Product Spotlight - Carbon Steel

1. Carbon steel is steel in which the main interstitial alloying constituent is carbon in the range of 0.12–2.0%.The term “carbon steel” may also be used in reference to steel which is not stainless steel; in this use carbon steel may include alloy steels.

Japan still leads in Southeast Asia infrastructure race, even as China ramps up belt and road investments

1. Japanese-backed projects in the region’s six largest economies – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – are valued at US$367 billion, compared with China’s US$255 billion.

Why China’s belt and road loans may not be the debt trap other countries fear

1. China is inclined to renegotiate or write off debts incurred by other countries for its belt and road infrastructure projects and only rarely seizes assets, a study by a New York consultancy has found.

2. The Rhodium Group’s research looked at 40 cases of external debt renegotiation between 2007 and this year and found there was only one confirmed case in Sri Lanka.

Benefits Of Distributed Manufacturing

1. The traditional electronics manufacturing process works well for large organizations that want to produce hundreds of thousands of products for the lowest price possible. 

2. But it is not as friendly to small businesses or newly developed products. 

3. The distributed approach to hardware manufacturing improves the process and makes it possible for more innovators to get products to market.

4. Distributed manufacturing, sometimes called distributed production, cloud based producing or localized manufacturing, is a form of decentralized manufacturing practiced by companies using a network of geographically dispersed facilities that are coordinated using information technology. It is

5. the manufacturing landscape of conversion from closed ended and restrictive to transparent and agile. It permits companies to access their supply chain locally with more flexibility, higher quality, faster service and lower costs.

6. Instead of relying on just a single headquarter location or third party overseas manufacturer; organizations that have evolved their business to a distributed manufacturing model are able to be more nimble in how they operate.

7. Distributed manufacturing is quickly reinventing the manufacturing industry from something monolithic and closed to something transparent and nimble. It allows builders to choose from a variety of machines, materials, and quantities, all located nearby, with unparalleled flexibility, quality, and speed.

8. By relying on a network of producers in a specific geographic area, rather than a single overseas manufacturer, distributed manufacturing can deliver superior results in three key ways: speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness.