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The Trade Floor

On the network for industrial supply chains, and the companies building on it.

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A machine shop with CNC machining centers, tool carts and workbenches

A $7 trillion industry still runs on email

Jose Acevedo · CRO and co-founder, Indax

September 19, 2026 · 4 min read

An open-pit mine with a bucket-wheel excavator under a cloudy sky

Your next customer already filed a permit

Jose Acevedo

September 12, 2026 · 4 min read

White robotic arms welding a car body on an assembly line

The growth tax: how coordination costs scale in manufacturing

Jose Acevedo

September 5, 2026 · 4 min read

An automated assembly cell with cable carriers, gantry axes and a rotary table

AI agents that chase suppliers by email are the wrong fix

André Guardia

August 29, 2026 · 9 min read

A robot gripper lifting a part inside an automated cell

Why AI gives manufacturers confident, wrong answers

Jose Acevedo

August 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Industrial drive shafts, each coupled to the next

Why OEMs need a system of exchange

André Guardia

August 15, 2026 · 12 min read

An oil refinery with storage tanks and metal pipework under a golden sky

The information tax: why manufacturing orders go late

Jose Acevedo

August 8, 2026 · 4 min read

A factory floor: a line of coating machines under overhead ductwork, with yellow floor markings

The Indax manifesto

André Guardia

August 1, 2026 · 6 min read