Andy Szal

1 week ago | thomasnet.com | Andy Szal |Audrey Altmann

A Florida additive manufacturing startup has started operations at what it says is by far the largest factory dedicated to 3D printing in the world. Haddy said that its new “microfactory” in St. Petersburg offers 16 times more production capacity than its nearest competitor.

1 week ago | thomasnet.com | Andy Szal |Audrey Altmann

Honeywell has introduced a new technology platform designed to optimize the production of “green” hydrogen, company officials announced. Honeywell officials said that the Honeywell Protonium suite helps address critical challenges when using zero-emission energy sources to produce hydrogen, which can, in turn, be converted to electricity with water vapor as its only emissions.

1 week ago | thomasnet.com | Andy Szal |Audrey Altmann

Battery and electronic materials manufacturer Samsung SDI has officially started production of “the next generation” of cylindrical batteries, company officials announced. The company added that the initial “46-series” batteries debuted more than a year ahead of schedule. The company’s first 46-series batteries are 4695 modules—measuring 46 millimeters in diameter and 95 millimeters in height—produced at a plant in South Korea and assembled by a subsidiary in Vietnam.

1 week ago | thomasnet.com | Andy Szal |Audrey Altmann

Space technology company Intuitive Machines will send its fourth delivery mission to the Moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, company officials announced. The mission will deliver a pair of data relay satellites to the lunar surface, expanding Intuitive Machines’ operations on the Moon and supporting NASA’s “Near Space Network Services” program. In addition to fulfilling IM’s contract with NASA, the satellites can host additional sensors and payloads from both commercial and government customers.

1 week ago | inddist.com | Andy Szal

Fastenal on Friday reported higher sales and profits in the first quarter of the year while earnings edged up slightly compared to the same quarter last year. The Minnesota distributor — no. 4 on ID’s 2024 Big 50 — posted $1.96 billion in net sales in the first three months of the year, a 3.4% year-over-year increase despite one fewer selling day in the current window. On a daily average basis, sales were up 5% over that span.