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GM restructuring; changing product development, production; 5 NA & 2 international plants shutting next year; staff reduction

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General Motors on Monday outlined a series of major restructuring steps that it said would accelerate its transformation for the future, building on the strategy it laid out in 2015 to strengthen its core business, to capitalize on the future of personal mobility and to drive significant cost efficiencies. Lordstown Assembly in Warren, Ohio.

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Greyrock, NREL study determines reduction in GHG and criteria pollutant emissions from using synthetic fuels produced from flare gas

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The results of this open-access study are published in the International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA. There is a global potential to produce up to 71.1 billion liters (18.8

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Vaporized Foil Actuator Welding technique from OSU uses 80% less energy and delivers bonds 50% stronger; joining dissimilar materials

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Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a new welding technique—Vaporized Foil Actuator Welding (VFAW)—that consumes 80% less energy than a common welding technique, yet creates bonds that are 50% stronger. A diagram showing vaporized foil actuator welding, a technique developed at The Ohio State University.

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ORNL, Strangpresse sign additive manufacturing patent license agreement

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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Strangpresse LLC of Youngstown, Ohio, have signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement on a portfolio of ORNL patents related to large-scale additive manufacturing. The Cobra debuted at the 2015 North American International Auto Show.

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VW, Audi conform to $85 million diesel agreement in idea with Texas

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In 2015, Volkswagen disclosed it had worn subtle device to evade emissions necessities in just about 11 million cars international. In 2022, Ohio settled with VW for $3.5 Volkswagen and Audi are finding that out the hard way, and now they are paying the price,” Paxton stated in a commentary. Volkswagen’s U.S.

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DENSO invests $1B in US automotive manufacturing; electrification and safety

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— Kenichiro Ito, chairman of DENSO’s North America Board of Directors and CEO of DENSO International America. DENSO announced a $400-million investment in Maryville in 2015, adding 500 jobs and consolidating various warehouse operations into one central location. The company broke ground on the facility in July 2016.

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Strangpresse exclusively licenses ORNL extruder tech for high-volume additive manufacturing

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Ohio-based Strangpresse has exclusively licensed additive manufacturing-related extruder technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that can quickly print hundreds of pounds of polymer material. The company’s leadership team has more than 70 years’ experience in the thermoplastic extrusion industry.