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Japanese steelmakers are also struggling against fierce competition from Chinese and South Korean rivals, while a global economic slowdown has weighed on demand for steel, used in everything from cars to smartphones....More

The country produces more than 95% of the world's rare earths, 17 elements crucial for making a range of hi-tech products....More

The Commerce Department said the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations would look at imports of the products, composed of two or more layers of wood veneer in combination with a core....More

Lenovo’s direct ship enablement program allows the company to integrate new partners quickly to meet new demand....More

The furnaces have been idle for 14 months and employ 629 of the 2,500 employees at the Florange plant in the Lorraine region of eastern France, the traditional center of France's steel industry....More

With better materials management, it is possible to show significant cost reduction, enhance delivery schedules and increase customer satisfaction....More

Manufacturers that embrace fuel management best practices can wield considerable positive influence over one of their biggest expenses – fuel....More

In the second quarter of 2012, production was down 2.8% compared with the preceding three months....More

Introducing a new product into manufacturing is never an easy task. Introducing that product into an outsourced supplier's manufacturing adds another level of complexity. This case study examines what's needed before you are ready to launch at an outsourced supplier....More

The euro's 15% decline against the U.S. dollar in the past year highlights one of the major risks of doing business overseas – currency risk. Companies large and small buying and selling products globally need to understand and manage foreign exchange risk. Lately some of the world's largest companies – McDonald's Corp., Xerox and Coke bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. have acknowledged that currency fluctuations hurt their earnings in recent months....More

Fountain and ballpoint pens made by U.S. firearms and knife manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson, have been held up by inspectors in Nagoya and Osaka since April 2011....More

The lockout was announced almost two weeks into a massive strike by more than 700 North Sea oil workers over pensions which, according to employers' organization OLF, has led to losses worth tens of millions of euros a day....More