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Sweden to Build World's Biggest Windfarm
Sweden could become home to the world's biggest land-based windfarm following a decision by a local government authority to approve the building of the 5 billion-euro ($6.8 billion) Markbygden windfarm, reports Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX). Located off the…
Romi Machine Tools Launches New Redesigned Website
Romi Machine Tools Ltd. (Erlanger, KY) has recently published a new website (romiusa.com) to help customers differentiate between its many models of CNC machine tools and provides a glimpse of new models. Romi manufactures some 25 models and sizes of…
China's Output of Solar Cells Jumps to 44 Percent of World Total
China's output of solar cells jumped to more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in 2008, accounting for 44 percent of the world's total. Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that in 2008, the global output of solar cells reached 6.85…
Construction Restarts on Wales' Rhyl Flats Windfarm
After construction delays last year, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that turbine construction at the Rhyl Flats offshore windfarm off the north coast of Wales is set to restart. RWE Innogy, part of large German utility RWE (Essen),…
HEAVY-DUTY BAND SAW WITH QUICK-STOPPING EMERGENCY FOOT BRAKE
Woodstock International, Inc. offers the SHOP FOX®
Model W1770 21 in 5 hp Heavy-Duty Bandsaw with a quick-stopping emergency foot brake. Its main features also include its heavy-duty cast iron fence with removable 6 in extruded aluminum resaw fence attachment.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS: GEAR HOBBING AT WORLD RECORD SPEED
Always As Fast As Possible: This gear hobbing system currently holds the world record in chip-to-chip times for the machining of shafts and pinions with the least number of teeth. At this moment, however, next generation technology is being developed that will once again smash that record.
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
Food For Thought: This manufacturer uses a new demonstration vehicle to bring their technology directly to prospective customers.
ILO Reports Global Unemployment Could Reach 7 Percent
The International Labor Organization (ILO), a specialized agency within the United Nations, announced predictions that global unemployment could reach 38 million workers, a rate of 7 percent, in 2009. Global unemployment increased by 14 million in 2008, a drastic change…
Trumpf Receives Special Innovation Award from Daimler
Trumpf (Ditzingen, Germany) announced that Daimler AG honored them with its Key Supplier Award in the Innovation category on March 12, 2009, in Stuttgart, Germany as part of its Key Supplier Meeting and the 2009 Daimler Supplier Awards Ceremony. In…
Attention! Deficit Disorder: Saving Small Manufacturers
Lifeblood Of Our Economy: Since capital investment in machine tools and equipment has completely stopped, the Obama plan to boost financial backing for small business lending is a commendable step toward revitalization.
ATTENTION! DEFICIT DISORDER: MACHINE SHOPS HIT 4-YEAR LOW
No Rest For The Weary: Machine shop business has dropped to its worst level in four years due to the worldwide credit problem, extreme conditions in the automotive industry and overall slowing sales.
ATTENTION! DEFICIT DISORDER: THROW THE BUMS OUT
545 vs. 300 million: Every U.S. citizen needs to read this and really think about what is scripted in this message. Read it, then think through our current political debacle.
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