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Workers at Apple Supplier Describe Health and Safety Hazards

At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian, about six hours' drive from Shanghai, workers stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings for Apple Inc., handling noxious chemicals sometimes without proper gloves or masks.

Q&A: Africa, the Next Factory of the World

China is Africa’s biggest investor by far, and it is reshaping the continent, particularly in manufacturing.

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Cybersecurity Hygiene: 17 Steps Your Business Should Be Taking Now

Each year, 71 percent of all cyberattacks target small to mid-sized businesses. Why, you ask? A simple underinvestment in cyber protection.

A Steelmaker’s Plan to Win Back the Car of the Future

The automobile of the future isn’t just about batteries and self-driving computers. For ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, that evolution could determine whether the metal retains a century-long role as the primary material in most new cars and trucks.

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Q&A: Achieving Zero Waste-to-Landfill With 3M

Science-oriented 3M is a $30bn global company with a portfolio that includes around 55,000 products. On the consumer side, 3M makes products like Post-It Notes, Scotch Magic Tape and Filtrete Air Filters, but the company has four other business groups for energy and electronics, industrial, safety and graphics and healthcare solutions.

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GM, DHL Use a Chinese Plant to Lead Manufacturing Change

Inside General Motors Co’s vehicle assembly plant in this southern China city, many workers wear the red-and-yellow uniforms of DHL, the logistics company.

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Airbus Says It May Stop Making Its Giant A380 As It Beats Boeing on Sales of Smaller Planes

Airbus SE publicly questioned the future of its A380 superjumbo jet, saying the program risks being shut down if the manufacturer fails to win a crucial order from the plane's main backer, Emirates of Dubai.

Industrialization Gives Rise to Booming Water Treatment Market, Report Says

The market for industrial water treatment equipment will experience a CAGR of 7.34 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to a new report from Technavio.

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Chinese Retailer JD.com’s Latest Gig: Supplying Restaurants

Most Chinese consumers go to JD.com to buy electronic gadgets and other items. Restaurant operator Zhang Zong uses China’s No. 2 e-commerce company to deliver 400 million pounds of carp heads.

Big Bets on A.I. Open a New Frontier for Chip Start-Ups, Too

For years, tech industry financiers showed little interest in start-up companies that made computer chips.

Opinion: New Material Handling Tech Must Embrace Human Ergonomics

In the quest to increase productivity in material handling and manufacturing environments and be more responsive to the changing interests and expectations of the consumer, companies are increasingly embracing new technology.

Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars

The global power needed to create cryptocurrencies this year could rival the entire electricity consumption of Argentina and be a growth driver for renewable energy producers from the U.S. to China.

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