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  SHANGHAI -- Volkswagen (IW 1000/10) said Wednesday it would recall 384,181 vehicles in China over gearbox defects, marking the German auto giant's biggest ever recall in the world's largest auto market. The recall came after Chinese state television alleged in an annual corporate malpractice program that Volkswagen had used substandard gearboxes in some models, causing acceleration problems and accidents....More

Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17% from 2002 to 2010, according to data released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Manufacturing gross output decreased by only 3% over the same period. Taken together, these data indicate a significant decline in the amount of energy used per unit of gross manufacturing output. The significant decline in energy intensity reflects both improvements in energy efficiency and changes in the manufacturing output mix. Consumption of every fuel used for manufacturing declined over this period....More

This is the third major discovery in a year by the two companies in the country....More

The Rusal aluminum company of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Friday halted production at a disputed Nigerian plant whose ownership was awarded to a U.S. company last year....More

‘It is estimated that 10% of medicines are fake and these figures can go up to 50%, particularly in some poorer countries,’ said Christopher Viehbacher, the head of Sanofi....More

IndustryWeek has long asserted that manufacturing production is a source of competitiveness for companies and the countries in which they reside....More

Maintenance is not typically the topic of a C-suite conversation. Indeed, its impact on manufacturing operations frequently is underappreciated altogether, some would argue....More

If you have even one of these issues, you will have trouble with a lean implementation....More

UN atomic agency report shows 437 nuclear power reactors operating worldwide at the end of 2012, two more than in 2011, which continues the steady increase of nuclear energy since the 2011 Fukushima disaster....More

The shooting was at the Kronospan wood panel plant which is the top employer in Menznau, giving jobs to about 400 people in the community of almost 2,600....More