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Musk Announces a $20B Tesla and SpaceX Chip Factory in Austin

ShivangiMarch 23, 2026March 23, 202606 mins

Elon Musk made a splash on Saturday, with the unveiling of Terafab, a joint chip manufacturing factory located in Austin, Texas and owned by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. It has, in fact, two factories — one for the chip on a Tesla vehicle and Optimus robot and another for AI satellites in space. Terafab is driving toward 2-nanometer chip tech and plans to manufacture one terawatt of compute per year. The project is expected to cost between $20 and $25 billion. No confirmation has been given on a construction timeline. Musk said existing chip suppliers are unable to scale fast enough to meet demand for all of his companies.

Barry Callebaut CEO Exit Follows Split Over Cocoa Strategy

Pooja MalikFebruary 2, 2026February 2, 202604 mins

Barry Callebaut’s chief executive has exited the company following internal disagreements over the future structure of its cocoa operations, according to a report. The departure comes as the chocolate maker faces record cocoa prices driven by supply shortages and weak harvests in West Africa. It said senior leaders were divided over whether to separate cocoa sourcing from chocolate production, raising broader questions about how the company should manage commodity risk and preserve its integrated business model during prolonged market volatility.

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Waste to Wealth: Circular Manufacturing’s Next Big Break

amanDecember 12, 2025December 15, 2025014 mins

Five years, that’s all it took for the world to burn through more than 500 gigatonnes of materials, nearly a third of everything we’ve used since the start of the 1900s. That number alone has made companies stop and rethink a basic question: What counts as waste anymore? That question sparked the rise of circular…

Discover how micro-factories are transforming manufacturing with speed, customisation, and smart, local production.

How Small Manufacturers Are Competing With Global Giants

amanDecember 12, 2025December 17, 2025014 mins

For years, manufacturing mostly meant giant plants, long assembly lines, and suppliers spread across different regions. But that idea is shifting. Micro-factories are now appearing in smaller, more local spaces, everything from modest warehouses to neighbourhood workshops and even converted storefronts. Inside these downsized facilities, AI tools and automated machines are beginning to take on…

Empowering Women in STEM: The Revathi Advaithi Effect

ManjulaMarch 26, 2024February 21, 202605 mins

Revathi Advaithi, the CEO of Flex, stands as a towering figure in the global manufacturing industry, not only for her exceptional leadership skills but also for her passionate advocacy for gender equality within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Born in India and currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Advaithi’s journey…