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• Britishvolt in gigafactory tie-up with Siemens
  
  The company will partner with German giant Siemens as it looks to start construction this summer on a 3,000-job 'gigafactory' on the site of a former Blyth Power Station.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 16 Jan 2021.
• How China's Economy Bounced Back
  
  Officials pushed factories to reopen the same way they forced the country to shut down. In one small town, it led to a chili-sauce-fueled revival.
  New York Times.  Friday, 15 Jan 2021.
• Elon Musk sent letter asking him to invest in Swindon
  
  Swindon Borough Council wants the tech billionaire to consider setting up a factory there.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 14 Jan 2021.
• Canadian EV maker eyes American school bus market as Biden term nears
  
  Lion Electric, the electric vehicle maker set to go public via SPAC come March, is eyeing U.S. factory space to capitalize on plans for electric school buses, CEO Marc Bedard said.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 14 Jan 2021.
• Apple, BMW, Nike and Huawei accused of using Uyghur forced labour
  
  The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission report said that tens of thousands of Uyghur Muslims had been transported to factories across the country to work.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021.
• Ford's 'Brazilian Bronco' discontinued, but the factory is for sale
  
  Ford is ending its manufacturing operations in Brazil and will discontinue production of the Troller T4. Ford purchased the Troller brand in 2007.
  Fox News.  Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021.
• On Factory Floors, a Chime and Flashing Light to Maintain Distance
  
  Businesses like Henkel, a big German chemical company, are trying wearable sensors to prevent virus outbreaks among workers.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021.
• Early Victorian Bathhouse Unearthed Beneath Manchester Parking Lot
  
  Construction of a new park in Mayfield, Manchester, uncovered a bathhouse used by factory workers 150 years ago.
  Mental Floss.  Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021.
• Ford ends decades of Brazil manufacturing
  
  The US car giant is closing its last three Brazilian factories, with a loss of 5,000 jobs.
  BBC News.  Monday, 11 Jan 2021.
• Here's Why Hold Strategy is Apt for Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)
  
  Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) is benefiting from robust off premise sales. However, higher costs and dismal traffic woes stay.
  Zacks.  Monday, 11 Jan 2021.
• Sarepta (SRPT) Down on Unsatisfactory Data for DMD Candidate
  
  Sarepta (SRPT) posts top-line results from part 1 of Study 102, evaluating a single dose of its gene therapy candidate SRP-9001 for treating DMD. Shares fall.
  Zacks.  Friday, 8 Jan 2021.
• High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories
  
  Factor-pooling by ribosomes caught on video using state-of-art high-speed atomic force microscopy technology.
  Science Daily.  Friday, 8 Jan 2021.
• Seoul Robotics: A 3D Vision Of The Future
  
  Seoul Robotics leverages LiDAR 3D vision to make robots intelligent and enable autonomous systems from smart cities to smart factories.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 7 Jan 2021.
• Four Questions That Every Manufacturing Entrepreneur Needs To Answer
  
  Because in a software-dominated world, there are not a lot of investors throwing capital at startups that would spend it on raw materials and equipment, establishing supply chains, training employees and leasing factory space.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021.
• Patient-reported loss of smell in 86 percent of mild COVID-19 cases, study finds
  
  A reduced sense of smell, or olfactory dysfunction, is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19. A recent study has examined the symptom's prevalence and recovery in patients with varying degrees of severity of COVID-19.
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021.

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