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...Yuzawa said: “Gigacasting is going to reshape the whole underbody supply chain network.”...
...Now the chain is having to inch forward with incremental improvements and deal with its supply chain....
...However, Air Liquide’s US subsidiary Airgas asked the court to ban Carlyle from “engaging in competition, or assisting any other party to compete” with its business, which supplies gases and welding equipment...
...Robotics have played a part too, with the body shop moving from high levels of manual welding to 93 per cent automation....
...In 2012, GM developed a breakthrough welding technique for the metal, used on its Cadillac CT6, which it says can eliminate nearly two pounds of rivets....
...A visit to Ford’s bodyshop complex in Dearborn, Michigan, shows how much of a gamble the company has taken: it has had to replace its arc welding equipment with machines to screw, rivet, glue and laser-weld...
...JLR’s aluminium Range Rovers, each held together by 3,722 rivets, require no welding, thereby reducing energy use and cooling requirements at the factory....
...Demand outpaces supply in almost every market: housing, transport, sewerage and labour....
...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...
...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....
...South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis builds the Wrangler’s chassis, while Kuka, a German maker of robots and welding machines, puts together the body....
...“Skills are in short supply. There’s a lot of demand for them and there’s a lot of competition.”...
...Ducting all ducky The aerospace group Senior has completed its contract to supply ducting for the new Wembley Stadium....
...It also expects certain products to sell out in 2006 as demand, particularly from Asia, continues to outstrip supply....
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