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Manufacturing news

June 2007

Guest editorial: Demand and supply in an on-demand world

Exclusive to The Manufacturer, by Mitch Free, President and CEO of MFG.com On-Demand Manufacturing (ODM) means different things to different people, depending on what industries they serve and where in the supply (or demand) chain they fall. But one thing’s certain—in the coming years, the chain supply is going to change in a big way. In some cases, it will actually work backwards from what we’re used to today.
28 Jun 2007 17:31

Honeywell agrees to acquire Enraf, specialized instruments and solutions leader

PHOENIX, Arizona – (June 26, 2007) – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement valued at approximately $260 million to acquire Enraf Holding B.V., a division of privately held Delft Instruments based in Delft, Netherlands. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
28 Jun 2007 20:19

Manufacturers urge congress to continue working toward visa reform

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2007 – National Association of Manufacturers’ President John Engler expressed disappointment today that the U.S. Senate was unable to pass visa reform as part of the immigration package, saying that “the current visa system is broken, and manufacturers are hard pressed to compete in the global marketplace without the ability to attract and retain talented professionals in the United States.”
28 Jun 2007 20:10

Oak Ridge National Lab gets $125 million DOE biofuels center;

Oak Ridge, Tenn., June 26, 2007 — A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has won a bid from the Department of Energy for a $125 million bioenergy research center that will put the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley at the forefront of biofuels research and production.
27 Jun 2007 14:42

Advanced inventory methods for tracking raw materials through supply chain

Milwaukee, WI—RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer-driven optimization company, announced that it has rolled out new efficiencies for measuring fluids, powders, and other variable weighted materials with its warehouse management solution. The new efficiencies in the areas of receiving, picking, cycle counting, allocating, and inventory movements allow companies—specifically those in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food & beverage industries—greater ease in moving and tracking their raw material inventory from plant storage through the manufacturing process, and ultimately as it is used to create the finished product.
26 Jun 2007 19:50

DH Pace selects Motorola’s Enterprise WLAN for paperless operations and multi-site network

San Jose, CA, June 25, 2007 – The enterprise mobility business of Motorola, Inc. and PartnerSelect Solution Partner DCT Solutions Group, today announced that DH Pace selected a Motorola enterprise mobility system that will significantly improve its customer service and operational efficiencies.
26 Jun 2007 16:59

Eastek International launches program to help manufacturers launch in China

Buffalo Grove, Ill. – June 19, 2007 – Eastek International announced today the launch of Eastek Access, a service that provides companies with a low-risk, quick and cost-effective solution to establishing a China-based manufacturing program.
26 Jun 2007 16:40

Epicor among finalists for 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Global ISV

Irvine, CA, June 25, 2007 (PRNewswire-FirstCall)—Epicor Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of the Global 1000, today announced it has been selected as a finalist for Microsoft Corp.'s Partner of the Year Award in Global ISV. Winners for the 2007 Microsoft Partner Program Awards, which recognize top Microsoft Partners delivering market-leading, Microsoft-based solutions, will be announced July 11 in Denver at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
26 Jun 2007 19:30

Gen. Jim Jones, Former Head of U.S. and NATO Forces in Europe, Joins Boeing Board

CHICAGO, June 26, 2007 -- Jim McNerney, chairman, president and CEO of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], today announced the election of retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones, 63, to the Boeing board of directors, effective immediately.
26 Jun 2007 21:08

Generation Y: Changing the Face of Manufacturing

New York, NY, June 25, 2007 -- Manufacturers are missing the “Y-Factor” in how they manage their talent, according to a new analysis from Deloitte’s Manufacturing Industry. This “Y-Factor,” or Generation Y, is the up-and-coming talent manufacturing companies will base their future success, or failure, upon.
26 Jun 2007 16:32

GUest editorial: Business Triage

By Dr. Maurice A. Ramirez What do Tylenol, New Coke, Jack-in-the-Box, Bag Leaf Spinach, Katrina and the World Trade Center have in common? They were all disasters. More specifically, they were all business disasters, and the outcomes of each of these disasters were completely dependent on managing needs and resources.
26 Jun 2007 21:02

How to beat the Devil's Advocate and create an innovation culture

Nine simple words, "Let me just play Devil's Advocate for a minute," have torched many a fledgling concept, writes Tom Kelley, author of "The Ten Faces of Innovation." The Devil's Advocate is "the biggest innovation killer in America today." But Kelley has a remedy for the Devil's Advocate: the ten innovation personas that, he writes, can "put the Devil's Advocate in his place."
26 Jun 2007 21:57

IBM moves Web 2.0 to center stage—and the enterprise

Source: Market Wire Web 2.0 Goes to Work is a newly launched IBM initiative to help organizations bring the value of Web 2.0—such as easy access to information; rich, browser-based applications; and social networking and collaboration software—to the enterprise in a security-rich, reliable way.
26 Jun 2007 22:02

IBM to Build $86 Million Energy Efficient Data Center in Boulder as Part of Project Big Green

BOULDER, CO - IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today an $86 million data center expansion that will add an additional 80,000 square feet of data center space to its Boulder facility. IBM will use state-of-the-art technology to build a "green data center" to help IBM and its clients reduce energy costs.
26 Jun 2007 21:50

Manufacturer and mother tells House, families need flexibility

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2007 – Manufacturing employee Melissa Lindsay today testified before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the importance of a flexible and caring work environment for families.
26 Jun 2007 17:12

Offshore Product Design Services to Grow by 28 Percent Annually

The worldwide market for Offshore Product Design Services (PDS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.0% over the next five years. According to a new ARC Advisory Group study, “Offshore Product Design Services Worldwide Outlook”, the market was $1.2 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to be over $4.1 billion in 2011.
26 Jun 2007 20:58

RFID system for tracking and managing files in a law firm

Cambridge, MA, June 25, 2007 – TAGSYS, a global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure, and IDENT, the French specialist in RFID systems integration and antitheft protection for document management, today announced the world’s first RFID system to track and manage client files in a law firm.
26 Jun 2007 17:24

Beyond Finance: The Treasurer and Supply Chain Management

By Jonathan Heuser, Vice President, Trade Finance and Supply Chain Services, JP Morgan Chase The key to effectively managing working capital involves the ability to improve the efficiency of working capital usage in all operational areas of a company. Solely focusing on traditional approaches to cash management can limit a treasurer’s ability to manage working capital in a holistic way.
25 Jun 2007 19:54

Global Traceability and Food Manufacturers: The Next Generation

By Beth Berndt, CDC Software The latest recall notification regarding 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef by the USDA Safety and Inspection Service has just been reported, due to possible E. coli contamination. Looking back from 1994 to today, meat and poultry product recalls reported by this organization now exceed 770 federal cases, averaging more than four product recalls per month over the last 14 years. More than 75 percent of these cases have been identified as Class 1 recalls, i.e., involving a health hazard situation in which there is a reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health problems or death.
25 Jun 2007 20:50

Guest editorial: Applying “Lean” to the Financial Side of Manufacturing

By Rick Batty, Director of Product Marketing, Maxager Technology, Inc.
25 Jun 2007 17:57

Guest editorial: Welding Automation - Exploring The Force Multiplier

By Diane Steadham, Thermadyne Automation. Living in a society where technology is advancing on a daily basis, many industries are faced with the question of whether or not to replace manual labor with machines.
25 Jun 2007 17:19

Letter to Editor - trade deficit a self-inflicted wound

David Blond ("Dependence and decay", June 2007) raises a very valid issue about the dangers of the ever-growing US trade deficit, but he expresses being mystified over the reason.
25 Jun 2007 14:51

NAM Counsel Says Lower Court Ruling Undercuts Federal Law

The National Association of Manufacturers today joined the Washington Legal Foundation in an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals involving intellectual property.
25 Jun 2007 20:32

NAM, US DOE pledge to increase industrial energy efficiency

The National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have solidified their strong commitment to reducing the energy intensity of America’s economy by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, with the intent to promote, collaborate, and enhance industrial energy efficiency.
25 Jun 2007 17:23

Opinion: Not All Maintenance Outsourcers Are Created Equal:

Jeffrey Owens, President, Advanced Technology Services. Inc. (ATS) Back in the days when outsourcing in general was an alien concept, the novelty that anyone actually had a business for outsourced production maintenance was enough to differentiate anyone in the business.
25 Jun 2007 15:54

PTC and Adobe expand relationship to offer enhanced IP protection in distributed environments

PTC (Nasdaq:PMTC), the Product Development Company® and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE), today announced an agreement to expand their existing relationship to integrate the Adobe® LiveCycle Rights Management ES software with PTC® Pro/ENGINEER®.
25 Jun 2007 20:18

RSM McGladrey CEO, CFO Survey Indicates Positive Growth for Small, Middle-Market Companies

The manufacturing and wholesale distribution segments in the United States continue to see positive growth across several industry segments, according to the RSM McGladrey 2007 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey.
25 Jun 2007 20:23

Supply chain software for defense that goes beyond ERP systems

Schaumburg, IL, June 25 (PRNewswire)—Savi Technology, a provider of RFID-based total asset management solutions and services, and IFS Defense have announced that they will partner to provide integrated real-time information solutions for the aerospace and defense market. The RFID-Enhanced Software Suite will improve visibility, accuracy, and performance of in-transit assets and consignments throughout defense supply chains. The announcement was made at the Paris Air Show.
25 Jun 2007 22:04

The Hidden Muda of Potential

Exclusive to The Manufacturer, by Stroud Consulting From the balcony above the production floor, the General Manager looked out across the clean, bustling packaging factory. Spotting the Production Manager below, the General Manager quickly made her way to the production area.
25 Jun 2007 20:01

US court upholds patent for heart drug Plavix

A US judge has upheld the patent for Plavix held by both Sanofi-Aventis of France and its US partner Bristol-Myers Squibb.
25 Jun 2007 16:32

Worldwide batch control market to reach $4.9 billion in five years

The worldwide market for batch process control is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% over the next five years. The market was $3.2 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to be over $4.9 billion in 2011, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.
25 Jun 2007 21:36

Xerox to mentor Tinker AFB for OSHA qualification

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 21, 2007 – Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE:XRX) manufacturing operations in Oklahoma City is helping the Tinker Air Force base to qualify for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
25 Jun 2007 20:30

Letter to Editor, climate change far from nonsense

Dear Sir re: Climate Change Nonsense, letter in June 2007 edition I was a little surprised when reading the letter from Fred C in the June edition of The Manufacturer.
20 Jun 2007 13:00

Diesel Fuel from Vegetable Oil

DES PLAINES, Ill.--UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, and Eni S.p.A. (NYSE: ENI) announced today that Eni will build a production facility using EcofiningTM technology to produce diesel fuel from vegetable oils.
19 Jun 2007 18:13

WIPO Director General Welcomes Major Breakthrough following Agreement on Proposals for a WIPO Development Agenda

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Dr. Kamil Idris, has welcomed a major breakthrough by member states in their discussions on a development agenda for WIPO saying it marked a milestone in the history of the Organization.
19 Jun 2007 18:36

China set to take lead in global manufacturing

(Source: Global Insight)—China's manufacturing sector has been growing so quickly in recent years that the size of its output is set to exceed output in the United States manufacturing sector in the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the exact time frame for this change in ranking depends on how we measure the size of output.
15 Jun 2007 15:53

Grainger donation addresses skills shortage in construction

Grainger, a leading North American distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, has donated $20,000 to the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). The donation addresses two pressing challenges facing the construction industry in New York City: an immediate need for trained men and women to manage an increasing number of construction projects, and a projected shortage of entry-level employees in the construction industry at a time when the pace of construction in the city is accelerating.
15 Jun 2007 14:08

Toyota sells millionth hybrid

Automotives: Toyota expects to sell quarter million in US, 2007
15 Jun 2007 14:53

AMERICA ONLINE TO KEYNOTE AMERICAS' SAP USERS' GROUP'S SAP ERP UPGRADE SYMPOSIUM

June 14, 2007-The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG), the world's largest customer-run community of SAP professionals, will host its SAPTM ERP Upgrade Symposium June 20-21 at the Doubletree Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
14 Jun 2007 20:58

APL announces breakthrough plan to reduce emissions

OAKLAND, JUNE 13, 2007 –Global shipping leader APL today announced a potential breakthrough plan to curb vessel exhaust emissions at U.S. seaports through a process known as cold-ironing.
14 Jun 2007 21:42

Automakers to Dems: “Work with us, guys”

Automotives: Healthcare, trade balance, energy policy key competitive priorities
14 Jun 2007 14:46

Best-in-Class Improve Global Supply Chain Agility with Visibility Technology

Recent research by Aberdeen reveals that the top priorities for global trade management (GTM) in 2007 are improving trade compliance and global supply chain visibility in an attempt to more effectively manage growing global operations and distribution networks.
14 Jun 2007 21:43

Counterfeit Colgate toothpaste found

New York, New York, June 14, 2007...The Colgate–Palmolive Company today warned that counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in several dollar-type discount stores in four states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
14 Jun 2007 20:48

First-Ever Water Energy Projects in Mississippi Given Initial Approval

HOUSTON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Four preliminary permits for the first-ever water energy projects in the State of Mississippi were issued today by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
14 Jun 2007 22:02

Ford offloading upscale brands

Ford offloading upscale brands
14 Jun 2007 14:52

Graybar Awarded DLA Prime Vendor Contract

ST. LOUIS, June 11, 2007 — Graybar, a leading distributor of communications and electrical products and related supply chain management and logistics services, has announced it has been awarded a one-year contract renewal with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) valued at an estimated $74 million. The U.S. Department of Defense made the announcement May 16.
14 Jun 2007 22:02

KUKA Robotics introduces world's largest & strongest robot

Clinton Township, Michigan — June 13, 2007 – KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today introduced the world’s largest and strongest robot.
14 Jun 2007 21:45

NAM supports anti-piracy initiative

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 14, 2007 – The National Association of Manufacturers, along with other members of the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP), today introduced a comprehensive agenda to address the challenges posed by counterfeiting and piracy.
14 Jun 2007 20:55

New Report Reveals that 73 Percent of Manufacturers Don’t Know Cost of Engineering Change Orders

CINCINNATI, Ohio - June 11, 2007 - Only 67 percent of build-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers know how much it costs to produce customized products, and 73 percent don’t know the cost of engineering change orders.
14 Jun 2007 22:11

Online Marketing Budgets Within the Industrial Sector Continue to Grow in 2007

Troy, NY - 6/13/07 - Companies within the industrial sector are spending more on marketing and allocating a greater portion of their budget to online marketing, according to the 2007 Industrial Marketing Trends Survey.
14 Jun 2007 21:37

Pacer's Distribution Arm Expands Capacity, Opens Los Angeles Transload and Distribution Warehouse

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2007--Pacer Distribution Services, Inc. (PDS), the warehousing and distribution arm of Pacer International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACR), announced the opening of a new 52-door transload center in Carson, California to support increased demand for transloading services for international freight shipments moving from the West Coast to inland points.
14 Jun 2007 21:54

Reports of the death of U.S. manufacturing are greatly exaggerated.

A feel-good bit of information from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) came to us today -
14 Jun 2007 22:28

TMSi Named as 3rd Party Logistics Provider by Kidde

TMSi Logistics announced that their firm has been chosen by Kidde as their logistics provider.
14 Jun 2007 20:49

Yokogawa and MAVERICK Technologies Announce New Agreement with Chevron

Columbia, Ill., June 14, 2007 — Yokogawa and MAVERICK Technologies announced today that their joint alliance has been selected as the main automation and control contractor for Chevron’s global refineries in a long-term agreement.
14 Jun 2007 20:54

Americas trade "Potential Is Huge, But Nothing Is Guaranteed," says UPS CEO

ATLANTA, June 12, 2007 - The United States, Canada and Latin America can form the world's next great trading bloc, but only if the various nations move quickly to improve their transportation infrastructures and simplify customs requirements, the chief executive of UPS (NYSE:UPS) said today.
13 Jun 2007 22:42

Cucumber soda, because the consumer insists

We've written about the quirks of regionalization in consumer goods before. This may be the limit.
13 Jun 2007 16:48

DaimlerChrysler Announces Departure of Thomas Sidlik

Stuttgart, Germany, Jun 12, 2007 - DaimlerChrysler AG today announced the retirement of Thomas Sidlik, member of the Board of Management. Sidlik has been a member of the Board since December 1998, and has been responsible for Global Procurement & Supply since December 2003.
13 Jun 2007 22:28

Ford offloading upscale brands

Ford has decided that its Premier Automotive Group (PAG) of luxury brands too expensive to own.
13 Jun 2007 21:56

GE To Open Special Composites Component Factory In Mississippi

May 29, 2007 -- BATESVILLE, Mississippi -- General Electric Company (GE) will break ground this summer on a new jet engine component factory near Batesville in northwest Mississippi.
13 Jun 2007 22:41

Ingram Micro Acquires DBL Distributing

CLEVELAND, June 13, 2007 – The investment bank of Vetus Partners announced today that its client, DBL Distributing, Inc. ("DBL"), signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Ingram Micro, Inc. [NYSE:IM], the world's largest technology distributor and ranked No. 70 on the 2007 Fortune 500® list of companies.
13 Jun 2007 22:05

NAM weighs in on energy policy

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has hand-delivered a Key Vote Letter on Energy to every US senator, aimed at making affordable domestic energy available to US industry. The text follows, in full.
13 Jun 2007 21:46

Oregon solar sector on rise with Solaicx plant

PORTLAND, Ore. ─ Solaicx, a leading manufacturer of mono-crystalline silicon ingots and wafers used in the solar energy industry, announced today that it will be locating its first high-volume manufacturing facility in Portland.
13 Jun 2007 22:26

Retail sales rebound in May

Washington, June 13, 2007—Consumers’ spending habits were revived in May as retailers showed healthy sales gains across the board, helping to ease concerns about a slowing economy. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for May (which exclude automobiles, gasoline stations, and restaurants) rose 4.7 percent unadjusted over last year and 1.1 percent seasonally adjusted from April.
13 Jun 2007 17:53

SAP announces global reseller agreement with Visiprise

Walldorf, Germany, and Atlanta, GA, June 13, 2007—SAP AG and Visiprise today announced a joint worldwide offering to help discrete manufacturers manage the complex manufacturing processes that define their business. SAP will resell and market the Visiprise Manufacturing product under the name “SAP Manufacturing Execution by Visiprise.”
13 Jun 2007 19:10

Work begins on East Tennessee biofuels plant, company adds racing fuels research component

Wartburg, Tennessee – Construction has begun on the first bio-diesel plant in the 16-county Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley of East Tennessee.
13 Jun 2007 22:01

World, Americas intellectual property overseers join forces

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Dr. Kamil Idris, and the President of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), Mr. Martín Michaus, met at WIPO’s Geneva headquarters on June 12, 2007 to review bilateral cooperation and outline a program of joint activities for ASIPI member states.
13 Jun 2007 22:04

Siemens Financial Services enhances financing solutions in healthcare, energy, and industrial sectors

Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (SFS) announced a new initiative to provide integrated financing solutions to the healthcare, energy, and industrial sectors. As such, SFS has restructured the organization by forming a Healthcare Finance Group, an Energy Finance Group, and an Industrial Finance Group. The groups will enable business expansion for customers in each of the three sectors by allowing them to invest in innovative technologies in the most cost-effective ways.
11 Jun 2007 18:51

Machinists Union to Congress - try harder

Washington, D.C., June 06, 2007 – The president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today urged Senate Democratic leaders to treat the nation’s manufacturing crisis like an economic epidemic.
08 Jun 2007 20:47

Mastercam Announces “Innovator of the Future” for monster truck shock

Tolland, CT – CNC Software, developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software, has announced that the winner of the its IOF (Innovator of the Future) contest for 2007 is Bernie Sievers, a student in the Advanced Manufacturing Program at Vincennes University (Vincennes, IN). This is the second year that a Vincennes University student has been the winner of the contest.
08 Jun 2007 21:37

Toyota sells millionth hybrid, expects to sell quarter million in US, 2007

June 7, 2007 - Torrance CA. - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced the one-millionth hybrid sale today by parent company, Toyota Motor Corporation. Of the one million hybrid sales worldwide, more than half have been sold in the United States -- 541,210 units from 2000 through April 2007.
08 Jun 2007 14:14

“Safety Valve” Weighed for US GHG Cap and Trade

Stakeholders in a potential greenhouse gas cap and trade system in the US have very different opinions of what a successful system would look like.
08 Jun 2007 21:38

AMR Research Announces The 2007 Supply Chain Top 25

AMR Research has released its annual Supply Chain Top 25 report.
07 Jun 2007 14:46

Business Roundtable Releases Second Quarter 2007 CEO Economic Outlook Survey

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Business Roundtable's second quarter 2007 CEO Economic Outlook Survey shows that leaders of America's top companies continue to see the U.S. economy in a stable position moving
07 Jun 2007 14:35

Chrysler to Dems - healthcare a competitive priority

Washington, D.C., Jun 6, 2007 - Tom Lasorda, president and CEO of the Chrysler Group, strongly believes that healthcare costs are putting the US auto industry at a disadvantage. Following his statement in entirety, from this week's Senate Democrats 2007 Manufacturing Summit.
07 Jun 2007 16:53

Exostar Enables Boeing High-Volume Suppliers

HERNDON, Va. (June 5, 2007) – Exostar, powering secure collaborative supply networks for the world's largest aerospace and defense (A&D) organizations, was selected by Boeing to enable its business to business (B2B) supplier connections for more than 125 of its largest volume suppliers.
07 Jun 2007 16:33

IBM / Watchfire acquisition, Ovum comments

IBM has signed an agreement to buy privately held Watchfire and the deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Watchfire supplies products for testing the security of applications. It can also test how watertight these applications are in maintaining data confidentiality, and in this way contribute to compliance assurance. Watchfire has 190 employees and is overwhelmingly US-centric, giving IBM plenty of scope for expanding its markets and growing the business. It also has a service offering for SMB customers.
07 Jun 2007 14:40

Shipping exec: transport congestion peril to global economy

SOFIA, BULGARIA, June 4, 2007 – Inadequate transportation infrastructure and congestion will negatively impact worldwide economic growth in the years ahead and urgent action is required globally to accelerate the pace of infrastructure development. That’s the warning from Ron Widdows, CEO of one of the world’s top-ten container shipping lines, Singapore-based APL.
07 Jun 2007 21:34

Q1 Productivity and costs released

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported revised productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the first quarter of 2007.
06 Jun 2007 22:09

ADP National Employment Report shows US added 57,000 private sector jobs in May

ROSELAND, New Jersey – May 30, 2007 – According to today’s ADP National Employment Report SM, private sector employment increased by 97,000 in May.
05 Jun 2007 20:50

BMW Manufacturing Co. Receives Supplier Choice Award

Spartanburg, SC-based BMW Manufacturing Co. was awarded a Supplier Choice Award by Automotive News magazine at the publication’s annual manufacturing conference May 17 in Nashville. It is the third Supplier Choice Award that BMW Manufacturing has won (2003, ’04).
05 Jun 2007 20:46

Dell Sets Goal Of Becoming Greenest Technology Company

London, England, June 5, 2007 -- Dell today launched a long-term, global effort to partner with its customers to become the greenest technology company on Earth for the long-term. The new Zero Carbon Initiative will continue to maximize the energy efficiency of Dell products and over time offset their carbon impact.
05 Jun 2007 22:14

Survey: RFID skills shortage easing but still slowing deployment

The shortage of technology workers skilled in radio frequency identification (RFID) is lessening, but the lack of talent continues to impact deployment of the technology, a new survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association reveals.
05 Jun 2007 16:43

MWH awarded three Ohio hydroelectric projects

Chicago, June 4 (PRNewswire) — MWH, a global provider of environmental engineering, construction, and strategic consulting services, announced today that it has been selected by American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) to serve as the Owner’s Engineer for the design and construction of three new hydroelectric projects on the Ohio River. All three facilities will be located at existing locks and dams and will have a combined generation capacity of 191 megawatts (MW).
04 Jun 2007 21:49

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