In week 38 of manufacturing news, U.S. manufacturing production strongly rebounded in August with a 0.6% increase, though the overall outlook remains weak due to trade tensions. Meanwhile, annual investments in robotics reached a record $16.5 billion, with significant growth expected in the coming years. Additionally, a potential no-deal Brexit could negatively impact UK manufacturing, particularly in the automotive sector.

1. WEEK 38 IN
MANUFACTURING NEWS

2. Annual Investments in Robots Rose to World Record $16.5 Billion; US
manufacturing production rebounds strongly in August and article about No
Deal Brexit and UK Manufacturing.

3. U.S. manufacturing output increased more than expected in August.
The outlook for factories remains weak, however, against the backdrop of trade tensions
and slowing global economies.
Manufacturing production rose 0.6% last month after an unrevised 0.4% drop in July, the
Federal Reserve said.
Capacity utilization, a measure of how fully firms are using their resources, increased to
75.7% in August from 75.4% in July.
Source and video: CNBC.
US manufacturing production rebounds
strongly in August

4. In terms of goods and manufacturing, the immediate impact of No Deal would
be felt keenly by manufacturing sectors which operate fine-grained ‘just-in-time’
(JIT) production, operations and logistics systems across Europe.
Longer term the effects of No Deal could be worse than the short term. Annual
UK auto production could be over 500,000 units lower in the second half of the
next decade than under a managed, orderly Brexit Deal.
Source: University of Birmingham.
No Deal Brexit and UK Manufacturing

5. UK food processors pump £30bn into the economy, representing 15.1% of
manufacturing output, according to an analysis produced by Santander and
manufacturers’ organisation Make UK.
Source: Food Manufacture.
Industry pumps £30 billion into economy

6. Robot shipments are expected to jump 39% from 2018 to 2022 from a record
annual sales level of $16.5 billion last year, according to the World Robotics
report.
More than a third of global installations were in China and the top five countries
hold 74% of the market. Japan, Korea, U.S and Germany round out this group.
China’s investment in robots reached $5.4 billion last year.
Source: Industry Week.
Annual Investments in Robots Rose to World
Record $16.5 Billion

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