28 result(s) for “Manufacturing”
Caterpillar said on September 30, 2026 that it intends to invest roughly $1 billion in North Carolina to expand manufacturing capacity for its Cat Compact business, including a new facility in Sanford and upgraded production systems aimed at automation and workforce development.
China’s commerce ministry warned on Sept 30 that it will take strong countermeasures if the European Union proceeds with a planned instrument to curb what some EU states call unfair Chinese trade practices. Beijing framed the proposal as protectionist and said such steps would harm bilateral trust and market stability.
A one day AI Growth Summit is taking place at STATION F in Paris on September 30, 2026, drawing founders, operators and investors to focus on how artificial intelligence is being shipped into products and businesses rather than on model architecture alone.
Direct Drive Tech, a Beijing robotics and actuator specialist, began trading in Hong Kong on September 29, 2026, after an IPO that brought state affiliated cornerstone investors and a premium valuation. The offering highlights investor appetite for China’s robotics and embodied AI ambitions, while raising questions about earnings quality and liquidity.
As China prepares for its Golden Week holiday starting October 1, a surging online debate over mandatory weekend work has exploded on domestic platforms, with a Weibo topic attracting hundreds of millions of views and companies and regulators watching closely.
The Union Cabinet approved a formal shift to composite caps for foreign investments, collapsing different foreign holding categories into a single sectoral ceiling. Officials and market participants say the move is intended to reduce regulatory friction and speed foreign capital flows into manufacturing, insurance and other strategic sectors.
Beijing is set to publish monthly industrial profit figures on September 28, 2026. Economists and investors will treat the release as a near‑term barometer of manufacturing momentum, corporate margins and the extent to which China’s struggling property sector is weighing on firms.
On September 27, 2026, the federal government unveiled a new multimillion dollar investment to accelerate clean hydrogen demonstration projects in Canada, with immediate pilots in Ontario and Alberta. Officials say the funding aims to cut industrial emissions, secure domestic supply chains for low carbon fuels, and build export capacity for hydrogen technology.
A new IMC initiative, Viksit Tech 47, will identify, promote and award Indian hardware, device and deep tech companies as part of this year’s India Mobile Congress, aiming to close gaps in design, manufacturing and export readiness.
Following President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, Beijing announced a reciprocal tariff reduction worth about $30 billion and the establishment of an AI incidents channel with the United States. The measures widen short term economic relief for exporters and embed new avenues for technology diplomacy, but they raise questions about strategic competition and domestic political framing in China.
A government-backed festival in Beijing showcased hundreds of AI terminal devices, new L3 classification products and a drive to set industry standards, signaling China’s push to commercialize on-device AI and build a domestic hardware ecosystem.
Following a weeklong visit to New Delhi, IMF deputy managing director Nigel Clarke hailed India as a central engine of global expansion but called on New Delhi to strengthen statistical methods and raise productivity to sustain growth for all.
Huawei is accelerating its AI hardware roadmap with new Ascend processors and massive computing systems as demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure continues to surge across China.