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Only One Aluminum Producer Makes Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Hydro Aluminum (Linthicum, MD) was named the top aluminum company in the new Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and is the only aluminum producer to make the DJSI-World Index. The DJSI World list comprises the top 10 percent of performers…
Partmaker Inc. and Gital America Enter Strategic Partnership
PartMaker Inc. (Fort Washington, PA) and Gital America (Chicago, IL) recently entered into a strategic partnership to greater enhance the productivity of programming Gital?s line up of multi-axis Turn-Mill centers and Swiss-type lathes. Many leading Gital users around the U.S….
R&M Mfg, Inc. Launches New Web Site
R&M Mfg, Inc. (Milton, WI), a leading supplier of precision machined and custom assembled products, has recently launched a new website to provide customers with valuable information and technical tips. The site also features a flash sideshow module and an…
Motoman Inc. and Agile Planet, Inc. Enter Partnership
Industrial robot manufacturer Motoman Inc. (Dayton, OH ) and robotics software developer Agile Planet, Inc. (Austin, TX) recently entered into a partnership that will provide commercial users with a leading-edge hardware and software solution for dual-arm robots. The technology partnership…
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Advanced HSS Help Automakers Meet Proposed Stringent Fuel and Emissions Requirements
To help automakers meet stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards recently proposed by President Barack Obama, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, AISI's Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) announced that it is developing stronger,…
Art's Way Manufacturing Strengthens Senior Management Team
Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc. (Armstrong, IA), a leading manufacturer and distributor of niche agricultural machinery, equipment and services, is pleased to announce the company has hired Roger S. Murdock as director of sales & marketing. Murdock brings more than 30…
China's Wind Power Manufacturing Industry Excessively Over-Developed
Statistics show that China's accumulated installed wind power capacity in 2008 reached 12,200 megawatts (MW), which is twice that written in the country's 11th five-year plan, a national development plan covering 2006-10. According to research by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar…
Concord Steel, Inc. Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition
Stamford Industrial Group, Inc. (Stamford, CT) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Concord Steel, Inc. (Youngstown, OH), which constitutes substantially all of the company's assets, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in…
Westinghouse Subsidiary PaR Nuclear Completes Joint Venture With Hutchinson Manufacturing
Westinghouse Electric Company (Pittsburgh, PA) subsidiary PaR Nuclear, Inc. (Shoreview, MN) has partnered with Hutchinson Manufacturing (HMI; Hutchinson, MN) to form a joint venture company named NuCrane Manufacturing, LLC (NuCrane). NuCrane will fabricate, assemble and test specialty cranes for nuclear…
Manufacturing Technology Producers Urge Swift Enactment of The Defense Production Act
U.S. manufacturing technology providers roundly applauded the recent passage of the Defense Production Act (DPA) reforms and reauthorization (S. 1677) in the Senate and urged the House of Representatives to move quickly to follow suit. ?America?s national security is threatened…
