“A lot of the executives on the commercial side of businesses are starting to understand how powerful military leadership training can be for a company. If you can get somebody who has had military training, you are going to get all those leadership capabilities in somebody who's way beyond their years.”
‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park
“California Forever announced on Thursday plans to build a massive manufacturing park called Solano Foundry, the newest addition to its master-planned ‘utopian’ city backed by a group of Silicon Valley billionaires.
Solano Foundry is 2,100 acres that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space. The manufacturing park will be built as part of its planned walkable city with over 175,000 homes, CEO Jan Sramek said at the Reindustrialize conference in Detroit.
Sramek tweeted that U.S. manufacturers can’t win by ‘building factories off of random freeway exits in the middle of nowhere. The best people don’t want to work there.’”
Sai Baba. Photographer: Alecio Ferrari for Bloomberg Businessweek
Robots are transforming marble sculpture in Italy, handling large-scale projects for top artists with speed and precision. While automation is reshaping the industry, traditional hand-carving remains essential for fine details and artistic expression. American stone fabricator Jim Durham has embraced both worlds, acquiring Italy’s most prestigious carving studio to blend robotic efficiency with human craftsmanship. (via Bloomberg)
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