Are we in Industry 4.0 yet?
There is a requirement for committing resources to build separate teams tasked with identifying and prioritising Industry 4.0 capabilities...
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ASML: Powering the semiconductor industry
With the tech sector steadily moving towards the 'Everything AI' kind of future, semiconductors will be in great demand in the coming years...
Is automation the way forward for manufacturing?
One of the main advantages of automation and robotics in manufacturing is the significant increase in efficiency and productivity...
Global recession fears peak as Asia’s manufacturing slows
Sluggish factory activity in Japan, S.Korea, and Taiwan amid inflation and supply disruption....
EV maker Lucid to open its first manufacturing unit in Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will give up to $3.4 billion in financing and incentives over the following 15 years....
Singapore’s MAS predicts more optimistic economic growth
Private sector economists expect Singapore’s economy to grow just 0.7% this year against MAS prediction of 1.5%...
Major Asian markets remain mixed during the US-China trade dispute
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday-- as investors absorbed the headlines related to the months-long trade dispute between China and the US...
The impact of Chinese imports on the Indian tyre market
2018 has proven to be an interesting year already for Apollo Tyres, one of the biggest tyre manufacturers, following the rise of India’s GDP, the entry of low-cost Chinese imports and anti-dumping imports. Apollo Tyres’ vice-chairman and MD Neeraj Kanwar gives us insights to the company’s performance in existing market conditions...
China’s service sector expands at a rapid pace
Findings of survey by financial information service provider Markit IFM Correspondent November 3, 2016: China’s services sector grew at the strongest pace in four months up to October as new business picked up, encouraging companies to hire more workers, a private survey showed. The Caixin China General Services PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) came in at...
‘China’s shift to services not good in long run’
The country is going through premature deindustrialisation, say experts Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya August 3, 2016: Of late, China has been less in the news for its ‘slowdown’. Economic activity in the country has stabilised in recent months, mostly on the back of the property market rally and strong infrastructure investments. But, there is another challenge...