Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital investment, rose 3.0% in June from a month earlier — the first rise in three months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/core-machinery-orders-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing #machineryorders

Toshiba, Fujitsu and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response to the spread of remote work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/japanese-manufacturers-relocating-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #manufacturing #tokyo #kawasaki #toshiba #fujitsu

China’s massive scale, education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/19/world/demystifying-chinas-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #trade #manufacturing #gdp

Nissan’s Oppama factory, opened in 1961, was once a crown jewel in Japan’s postwar rise to manufacturing powerhouse. Today, it represents the dangers of being caught flatfooted in a rapidly changing industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/nissan-oppama-closure-effects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #cars #manufacturing #yokosuka

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We take pride in our manufacturing process and we believe you would to if you join the team! We're looking for a skilled Manufacturing Engineer and CNC Programmer to help build the next generation of handcrafted Thelio Desktops at our Denver, CO factory. Apply today! https://s76.co/sys76cncaug2025 #manufacturing#Computers#CNCProgramming

Tokyo Electron has slashed its full-year earnings outlook amid weak investment appetite by some advanced logic manufacturers and a lull in chip gear spending in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/tokyo-electron-outlook-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoelectron #chipmakers #manufacturing

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Wool scouring to end in Victoria after more than 160 years
By Warwick Long, Jane McNaughton, and Justine Longmore

Victoria's last wool cleaning mill will close in Geelong next month, after a merger with the only other remaining wool scour in country.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-07-31/last-wool-scour-victoria-ep-robinson-closes-merges-mitchell-wool/105581838

#TextileIndustry#Manufacturing#WoolGrowing#RegionalCommunities#WarwickLong#JaneMcNaughton # #JustineLongmore

Wool scouring to end in Victoria after more than 160 years
By Warwick Long, Jane McNaughton, and Justine Longmore

Victoria's last wool cleaning mill will close in Geelong next month, after a merger with the only other remaining wool scour in country.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-07-31/last-wool-scour-victoria-ep-robinson-closes-merges-mitchell-wool/105581838

#TextileIndustry#Manufacturing#WoolGrowing#RegionalCommunities#WarwickLong#JaneMcNaughton # #JustineLongmore

From the little plastic wafer full of microscopic LEDs to “cooking" final reels and live testing them as they get constructed this is a lot more work than I expected for LED strips. This channel is the advanced Chinese future version of “How things are made”.
https://youtu.be/KcGzVRfu9s8

“I’m studying nuclear science, I love my classes, gotta crazy teacher that wears dark glasses, things are going great and they're only getting better”
https://youtu.be/lqkxd32dbwM

This holiday season, U.S. parents may have to make an extra pit stop — not for toys, but for the batteries that power them, as manufacturers pare down on frills and packaging to cut costs amid rising tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/markets/toy-batteries-tariff-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #toys #manufacturing #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Small- and medium-sized firms that form the backbone of Japan's economy have weathered many storms over the decades, and some feel confident they can withstand U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/japan-smes-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mitsuwaelectric #us #tariffs #manufacturing

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Slow wool challenge a rush for these crafty competitors
By Rachael Lucas

Teams compete to be fastest to blade-shear a sheep, spin the wool and knit a jumper in one day as part of a global challenge to produce wool sustainably.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-05/wool-challenge-puts-spotlight-on-slow-manufacturing/105488282

#SustainableLiving#Manufacturing#WoolGrowing#SheepFarming#Fashion#Craft#RachaelLucas