Federal efforts to promote investment in domestic manufacturing may face a number of challenges related to supply chains, cost, and trade agreements, among others.
March 8, 2021With the knowledge that COVID-19 is passed from person to person via airborne transmission, vehicle manufacturers look at whether airflow can be improved inside car and truck cabins to improve health safety.
January 22, 2021When motor vehicle production tanked in the spring vehicle manufacturers cut their orders for all of the chips used in new cars and trucks — just as consumer electronic demand was taking off with everyone working and going to school from home. Now the vehicle manufacturers are finding that their positions in the queue have all been taken.
January 14, 2021Manufacturing activity — both in the US and Globally — took a pretty big hit in 2020. However, positive signs have emerged at the beginning of a new year as companies learned how to work in a more socially distanced fashion, and consumers learned how to shop safely in the middle of a pandemic.
January 7, 2021Bus operators are hurting as reduced tourism and public concerns about traveling in shared, confined spaces take their toll. However, some relief may be on the way.
November 12, 2020Concerns about shared, public spaces are pushing travelers to individual options over public transit.
October 23, 2020The downturn in motor vehicle manufacturing has claimed another victim as the Osram Continental joint venture is being disbanded.
September 29, 2020More planes being mothballed means more spare parts for the next plane down the line.
September 15, 2020New car sales are down – finances have been a concern, and now it's hard to ramp up production – but the importance of the car has been reinforced as consumers look to avoid shared spaces during the pandemic.
September 3, 2020The RV industry has been a surprise beneficiary of the pandemic as consumers have looked to new options to get out into nature while remaining socially distant. Suppliers to the RV industry have benefited as well.
August 21, 2020