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Apr. 8, 2013

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Supply Chain & Logistics: Are Your Logistics Partners Making the Grade?

As outsourced logistics grows in popularity, manufacturers are using scorecards to monitor their 3PLs' performance....More

Apr. 8, 2013

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Strong US Tractor Demand Drives Expansion of Japanese Company in Georgia

The new facility will create 200 jobs to support the production capacity of 22,000 units annually....More

Apr. 8, 2013

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US Manufacturing Technology Orders Continue 2013 Slump

Manufacturing technology orders continue to see a hard climb in 2013, showing slow growth after a strong 2012....More

Apr. 8, 2013

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Airbus Breaks Ground on US Plant

Mobile -- Hoping it will help carve a greater share in the US market for the European aircraft maker, Airbus broke ground Monday on its first US assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama. "It represents the real transformation of Airbus into a truly global company," chief executive Fabrice Bregier said at a ceremony to mark the launch of construction. "We'll be manufacturing aircraft in Asia, in America, in Europe," he said. "Thanks to Mobile, the sun will never set on Airbus."...More

Apr. 8, 2013

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GE Buys Oilfield Equipment Manufacturer

The cost of acquiring Lufkin Industries is $3.3 billion....More

Apr. 8, 2013

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Midwest Manufacturing Output Grows in February

The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index (CFMMI) continued to edge up in February, reaching 96.3 (2007 = 100). The measure of manufacturing production increased 0.8%, following a revised 0.4% increase in January, and outpaced the Federal Reserve’s national production index increase of 0.6%. Manufacturing production in the Midwest was 5.9% higher in February than a year earlier. National output was 2.4% higher in February than the year before....More

Apr. 5, 2013

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FAA Delays Date of Tower Closures 1

The closure of 149 air traffic control towers across the country will be delayed by 2-1/2 months....More

Apr. 5, 2013

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How a Flexible Supply Chain Delivers Value

Companies are retooling their supply chains to accommodate broad swings in demand and supply....More

Apr. 5, 2013

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Building Materials Manufacturer to Create 100 New Jobs in Missouri

CertainTeed Corp. will invest $100 million for manufacturing and distribution....More

Apr. 5, 2013

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Trade Deficit Narrows in February as Oil Imports Drop

The U.S. trade deficit fell to $43 billion in February, supported by increasing domestic shale oil production that is driving down petroleum imports, the U.S. Commerce Department reported today. Exports totaled $186 billion in February, up from $184.4 billion in January. Imports rose slightly to $228.9 billion, a gain of only $0.1 billion from January. The smaller trade gap surprised analysts who had expected it to grow to $44.6 billion on the strength of a higher import total....More

Apr. 4, 2013

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Putting Data to Work in the Real World

By 2020, Volvo (IW 1000/100) is shooting for a perfect record: zero accidents, zero deaths and zero injuries in any of its cars. To help it accomplish that modest goal, the company has turned to data....More

Apr. 4, 2013

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Navy Ships, Bayonets and Optimization

How the UK and U.S. military transformed modern business....More

Apr. 4, 2013

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GM Investing in Four US Plants to Produce Fuel-Efficient Powertrains

New $332 million investment brings total U.S. investment this year to $1.2 billion....More

Apr. 2, 2013

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Packaging Manufacturer Opens Factory in Thailand

Rapak's new facility was chosen due to its ability to service South East Asian market....More

Apr. 1, 2013

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Manufacturing Expands for Fourth Consecutive Month

However, 'the reality is that there are many headwinds this year that are starting to constrain the pace of growth,' according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation....More

Apr. 1, 2013

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First New Domestic Refinery in 35 Years Being Built in North Dakota

Demand comes from the burgeoning exploration industry sited around the Bakken Shale formation....More

Apr. 1, 2013

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Seco Relocates Custom Tooling Division to US Headquarters

Company will close Tennessee plant due to excess capacity....More

Apr. 1, 2013

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Canadian Chloride Manufacturer to Build Plant in Kentucky

Macco Organiques will invest $9.5 million in the 'center' of their U.S. market....More

Mar. 27, 2013

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The Missing Metric in Manufacturing

Manufacturers need to measure the profit generated per hour for every product as it moves through production....More

Mar. 26, 2013

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Manufacturing Resurgence in US Possible with 'Modest' Policy Shifts

There is ample potential for U.S. manufacturing to undergo a resurgence that by 2025 would lead to significantly more good paying manufacturing jobs, increase GDP growth and help create the first surplus in the nation’s goods and services balance of trade since 1975, according to a new econometric forecast model released today by the Aspen Institute and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI)....More

Mar. 22, 2013

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New York Partners with Israel to Grow Nanotechnology Industry

Governor says deal will lead to new investments and creation of jobs both in New York and Israel....More

Mar. 21, 2013

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Five Questions CEOs Should Ask about their Supply Chain

Minimizing supply chain disruptions requires taking a best-in-class approach from the highest levels of the company....More

Mar. 21, 2013

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What Does the ‘Age of Unconventional Energy’ Mean?

Citing huge economic advantages to the U.S., ExxonMobil (IW 500/1) Chemical President Steve Pryor laid out his vision for the “new age of unconventional energy.” You might wonder if unconventional refers to windmills or solar panels or fusion reactors. But the green Pryor was referencing was the economic boom coming from shale oil and gas....More

Mar. 21, 2013

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Reshoring on the Banks of the Gulf: A Houston Story

Reshoring is making a case in Houston, where in the past four years these three manufacturers have moved operations....More

Mar. 20, 2013

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Currency Manipulation Back on House Agenda

In an effort to reduce the U.S.’s huge trade deficit with China, a bipartisan group of legislators today reintroduced the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act....More

Mar. 20, 2013

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Twinkies, Fracking, and Globalization

The complexity of our world regularly reveals itself in both big and small ways. One of the more recent examples of how seemingly disparate elements can smash into one another and alter reality surrounds guar gum....More

Mar. 19, 2013

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Italian Manufacturing Company Opens First US Plant in West Virginia

Pietro Fiorentini's new facility will produce components for the treatment of shale oil and gas....More

Mar. 19, 2013

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Thailand Approves Infrastructure Projects to Reduce Logistic Costs

The transportation network development would reduce logistical costs from 18% to about 10% and strengthen the trade competitiveness of Thai manufacturers, government says....More

Mar. 19, 2013

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Positive News from Europe -- Germans Balance the Budget

Germany’s ruling coalition is leading by example on budgets and deficit reduction....More

Mar. 19, 2013

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Former Lockheed Executive to Head Spirit Aerosystems

Larry A. Lawson, the former executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, will take the helm of the company April 6....More

Mar. 18, 2013

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Lockheed Martin Announces Liquefied Natural Gas Project in New Orleans

Project at Michoud Assembly Facility will result a total of more than 400 new jobs...More

Mar. 15, 2013

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US Industrial Production Shows Broad-Based Growth

Product was up 0.7% in February with durable goods increasing 1.2%....More

Mar. 15, 2013

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Pharmaceutical Industry: Life Beyond the Patent Cliff [INFOGRAPHIC]

A new Accenture study shows that the negative impact from sales lost to patent expiration peaked in 2012 and will lessen....More

Mar. 15, 2013

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Imports Unusually High in February: Zepol

U.S. vessel imports in February were down 5% from January but up 15% from February of 2012, even with one less day this year, according to Zepol Corp., which tracks U.S. trade data. The total TEU (twenty-foot-container) count was over 1.4 million and total shipments were over 720,000. February imports have not reached this level for four years, Zepol noted. The company said it appears that import levels are reverting back to the numbers seen before the recession....More

Mar. 15, 2013

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Federal Initiatives to Support Reshoring

'Manufacturing has been one of the few bright spots in the recovery, and if we are going to meet the President’s goal of creating one million new manufacturing jobs by 2017, we’ll need an aggressive set of policy measures to make that happen,' said Scott Paul, executive director of Alliance for American Manufacturing....More

Mar. 15, 2013

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Returns Management Processes Can Drive Up Logistics Costs

Revenue from product reuse and refurbishment can offset higher logistics costs....More

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