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Below are manufacturing predictions and trends from Opentext, Oracle and, Advanced Technology Services (ATS) for 2024.

1. It may seem at first that industry 4.0 is something that only benefits enterprises and large companies that have facilities scattered t...

1. The emerging idea of global minimum tax is inseparable from the challenges faced by tax jurisdictions in the digital economy. In the er...

1. Significant investments in transport infrastructure projects, such as Hamad International Airport, Hamad Port and Doha Metro, form a cruc...

1. Few chemicals carry as much hope and aspiration as hydrogen. Over the last few years, the first element in the periodic table has gone ...

1. AI has led to some massive changes in many different industries. The manufacturing industry is among those most affected by the changes i...

1. Encouraging local businesses to adopt your technology can be a challenging task. However, by understanding their pain points, offering pe...

1. The purchasing managers' Index (PMI) for the ASEAN region fell for the third straight month in December, dropping 0.3 points from Nov...

1. You might think that Industry 4.0 only applies to large-scale industries, but many benefits also apply to SMEs, including increased effic...

1. The RAMI 4.0, Reference Architecture Model Industrie 4.0 (Industry 4.0), was developed by the German Electrical and Electronic Manufactur...

1. Automation is fundamentally changing industries and workplaces. The International Federation of Robotics predicts that in a decade, more ...

 1. Government agencies and NGOs with a good understanding of SME subsegments can better tailor their programs to meet SMEs’ unmet needs. We...

1. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the growth engine of many economies, but it can be a challenge for them to expand internati...

1. The China-EU Summit, is important for many reasons, not least because it is the first face-to-face meeting between the two sides since 20...

 1. The adoption of a recommendation on critical technology areas for the European Union's economic security, for further risk assessmen...

1. Ambitious, contentious and big spending, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is 10 years old. In that time, China has splashed more th...

1. The European Union’s ambitious renewable energy target mandates at least 42.5% of EU energy consumption to come from renewable sources by...

1. Vietnam is looking to build its first semiconductor plant despite US warnings that it will involve high costs. 2. Reuters reported that...

 1. Urgency is needed to meet the seven billion tonnes carbon capture (Btpa) required to meet net zero goals in 2050. 2. Energy efficiencies...

 1. The electrolytic hydrogen sector is rapidly expanding, with over 85 Mtpa of projects announced and cumulative factory announcements exce...