A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.
Tag: Factories and Manufacturing
Nissan Plans U.K. Battery Factory, a Lift for Post-Brexit Automaking
The Japanese carmaker will also make a new electric vehicle in England as part of a £1 billion investment, partly supported by the government.
High Hopes for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid Vaccine Have Fizzled in the U.S.
Production problems and a brief pause on its use kept the one-dose vaccine from becoming the game changer that health officials across the country believed it would be.
He Warned Apple About the Risks in China. Then They Became Reality.
Doug Guthrie, once one of America’s leading China bulls, rang the alarm on doing business there. He spoke about his time at Apple.
FDA Details Failures at Baltimore Plant That Spoiled Vaccine Doses
The F.D.A. advised Johnson & Johnson on Friday that it should throw out the equivalent of 60 million doses produced at the Baltimore plant.
U.S. asks Mexico to review a second complaint about labor violations in its auto industry.
The action invokes provisions of the new North American trade accord.
Portugal’s Bike Boom: How the Country Is Meeting the Demand
To meet a jump in demand, the country’s bike-making industry is building new factories, hiring workers and dealing with parts shortages.
Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing
Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.
Senate Poised to Pass $195 Billion Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China
The legislation, which has bipartisan support, would be the first major industrial policy effort in decades.
Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China
The legislation has drawn bipartisan support amid the coronavirus pandemic as Democrats and Republicans have become increasingly concerned about Beijing’s supply chain dominance.