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4 weeks ago | 
automation.com | Jack Loughney
In 2025, some machinery sectors have hit new peaks in order range, while others have fallen below any average level seen over the past six years.
When forecasting machinery production, monthly production indicators provide one factor considered in our methodology. However, different regions have a variety of indicators which help us to refine our machinery forecast. A key leading indicator available in Germany is order range (a forward-looking indicator showing backlog level).
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
automation.com | Jack Loughney
By Jack Loughney
March 28, 2025
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The largest producers within Europe are struggling to compete with the rest of the world when it comes to growth in the manufacturing sector.
The major regions of Europe’s manufacturing economy are stagnating. Huge regulatory burdens, rising energy and labor costs and lower productivity are pushing up production costs.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
automation.com | Jack Loughney
By Jack Loughney
March 10, 2025
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The outlook for the global manufacturing industry looks uncertain in 2025, with political and economic events hampering growth.
The outlook for the global manufacturing industry looks uncertain in 2025, with political and economic events hampering growth.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
industrialmachinerydigest.com | Jack Loughney
Jack works as the primary data analyst across multiple research activities. His expertise lies in data modelling, economic forecasting and streamlining processes to enhance product efficiency. Jack is responsible for the upkeep and enrichment of our MIO tracker. The manufacturing economies of the G7 group of nations face growing competition from the rest of the world, as globalization connects countries’ economic fortunes more closely.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
automation.com | Jack Loughney
By Jack Loughney
October 23, 2024
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While the global machinery sector is facing significant challenges in 2024, the packaging machinery segment is proving to be a resilient outlier and looks set to continue its growth trajectory.
As we dive deeper into the second half of 2024, the manufacturing industry, and particularly machinery sectors, continue to feel the pressure of a turbulent global market.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
connectivity4ir.co.uk | Jack Loughney
However, there are some positive signs on the horizon, particularly in the US, and many territories will end the year in a slightly better position than expected, according to results from our latest Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) Tracker. This is not to say that 2024 won’t still mark a difficult year for global manufacturing, with conditions likely to be slightly worse for China than originally anticipated, and a particularly tough 12 months for the manufacturing machinery segment.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | Chris Vavra |Adam Zewe |David Nutt |Jack Loughney
In 2008, the commercialization of the silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET marked a major turning point for the power semiconductor market, representing its first significant development in decades. This technology was pioneered in electric vehicles (EVs) with the 2017 Tesla Model 3. The SiC MOSFET is a transistor that promises high power density, greater efficiency, and is less fallible to high temperatures.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | Adam Zewe |David Nutt |Jack Loughney |Thomas D. Prevish |Chris Vavra
Semiconductor insightsResearchers discovered that gallium nitride devices with ohmic contacts can withstand 500 °C for 48 hours without significant degradation, a crucial step for Venus exploration technology. Gallium nitride’s stability at extreme temperatures suggests it could revolutionize high-temperature electronics, benefiting not only space missions but also geothermal energy extraction and jet engine monitoring.
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May 21, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | David Nutt |Jack Loughney |Thomas D. Prevish |Chris Vavra
Microchips drive so many essential electronics, from appliances to airplanes, it is easy to take them for granted. But they are not easy to make. For the past two years, a unique project team has enabled Cornell undergraduates to use emerging open-source hardware to design, test and fabricate their own microchips – a complex and expensive process that is rarely, if ever, available to students. Undergrads aren’t the only ones to benefit.
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May 17, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | David Nutt |Jack Loughney |Thomas D. Prevish |Chris Vavra
The global semiconductor manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2024 showed improvement with increased installed wafer fab capacity. The globalsemiconductor manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2024 showed signs of improvement with an uptick in electronic sales, stabilizing inventories and an increase in installed wafer fab capacity, SEMI announced in its Q1 2024 publication of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor (SMM) Report, prepared in partnership with TechInsights.
