The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
American Made Dorm has created a brand new line of dorm bundles for college and boarding school students for 2013. These high-quality, made in USA bundles feature a comforter, sham, accent pillow, sheets, towels, mattress pad and topper, ...
Plastic caps and closures producer Procap has announced the acquisition of Schoeller Cap Systems (SCS) in Schwerin, Germany. The acquisition will provide Procap its first local manufacturing facility and enable the new enterprise Procap ...
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INVESTORS traded through the political leadership drama in Canberra yesterday with an eye firmly on the federal election in September, encouraged that almost three years of minority government that has contributed to uncertainty on policy ...
At the end of January this year, 5.2 million people worked in local manufacturing units with 50 or more employees in Germany, up 1.2 percent compared to the end of January 2012 and stable compared to the end of December last year. As ...
Solar PV demand to hit 31GW in 2013 - analyst 13 Mar 2013 Another year of single-digit growth says NPD Solarbuzz; China, Japan, India to account for 36% of global demand. Sunny forecast: geographic breakdown of global PV demand in ...
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With the success of its Partnership Response in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) initiative, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation continues working to re-tool the pipeline for technically skilled workers. The ...
Tags: Initiative, partnerships, high schools, manufacturers, PRIME, SME
According to a survey released in November by Boston Consulting Group, 80% of Americans surveyed say they would pay a premium for products labeled "Made in the USA." Yet only 3% of apparel companies can make that claim. Providence, RI-based ...
Australian Paper will start construction of its new $90 million paper recycling plant at Maryvale in Victoria later this month. “Last week's ground-breaking ceremony marks the first stage of construction and Australian Paper ...
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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Austrian company Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls. Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company ...
Holden has signed a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal with the National Rugby League (NRL) in an agreement that will see the homegrown car maker support every level of the popular sporting code over the next three years. ...
Tags: Holden, Sponsorship Deal, NRL
At the end of November last year, 5.2 million people worked in local manufacturing units with 50 or more employees in Germany, up 1.5 percent compared to the end of November 2011. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on ...
The vice president of global manufacturing and president of international operations for General Motors, Tim Lee, has said in an interview at the Detroit auto show that he is confident in the Holden local manufacturing plan approved to ...
The future of Australian manufacturing potentially hangs in the balance of power, with the federal opposition still non-committal to long-term support for local car making. The Coalition has confirmed that if elected to power following ...