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Getty Images China, a critical cog in the global supply chain, is in an economic jam--and that's a problem for business owners who rely on the manufacturing superpower. Rewind to 2020: Labor shortages, production delays, increased demand, and other issues led to global supply chain disruptions, and the continued lockdowns in China worsened those woes. One Inc. 5000…

Getty Images China, a critical cog in the global supply chain, is in an economic jam–and that’s a problem for business owners who rely on the manufacturing superpower. Rewind to 2020: L…

When The Jetsons premiered in 1962, show writers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera imagined what the future might look like in 100 years. They also created George Jetson, the “dad of the future,” to…

Manufacturing in China started to improve in May after the country lifted coronavirus lockdowns that shut down China’s richest and most populous city of Shanghai, as well as other industrial …

Qatar Airways has committed to order up to 50 Boeing 777-8 freighter jets, including 34 firm orders and options for 16 additional planes, in a total purchase worth more than $20 billion at current list prices.

Plenty of places claim they are Europe’s answer to Silicon Valley: Stockholm boasts the most unicorns per capita, and London is the continent’s VC hub. But only the small Dutch town of Veldhoven—whose population numbers 45,000—is home to the closest thing Europe has to a big tech giant.

Tesla’s plans to start manufacturing cars in Germany don’t seem to be progressing as well as hoped. Elon Musk has been railing against German red tape, which has delayed the opening of the Berlin G…

A technician at work on a rotor at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International (MCO-I) facility in Pearland, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region. MCO-I Consumers may love the “click today,…

The bad news on inflation just keeps coming. At more than 9% year on year across the rich world, it has not been this high since the 1980s—and there have never been so many “inflation surprises”, w…

As information technology remakes the modern factory, forward-looking companies are creating virtual worlds to optimize real-world manufacturing. The rewards include improvements in business value …

Polar Manufacturing has been making ​metal ​hinges, locks, and brackets ​in south Chicago for more than 100 years. Some of the company’s metal presses—hulking great machines that loom over a worker—date from the 1950s. Last year, to meet rising demand amid a shortage of workers, Polar hired its first robot employee.

Manufacturers haven’t overcome the worldwide semiconductor shortage. Gaming consoles like the PlayStation 5 are still scarce, automakers are delivering cars with missing features, and Apple may end…

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