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2 weeks ago | 
industryweek.com | Jill Jusko |Geert De Lombaerde |Anna Smith |Laura Putre
Editor’s note: Welcome to So That Happened, our editors’ takes on things going on in the manufacturing world that deserve some extra attention. This will appear regularly in the Member’s Only section of the site. Guess who is celebrating a centennial in 2025? It's Caterpillar Inc., which officially turns 100 on April 15.
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3 weeks ago | 
smartindustry.com | Scott Achelpohl |Geert De Lombaerde
What you’ll learn:The Nano Dimension acquisition of Desktop Metal was first announced in July. The deal is the latest in a chaotic two years for the additive manufacturing market. It’s been almost two years since Stratasys, the largest company in the AM space, bid $1.8 billion for Desktop Metal, but Nano’s purchase of the company, finalized April 2, was valued at much less, $179.3 million.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith |Geert De Lombaerde |Jill Jusko |Robert Schoenberger
Strength in Numbers Matters for Tariff Lobbying, TooCEOs of America, unite! You have nothing to lose but your supply chains!That’s a tongue-in-cheek takeaway from a recent discussion between Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief Ravi Agrawal and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, founder and president of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute and professor at the Yale School of Management.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Geert De Lombaerde |Anna Smith |Dennis Scimeca |Ryan Secard
Editor’s note: Welcome to So That Happened, our editors’ takes on things going on in the manufacturing world that deserve some extra attention. This will appear regularly in the Member’s Only section of the site. Would supporters of tariffs consider them a success if they led to one in three manufacturing businesses increasing their domestic production capacity? It strikes us as quite likely that they would raise a glass to that outcome.
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2 months ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith |Robert Schoenberger |Geert De Lombaerde |Jill Jusko
From data centers needed for all of those artificial intelligence chatbots to a growing number of electric vehicles on the road, demand for electricity is growing. Despite decades of energy efficiency increases, the U.S. Energy Information Administration is projecting the first three-year increase in power demand in more than a decade. And growth almost always means opportunity and investment for manufacturers. • Eaton Corp.
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2 months ago | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Geert De Lombaerde |John Hitch
The CEO of Hyzon Motors, Parker Meeks, has resigned from the hydrogen fuel cell venture as its directors search for a buyer—either for the company as a whole or its various assets in pieces— in preparation for the company’s dissolution. The leaders of Illinois-based Hyzon—which has focused its efforts on the refuse truck market but has burned through at least $8 million of cash in each of the last eight quarters—have been looking for an acquirer or big investor since June.
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2 months ago | 
industryweek.com | Geert De Lombaerde |Jill Jusko |Anna Smith |Dennis Scimeca
Shuttered industrial sites often get another chance at being put to productive use, although it might take lots of TLC and even more cleanup dollars. Aluminum titan Alcoa Corp. has built up its share of experience on that front and, if it’s up to President and CEO Bill Oplinger, will significantly build up its coffers in coming years by playing a role in the global data center boom.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
tdworld.com | Geert De Lombaerde
American Electric Power Co. Inc. Utility BusinessAEP Inks $2.8B Deal to Sell Stake in Some Transmission CompaniesThe proposed transaction will enable the utility’s leaders to sell far less stock in coming years as they look to fund capital plans. American Electric Power Co. Inc. executives have struck a deal to have two private-equity heavyweights acquire a minority stake in two of its transmission-only utilities.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
ogj.com | Geert De Lombaerde
Sirinarth Mekrorawuth | DreamstimeA survey of oil and gas company executives suggests another active year awaits in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Law firm Lathrop GPM asked 100 senior executives late last fall about their most pressing priorities and most nagging concerns.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
industryweek.com | Geert De Lombaerde
The targets, scope and duration of President-Elect Donald Trump’s tariff regime remain largely in flux as he prepares for his second inauguration Jan. 20. A new study by Endeavor Business Intelligence, the research arm of IndustryWeek parent company Endeavor Business Media, shows that nearly half of business leaders have drawn up at least partial plans for dealing with tariff hikes—but also reveals that nearly one in four have yet to take any concrete action.
