Fanuc previews 11-kg welding cobots for shipyards at Fabtech 2026
The CRX-3iA joins a wave of portable arms entering heavy fabrication, following HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' deployment of 35…
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Every EAB briefing filed under the Economic Security policy tag, newest first. 456 briefings.
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Pentagon ends Chinese mineral waivers before 2027 deadline
The phaseout forces Korean and Japanese naval contractors to trace all neodymium magnets down to the mine under DFARS…
Samsung SDI puts Gen 3 lithium packs in Textron E-Z-GO fleet
The South Korean battery maker expands cylindrical pack shipments to 2027 utility carts as EV demand cools, adding…
IndexBox reports 12% annual growth for dual-arm chip cobots
Turnkey bimanual systems handling semiconductor packaging and electronics assembly will double by 2035 as Asia-Pacific drives…
Micron taps TSMC for custom HBM4E memory, taking on SK hynix
The US memory maker will outsource its HBM4E base logic dies to TSMC's advanced node, targeting up to 30% higher bandwidth for…
Pentagon awards Elmet $2.45B to cut China tungsten reliance by 2027
The equity and procurement package expands domestic powder manufacturing fivefold before a federal ban on Russian and Chinese…
AMD and Intel lift chip prices 10% on higher TSMC wafer fees
The planned markups across client processors and accelerators pass through foundry price hikes of up to 10% as advanced packaging…
PIIE ties $99.8 billion US-China trade gap to tariff evasion
Bilateral customs gaps reached 63% of American imports through July, pointing to transshipment through Vietnam as US tariff rates…
Hanwha Ocean Loses Court Injunction Over Subcontractor Talks
The shipbuilder posted notices listing two supplier unions at its Geoje yard after judges rejected its petition to block labor…
HD Hyundai Heavy union votes down wage deal, reopening talksMembers
More than 52% of voting shipbuilders opposed the agreement over base wages, threatening production schedules across three years…
SFA targets 95% unmanned logistics as chip gear sales double
The South Korean automation supplier will deploy humanoid robots with Rainbow Robotics to reach 95% unmanned factory logistics by…
LG Energy Solution readies Mercedes cylindrical cell rollout in Poland
The battery maker has committed 157.5 gigawatt-hours of large-format cylindrical capacity to the German automaker across North…
South Korean battery makers prepare sodium-ion lines for energy storage
Cell manufacturers limit early sodium-ion spending to pilot facilities while targeting 2027 prototype shipments to counter…
Samsung starts Exynos 2700 production, lifting run size 10%
The 2nm processor targets Galaxy S27 handsets in Korea and Europe, trimming reliance on Qualcomm as Samsung Foundry works to…
LG Electronics adds chiller plants in US and Korea for AI cooling
A 150 billion won investment in Virginia and domestic sites targets thermal bottlenecks as data center power requirements climb…
CATL expands Hungary battery workforce for local EV supply
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited is adding staff at its €7.34 billion Debrecen site after starting trial cell…
Lynas buys Meteoric for $672M to control Brazil rare earths
The Australian miner's all-stock takeover of the Caldeira deposit targets dysprosium and terbium supplies to break Western…
Mitsubishi Heavy buys Shimonoseki site in $638M yard plan
The group signed a contract on Oct. 2 to acquire 14.5 hectares for a new hull block plant, backed by up to 40 billion yen in…
Hitachi and Fanuc form physical AI alliance to run factories
The partnership pairs HMAX Industry software with industrial robots across Hitachi plants before commercial deployment to…
MK Electron expands Kunshan plated wire capacity by 50% into 2027
The South Korean materials maker is lifting output at its Chinese plant to meet confirmed orders from local assembly houses as…
Nexchip injects $128M into Anhui Jingmei to secure photomask supplyMembers
The transaction transfers tooling subsidiary Hefei Jingwei to Anhui Jingmei as part of a 2.2 billion yuan expansion, lifting the…
LS Electric wins $133M US transformer deal for AI power grids
The 345-kilovolt substation order covers nine North American sites through 2030, underscoring persistent transformer shortages…
China Merchants Energy Shipping seals $2.8B Simandou VLOC transport contract
The 25-year freight commitment for Guinea iron ore deploys six newbuild carriers to anchor Chinese sovereign bulk logistics from…
Hanwha Ocean takes legal action after Geoje crane sit-in
The shipbuilder rejected joint bargaining with catering subcontractors under Korea's amended labor law, escalating risks for…