This is OSU's Center for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing, where engineers apply the latest biomechanical technology to the struggle against the pinched neck and slipped disc.
Job losses in manufacturing and automotive services, two of the largest customers, have been devastating.
The high stakes that define automotive manufacturing have driven these automotive companies to become leaders in enterprise innovation.
His company works with more than 27, 000 businesses in the global arena in order to help them both design and service products in manufacturing industries such as industrial equipment, automotive, high tech and electronics, aerospace and defense, retail, consumer, and medical devices.
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Nowhere in manufacturing are the stakes higher than in automotive production.
Unite claims Mahle Engine Systems wants to offshore component manufacturing for the automotive market to sites in Italy and Slovakia.
And while the automotive industry makes up 5 percent of manufacturing in this country, it is responsible for 25 percent of that rebound in manufacturing.
Another example: A123 Systems, a Massachusetts company that produces lithium-ion batteries, has created a large design and manufacturing center in Michigan to be near their automotive customers for electric and hybrid vehicles.
America did seek to save automotive jobs, and political prodding did result in many Japanese companies building manufacturing plants here.
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Additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3D printing, is a new way of making products and components from a digital model, and will have implications in a wide range of industries including defense, aerospace, automotive, and metals manufacturing.
It was something of a love fest for Tesla at the energy commission meeting in Sacramento as commissioners and other regulators praised Tesla as an innovator that has brought automotive manufacturing back to California while creating clean cars and more than 1, 500 jobs.
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Although recalls are fairly frequent among automotive companies, the announcement of recalls by three companies in quick succession has raised questions on the testing and manufacturing ability of these companies.
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