Driverge Vehicle Innovations to build manufacturing facility at Chapel Hill Business Park in Akron

Driverge Vehicle Innovations to build manufacturing facility at Chapel Hill Business Park in Akron

AKRON, Ohio – Driverge Vehicle Innovations will build a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Chapel Hill Business Park, a redevelopment of the former Chapel Hill Mall on Brittain Road in Akron, developer Industrial Commercial Properties announced. The Richfield-based company builds commercial shuttles, wheelchair accessible vans, transporters and small buses. “We are ecstatic about our new…

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A One-Stop, AI-Driven Manufacturing Marketplace

A One-Stop, AI-Driven Manufacturing Marketplace

AI helps build a more efficient manufacturing ecosystem getty This column has long kept an eye on Xometry, the global on-demand manufacturing platform company based in Maryland. From the very beginning, Xometry’s focus has been on creating a strong ecosystem that helps manufacturing companies of all sizes to increase efficiency and flexibility, reduce costs, and…

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Judson University and Technology & Manufacturing Association create partnership for new Manufacturing Leadership Program

Judson University and Technology & Manufacturing Association create partnership for new Manufacturing Leadership Program

Judson University and the Technology and Manufacturing Association have begun an exclusive partnership to offer a new Manufacturing Leadership Program at Judson’s Elgin, Illinois campus. The objective of the program is to sustain and grow the “bread-and-butter” business sector of small and mid-size manufacturing by equipping the next generation of industry leaders with the knowledge…

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Emergent underway with 0M in manufacturing upgrades as it gears up for ‘post-pandemic work’

Emergent underway with $100M in manufacturing upgrades as it gears up for ‘post-pandemic work’

After struggling through COVID-19 vaccine production woes in 2021, Emergent BioSolutions has another surprise for its investors in early 2022.  Last month, Emergent projected revenues of $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion for this year. Now, the company has dropped the figure to $1.3 to $1.4 billion.  Why the adjustment? In its quarterly report, Emergent credited its decision to…

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Mystifying Manufacturing Numbers: What Should We Make of Them?

Mystifying Manufacturing Numbers: What Should We Make of Them?

IndustryWeek’s elite panel of regular contributors. Business management guru Tom Peters once wrote, “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” Well, American manufacturing leaders are paying attention to the increasingly complex circumstances they face—and they are quite confused. The latest data on manufacturing are mystifying in their extremes. Where is the light at the…

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WATCH NOW: Centrisys founder reacquires full ownership of Kenosha-based manufacturing company | Business

WATCH NOW: Centrisys founder reacquires full ownership of Kenosha-based manufacturing company | Business

One of Kenosha’s largest manufacturers has successfully completed the process of re-acquiring complete ownership of its business from a foreign company. Centrisys manufactures custom high-speed dewatering centrifuges, sludge thickeners and provides a global centrifuge repair service. It formally split from Chinese-based Techcent this winter. Centrisys and Techcent formed a joint venture in 2007 which gave…

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