Fanuc and Yaskawa Expand US Robot Plants to Meet AI Factory Push
The Japanese automation leaders are committing over $270 million to new Michigan and Wisconsin campuses as North American…
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ABB shifts industrial robot control to commercial tablets
The handheld E-Device interface supplies physical emergency stop controls across all OmniCore controllers, enabling plant…
OCI anchors Jeonbuk chip materials hub with acid expansion
The chemical maker will lift Gunsan phosphoric acid capacity to 30,000 tons as South Korea commits 45 billion won to anchor an…
CATL begins trial cell production at 100 GWh Hungarian site
The €7.34 billion Debrecen facility cleared environmental disputes to run its first two lines, challenging Korean cell makers…
SK On signs 18 GWh US battery storage pact with NeoVolta
The five-year framework converts unallocated EV pouch cell lines in Georgia to lithium iron phosphate stationary storage for…
HD Hyundai Samho builds three-tank LNG carriers for BW LNGMembers
The 176,800-cubic-meter design adds 2,800 cubic meters of capacity and trims daily boil-off by 6% while using standard terminal…
Evolution Metals expands Korea magnet plant to 10,000 tons
The US firm is scaling its Pohang facility ten-fold to 10,000 metric tons ahead of a January 2027 Pentagon ban on Chinese rare…
Qualcomm keeps TSMC for 2nm processors, shutting out Samsung Foundry
The mobile chipmaker affirmed its exclusive production tie to TSMC despite wafer costs topping $30,000, leaving Samsung with…
BYD launches 1,000-hp electric truck to challenge Tesla Semi
The 44-metric-ton ETT 44 tractor pairs a 651 kWh Blade Battery with 20-minute flash charging to enter European long-haul freight…
BYD readies 300 kW Flash Charging for entry Seagull city car
The automaker aims to bring nine-minute charging to sub-$15,000 cars, stepping up pressure on foreign rivals relying on slower…
BYD hires 8,000 workers in Xi'an to lift export production
The Chinese automaker is expanding assembly staff across five manufacturing zones after line retooling, matching surging overseas…
BYD Commits Over $1B to Brazil EV Manufacturing
The Chinese automaker's Sept. 25 pledge builds on a $1.1 billion first-phase plant already targeting 150,000 vehicles a year by…
KKR deploys record $3 billion into South Korea AI hardware
The private equity firm is targeting data center platforms, enterprise services and clean generation capacity tied to advanced…
Arkema secures Ulsan acrylic acid storage to supply Korea
The French specialty chemical group booked 3,000 cubic meters of glacial acrylic acid capacity at the Ulsan HDOT terminal,…
Doosan Robotics names Kwon Young-min CEO to reverse losses
The collaborative robot maker is shifting resources toward turnkey automated software after losing 26.5 billion won in the first…
Samsung SDI restarts Synergy Cells investment for 2028 ramp
The battery maker will deploy part of a 4.45 trillion won cash reserve to retool the Indiana plant for energy storage systems…
HD Korea Shipbuilding advances $4B shipyard project in India
The South Korean shipbuilder completed site surveys in Tamil Nadu to build a greenfield mega-yard with an annual capacity of 2.5…
HD Hyundai secures ClassNK design approval for 35,000 cbm ammonia carrier
The midsize liquefied gas carrier design complies with ClassNK structural rules and clears regulatory docking requirements for…
CATL licenses battery pack technology to Egypt's BME on 1 GWh plant
The $39 million venture will assemble commercial vehicle batteries before expanding to 5 gigawatt-hours for passenger electric…
LG Energy Solution locks US lithium supply in Smackover pactMembers
The 10-year offtake contract yields 80,000 tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate from an Arkansas direct extraction project to…
EcoPro BM enters talks with CATL on Hungary cathode deal
The prospective 20,000-ton annual offtake agreement would link South Korea's top cathode maker to China's leading battery…
Doosan commits $725 million to expand AI chip laminate lines
The South Korean conglomerate will spend 968.4 billion won through 2028 across domestic and Chinese sites to meet surging demand…
SK hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs NAND fab in New York
The South Korean memory producer said Sept. 18 that no terms are settled, as Washington pressures foreign chipmakers to onshore…
FANUC America taps Palladyne AI for factory robot autonomyMembers
The multi-stage initiative embeds real-time motion planning software across industrial articulated arms, addressing variable…