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Cooking Up Cash Savings
December 4, 2006 12:56 am | by Colleen Olexa, Technical Editor, Product Design and Development | News | CommentsAppliance makers are finding thermoset materials can help reduce costs and design challenges.
Landec Sells Seed Business To Monsanto For $50 Million
December 4, 2006 12:55 am | by Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsCompanies also agree on five-year technology licensing deal.
Sonoco Closing Two Chicago Plastics Plants
December 4, 2006 12:51 am | by Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsCompany will shut injection molded plastics plants in January.
Lafarge Selling Roofing Unit For $2.6 Billion
December 3, 2006 11:43 pm | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsLafarge, the largest maker of building materials, has agreed to sell its roof-tile unit to private equity firm PAI Partners for $2.6 billion.
Premier Foods To Buy RHM For $2.4 Billion
December 3, 2006 11:07 pm | News | CommentsPremier Foods PLC said Monday it will buy RHM PLC for $2.4 billion in cash and shares to create Britain's largest food producer.
Europe Feeling More At Ease With Weaker Greenback
December 3, 2006 3:02 am | News | CommentsRecent dollar softness no cause for alarm, many companies say.
Eaton Buys Remaining 50 Percent Of Belgium's Schréder-Hazemeyer
December 3, 2006 2:59 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsTerms of deal not disclosed.
Toyota Outsells Ford
December 1, 2006 8:08 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter | News | CommentsToyota’s November sales were 196,695, while Ford was 182,259.
First Major Storm Of The Season Slams Midwest, But Not The Supply Chain
December 1, 2006 7:19 am | by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsThe first major snowstorm of the season has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in the Midwest and caused a Fed Ex cargo plane to slide off the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
CFOs See Economy Expand, Manufacturing Shrink For 2007
December 1, 2006 5:56 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsFifty-five percent of CFOs surveyed by Bank of America see the economy expanding and 35 percent see manufacturing shrink.
EU Finally Agrees On Chemical Legislation
December 1, 2006 5:39 am | by Paul Ames, Associated Press | News | CommentsLaw would require registration of 30,000 chemicals with EU agency; but environmentalists say legislation was watered down.
NN Purchases Whirlaway
December 1, 2006 3:34 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsDeal worth $44 million.
PerkinElmer To Acquire Evotec Technologies
December 1, 2006 3:30 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsPerkinElmer will acquire Evotec AG's majority-owned subsidiary, Evotec Technologies GmbH for $30 million.
ISM Report: Manufacturing At Lowest Level Since April 2003
December 1, 2006 3:24 am | by Anita LaFond, News Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsDespite overall economic growth, manufacturing lost speed after 41 consecutive months of growth, according to November 2006 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
German Manufacturing Looks Strong While UK Slows
December 1, 2006 3:12 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsPMI for November shows an employment increase in Germany and a decrease in the UK.
Energy And Treasury Secretaries Announce $1 Billion In Tax Credits for Clean Coal
December 1, 2006 2:57 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Samuel W. Bodman and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announced Thursday the awarding of $1 billion in federal tax incentives to nine companies for rapid deployment of advanced coal-based power generation and gasification technologies.
Cardinal Health To Sell $1.8 Billion Drug Manufacturing Business
December 1, 2006 2:39 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsCardinal Health's PTS business employs 10,000 at 30 global plants.
Paper Maker Marcal Files Chapter 11
December 1, 2006 2:00 am | by Jeffrey Gold, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsMarcal Paper Mills files a voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy petition; blames rising energy costs.
Kerkorian Selling His Remaining Investment In GM
December 1, 2006 1:58 am | by Ken Thomas, Associated Press | News | CommentsTransaction could total more than $800 million; Kerkorian would lose his GM postion.
Volkswagen Predicting Losses On North American Car Sales
December 1, 2006 1:37 am | by Tom Krisher, Associated Press | News | CommentsSoft U.S. economy and unfavorable currency exchange rates blamed for lack of profit in 2007 and 2008.
