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Capacity Planning: 10 Essential Steps for Manufacturers

Capacity Planning: 10 Essential Steps for Manufacturers

September 10, 2025

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses as he speaks during the company's Connect developer conference Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Menlo Park, Calif.

Meta Unveils AI-Powered Smart Glasses with Display, Neural Wristband at Connect Event

September 18, 2025

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Stryker and Siemens Healthineers Are Building a Surgical Robot Together

September 18, 2025

Ian Crichton of C&S Welding Inc. at the Port of Los Angeles' AltaSea ocean institute, Sept. 4, 2025, Los Angeles.

In LA Port, Bobbing Blue Floats Are Turning Wave Power into Clean Energy

September 18, 2025

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

A new video series from Manufacturing.net - Security Breach, looks to offer the insight and tools needed to ready your company's defenses. Stay up-to-date on today's vital cybersecurity topics by subscribing here.

September 17, 2025

Creams promising fairer and lighter skin are displayed on shelves, July 3, 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the wake of mass protests against racial injustice in the U.S., multinational companies like L’Oreal and Unilever, which makes Fair and Lovely products, are rebranding their skin lightening products in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

'Whitening' Creams Undergo Makeover

The world's biggest cosmetics companies have been selling the same fairy tale for years.

July 28, 2020

In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

Questions Linger Over Bezos Hack

Cybersecurity experts have many unanswered questions.

January 24, 2020

In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, Jeff Bezos attends the premiere of 'The Post' at The Newseum in Washington. United Nations experts on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 have called for 'immediate investigation' by the United States into information they received that suggests that Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked after receiving a file sent from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's WhatsApp account.

Bezos Phone Hack Linked to Saudi Prince

Experts called for an 'immediate investigation.'

January 22, 2020

Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stanley A. Deal, left, shakes hands with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the chairman and CEO of the Dubai-based long-haul carrier Emirates, at the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Emirates to Get 30 Boeing 787s in Revised Deal

Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the new order replaces a previous agreement for 150 777x Boeing aircraft.

November 20, 2019

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, center, shakes hands with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the chairman and CEO of the Dubai-based long-haul carrier Emirates, at the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. The Dubai-based airline Emirates announced Monday a new order for 20 additional wide-body Airbus A350-900 planes in a deal worth $6.4 billion. This brings the airline's total order for the aircraft to 50 Airbus A350s costing $16 billion at list price.

Airbus Nets $30B in New Plane Orders

Previous rounds of the Dubai Airshow saw its competitor Boeing take the lion’s share of deals.

November 18, 2019

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Saudi Carrier Cancels Boeing 737 Order

A budget airline is ordering 30 Airbus planes in a deal that replaces a $6 billion agreement it had with Boeing.

July 8, 2019

In this Thursday, June 13, 2019 file photo, an oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman. A series of attacks on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran -- and raised fears over the safety of one of Asia’s most vital energy trade routes, where about a fifth of the world’s oil passes through its narrowest at the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks have jolted the shipping industry, with many of operators in the region on high alert.

Oil Shippers Boost Security After Attacks

The attacks have jolted the shipping industry, with some of the 2,000 companies operating ships in the region on high alert.

June 20, 2019

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Saudi-flagged oil tanker Al Marzoqa off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 13, 2019. As many as four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a 'sabotage' attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Pipeline Attacked by Drones

The attacks demonstrated the increased risks in a region vital to global energy supplies.

May 14, 2019

In this file photo, Khaled al-Otaiby, an official of the Saudi oil company Aramco, watches progress at a rig at the al-Howta oil field near Howta, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Oil Company Posts $111B Profit

This is almost twice as much as Apple and six times as much as leading oil companies.

April 2, 2019

In this June 18 2015 file photo, vapor forms across the wings of an Airbus A380 as it performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. Emirates airline said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, that they are purchasing 20 A380 aircraft with the option for 16 more in a deal worth $16 billion, throwing a lifeline to the European-made double-decker jumbo jets.

Airbus A380 Gets Lifeline with $16B Deal

Emirates is buying 20 A380s.

January 18, 2018

In this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece. U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin says the company is delivering its Patriot anti-missile system to Saudi Arabia and that the kingdom is on track to become the second international customer, after the United Arab Emirates, to acquire its THAAD system.

Lockheed Offers Glimpse Into Missile Defenses

The company is delivering its Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia.

November 15, 2017

Emirati visitors walk past a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. The biennial Dubai Air Show opened Sunday with hometown long-haul carrier Emirates making a $15.1 billion buy of American-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners, as the world's biggest defense companies promoted their weapons amid heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Boeing Gets $15.1B Order

Long-haul carrier buys 40 American-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners.

November 13, 2017

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the others attend the opening ceremony of Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince defended his bold reform plans, including the kingdom's decision to lift the ban on women driving, saying that 'we were not like this in the past.'

$500B Futuristic City

The 'Neom' project is envisioned as a hub for technological innovation.

October 25, 2017

The Solar Impulse 2 plane lands in an airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, early Tuesday, July 26, 2016, marking the historic end of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel, powered solely by the sun’s energy.

First Round-the-World Journey

The Swiss-engineered Solar Impulse 2 has made 16 stops across the world without using a drop of fuel.

July 26, 2016