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Diamond buys Kettle Chips maker
01 Mar 2010 11:10

California based savoury snack maker Diamond Foods has bought out rival Kettle Foods for $615m (£402.3m).

Manufacturing mergers up
22 Feb 2010 11:43

For the first time in two years both the number of global mergers and acquisitions of industrial manufacturing companies grew and the total value of those deals grew in q4 2009.

Whitacre steps up at GM
26 Jan 2010 10:36

General Motors chairman Ed Whitacre is to become the new chief executive of salvaged Detroit car maker.

US industrial output up
21 Jan 2010 16:44

Total US industrial output rose by 0.6 per cent in December but wasn’t helped by a 0.1 per cent drop in manufacturing production, the Federal Reserve has revealed.

Wisconsin manufacturers get sustainability help
20 Jan 2010 17:08

The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) and BT Squared, Inc. announced a partnership today to support the growth and competitiveness of Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector by accelerating the adoption of profitable sustainability strategies.

Dorel-Asia cribs recalled
20 Jan 2010 17:02

A Barbados-based cot manufacturer is recalling 635,000 items sold in the US after a child died by strangling itself on a faulty product.

Underinformed
10 Mar 2010 15:38

EAL respond to the EEF's Manufacturing Manifesto...

R.E.S.P.E.C.T for women in industry
08 Mar 2010 17:35

Jane Gray gives credit where it’s due for women in manufacturing.

Indefensible
05 Mar 2010 16:41

Howard Wheeldon on reports that Britain may allow A400m work to go to Spain...

Basler Electric

The Basler ECS2100 is a multi-microprocessor excitation control system that provides advanced...

KYDEX, LLC

KYDEX Welcomes New Sales Application Engineer for International Markets Bloomsburg, PA, USA,...

KYDEX, LLC

PRESS RELEASE FOR: KYDEX, LLC FOR RELEASE: Immediate DATE: January 18, 2010 CONTACT: Kathy...

KYDEX, LLC

PRESS RELEASE FOR: KYDEX, LLC FOR RELEASE: Immediate DATE: January 15, 2010 CONTACT: Kathy Bryan, Alexander & Richardson,...

HR: The Gen-X friendly workplace

A few days ago we reported on
Generation Y.

This keenly entitled bunch doesn't like to get its hands dirty. But its teenaged siblings, called Generation X, are even more entitled and less patient. Author Deanne DeMarco explains why.

Attitude adjustment: judges' views of auditors take a dive

Reprinted with permission of the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
After Enron imploded and WorldCom bit the dust, one question topped investors' minds: Where were the auditors?

Accu-Sort Systems
Always scanning for improvements

Accu-Sort Systems has undergone a complete makeover since being acquired. President Gregg Branning tells Keith Regan how the new corporate DNA has changed the company for the better

C-Tech Industries
Scaling mountains

C-Tech Industries was already the leading producer of professional-grade power washers in the US before 2004, when it was acquired by Germany’s Kärcher. Today the company is part of a global powerhouse, as Greg Andrews explains