The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that manufacturing output of February picked up where January left off: in a very good place. The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, was 54.2 in ...
Tags: manufacturing, manufacturing output, manufacturing activity
A new safety standard has been published for the use of lanyard and harness restraint systems on forklifts. On February 23, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard ANSI/ITSDF B56.1, clause 4.17 was revised. It now requires all ...
Tags: ANSI Standard, Fall Protection, restraint systems on forklifts
The Motion Control Association (MCA), the global trade group representing the motion control industry, announced its 2013 Board of Directors on February 21st during the annual MCA Business Conference in Orlando, Florida. John Hegel, ...
According to Suifen custmos, Chinese mechanical and electrical products develop well in Russian new industry. At the moment, Chinese mechanical and electrical products has become the most popular in China's foreign trade to Russia. ...
Lenze Americas, a leading global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technology, has released a packaged collection of formulas now available as a free app for smartphone, tablet and mobile PC ...
The PMMI Education & Training Foundation distributed nearly $100,000 in 2012 to help students and member company employees improve their knowledge and skills, says Charles D. Yuska, president & CEO, PMMI. “This is an effort that ...
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The MODEX 2014 exhibit spacedraw, held January 23 in Chicago, attracted 340 exhibitors who reserved a first-day record of 145,000 net square feet of show floor space at the Industry’s premier U.S. event. This record amount of space ...
Tags: international manufacturing, manufacturing, Manufacturers
The mining company Primero Mining Corp. ordered two new piston pumps from Putzmeister in 2012 for its San Dimas gold and silver mine in Tayoltita, Mexico. One of the two pumps has already been delivered to the job site, the second one is on ...
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The Lift Manufacturers Product Section (LMPS) Industry Group of the MHI has released an update of ANSI 29.1 titled ANSI MH29.1:2012-Industrial Scissor Lifts Safety Requirements. This standard was developed to provide a comprehensive safety ...
Tags: Lift Manufacturers, industrial scissors lifts, industrial lift
Pump Systems Matter and the Hydraulic Institute have announced the date of the first Pump Testing for Rotodynamic Pumps webinar of the 2013. The session will be held on March 11th from 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT and will be led by Richard Rindy, ...
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Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum has been awarded as one of the five best in class companies in technology management, identified within the European benchmarking study of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT. The Fraunhofer ...
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In 2012, China's above-scale agricultural machinery industry output value reached 338.2 billion Yuan and became the world’s top agricultural machinery manufacturing superpower. In the past six years, the output value of China's ...
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The 55th edition of the venerable Chem Show will offer several new features as it celebrates its 97th year of serving the chemical process industries, December 10-12, 2013, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The ...
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The results of a global survey indicate the majority of independent system integration companies are optimistic about the automation industry’s prospects in 2013. Conducted jointly by J.P. Morgan and the Control System Integrators ...
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Even as manufacturing enjoys a resurgence in the United States, companies are facing a critical talent shortfall. According to a recent survey, one of the best ways to address the talent gap is to improve perceptions of the industry as a ...
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