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...Traditionally, the main body of a car has been made by welding or stamping together a large number of separate parts....
...But it costs 30 per cent more to produce, the kiss of death for a commodity product....
...This is where Tesla seems to be facing problems (as well as in welding & battery pack assembly)....
...In manufacturing, nearly 60 per cent of tasks in jobs such as welding and maintaining equipment are at risk. Higher-paying jobs are not immune from the disruption....
...Praxair, which employs nearly 27,000 people, sells its gas products to companies across the globe in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing and water treatment....
...But its cost, about three times more than steel as a raw material, means it has been mostly associated with premium products like sports cars....
...This is a light semicircle that snaps on to thick, stud-like magnets stitched into the ankle of the sock....
...The company has expanded its products and services that are accessible to the layperson and has moved into areas such as 3D printing....
...Last year’s trend for earrings in many guises, from jackets to cuffs to studs, was a strong seller, and one Ms von der Goltz expects to continue in 2015....
...Its online flash-sales model builds up hype through social media around each new product release, which often sell out in minutes....
...Advertisers use such tools to scan social media for people who are particularly keen on their products. So why would Apple pay $200m to analyse Twitter?...
...With traditional injection moulding techniques, whereby molten plastic is injected into a steel mould, Nike would typically update complex product parts such as studs “every couple of years”, Mr Kohatsu...
...In a deal worth a total of $908.5m if you add in the debt the purchaser is assuming, Air Products & Chemicals Inc, the world’s biggest producer of hydrogen, has agreed to buy Chile’s Indura, the largest...
...Previously they had to pay through the nose for imported products of variable reliability....
...Chinese fourth-quarter gross domestic product grew 8.9 per cent in the three months to December....
...The Rales are best known for founding Danaher, the conglomerate that makes products such as microscopes and water treatment equipment....
...Harris Products, the metal working products company, chose the CRM suite of SAP, the German software company, to improve control over sales processes and give a more accurate view of prospects....
...These include a welding torch and domestic boiler and cooker....
...Welding together two organisations with disparate cultures has resulted in an exodus of senior former Cadbury executives as the nexus of power migrated from the UK to Kraft’s European headquarters in Zurich...
...Evolution Securities thought the product would be worth about 1 per cent to Reckitt’s earnings....
...The company is highly diversified, with more than 800 business units in 57 countries making products ranging from laminate countertops and professional ovens to car-door handles and welding equipment....
...The centre’s academic and technical partners are Birmingham, Nottingham and Loughborough universities and the Welding Institute. The MTC is expected to employ 150 permanent staff....
...The switch required a modest investment in welding and fabricating support equipment. Staff were trained in welding to enable Anchor Danly to become a government-certified welding shop....
...The strategy of partnering a luxury name with a well-respected movement manufacturer, means that Hermès can offer a product of the same quality as its bags and scarves....
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