture Company Is Hiding C02 In Front Of You

Neustark is putting C02 in your roads and just signed a carbon removal deal with Microsoft

ByMark Le DainContributor
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Apr 22, 2024

Current Climate: Using AI To Cut Packaging Waste

This week’s Current Climate, which every Monday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability.

ByAlan OhnsmanForbes Staff
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Apr 16, 2024

Where Boeing Went Wrong And What Manufacturers Can Learn From It

Quality control is very much engrained in a company's culture. Manufacturers should hold high quality as a core value and make sure their teams live it day-in and-out.

ByEthan KarpContributor