Going public, an option pushed by the United Auto Workers union retiree health benefits fund, could complicate Fiat’s aim to boost Chrysler shareholdings....More
The company said it had made "a binding and irrevocable offer and entered into exclusive negotiations" with Saint-Gobain for its Verallia North America (VNA) unit, with an offer of about $1.7 billion."...More
Let's say you're a smart, experienced executive. You've scaled the industrial-grade corporate ladder to your current heights through a combination of savvy decision-making, admirable leadership and consistently excellent execution. Plus, of course, your contagious charm and dashing good looks. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here. Go with it....More
According to results of the 2012 Indiana Manufacturing Survey: “Halftime” for Indiana Manufacturing, Indiana manufacturers have weathered the storm of the Great Recession and are well positioned to compete in the future.
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On November 30, diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. completed the biggest acquisition in its history when it purchased electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries for $13 billion....More
The sales processes that worked for distributors, manufacturing reps, and integrators 10-15 years ago don’t work very well today for capital and other equipment manufacturers as well as job shops....More
Renesas said it would sell about 150 billion yen ($1.82 billion) worth of shares to the state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan (INCJ) and top corporate names including Toyota and Panasonic....More
The company has said that it planned to invest $492 million to build a new facility in Sao Paulo to produce smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices....More
China Aviation Industry Corp. already produces engines for smaller planes such as trainers and executive jets, as well as for military aircraft, according to reports....More
More than a decade ago, Spinnaker Coating tried to play with the big boys and lost. The problem dates way back to 1994 when the label material manufacturer's former owners decided to move from a niche market to supplying large label converting companies....More
The looming fiscal cliff and weaker demand in Europe and China have driven U.S. business leaders to their gloomiest outlook in three years, a survey released Wednesday showed....More
Tide Pods come out of what CEO Robert McDonald calls "an increasingly promising pipeline of category- and brand-creating innovations," which P&G hopes will turn the recent tide of lackluster growth....More
The new group would manufacture products ranging from Airbus passenger jets and military transporters to Challenger tanks, Tornado jet fighters and aircraft carriers....More
Dialogue introducing new forecasting study on what the economy might look like in 2025 with a manufacturing resurgence. Video from the Aspen Institute....More
Manufacturing makes America strong. It makes families and communities strong. It provides national security. It gives us energy security. And for the 12 million men and women who work in manufacturing, it gives us pride....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingComputers.com demonstrates how Big Data is transforming the business and industrial worlds and enabling new technologies and new breakthroughs that will help manufacturers work more efficiently than ever before....More
Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates the inner workings of additive manufacturing machines and provides some real-life examples of how 3-D printing technology could dramatically change the manufacturing and retail industries as we know them today....More
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab break down the engineering and design challenges they faced during the Curiosity rover's complicated landing near the Martian equator on Aug. 5, 2012....More
