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Cattle Manure Used to Fuel Plant
August 1, 2006 2:20 am | by by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsPanda Ethanol Inc. announced on Tuesday that its Hereford subsidiary has successfully completed financing on its 100 million gallon ethanol plant.
RoHS Is Here - And Manufacturers Aren't Ready
July 31, 2006 8:46 am | by Anita LaFond, News Editor, Manufacturing.net | Articles | CommentsMany manufacturers are not ready to demonstrate RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substance) compliance or due diligence, based on their documentation management capabilities, according to the RoHS Readiness Survey released Monday by Arena Solutions, a provider of on-demand product lifecycle management systems.
NAM Ends Sponsorship Of National Manufacturing Week
July 31, 2006 8:10 am | by Manufacturing.net staff | News | CommentsThe manufacturing association sponsored the trade event for 15 years.
SMA: New Wafer Fab Construction To Boost Global Capacity Next Year
July 31, 2006 8:05 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsThirty-five new fabs expected to increase capacity 17 percent for 2007.
Dow Corning Venture Searching For Site For New Manufacturing Facility
July 31, 2006 7:07 am | by Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsPlant would make silicon used in solar industry.
Get Ready To Go Global
July 31, 2006 5:19 am | by Augie Tetzlaff, Managing Consultant, BKD, LLP | News | CommentsRecognize that pursuing global opportunities often entails some cross-functional effort and coordination, whether the immediate opportunity is large or small, or if it lies in sales, purchasing, production or collaboration.
BizJet Shipments Surge In First Half
July 31, 2006 2:41 am | by Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsThe General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), which represents more than 50 of the world's leading manufacturers of general aviation aircraft, engines, avionics and related equipment, said shipment and billing figures for the first half of the year set new records.
Business Activity On The Rise In Chicago Area
July 31, 2006 2:03 am | News | CommentsNew orders move higher, a day before widely watched report from the ISM.
Do You Know Your Hazardous Materials? Take the Test and Find Out!
July 31, 2006 1:51 am | Articles | CommentsWhether it's a tanker-load or a small bottle-full, a hazardous material in the workplace needs to taken seriously.
Economic Reform In China Could Soon Hit A Roadblock
July 31, 2006 1:34 am | News | CommentsWhen WTO pledges wrap up later this year, country will lack "roadmap for reform."
EPA Continues Cleanup of Contaminated Newburgh NY Site
July 31, 2006 1:29 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsSite had been contaminated with lead, volatile organic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls.
House Panel Approves Regulation Of Chemical Plants
July 31, 2006 1:25 am | by Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press | News | CommentsIndustry upset over possible forced replacement of toxic materials with safer, more expensive substitutes
EPA and Halaco Engineering Agree To Cleanup Plan At Company Site
July 31, 2006 1:25 am | by by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | Articles | CommentsThe Environmental Protection Agency recently has settled with four parties of the now defunct Halaco Engineering Company and agreed to stabilize and secure the former smelter site near Ormond Beach in Oxnard, Calif.
House Panel Approves Regulation Of & Chemical Plants
July 31, 2006 1:25 am | by Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press | News | CommentsIndustry upset over possible forced replacement of toxic materials with safer, more expensive substitutes.
SanDisk To Acquire Msystems
July 31, 2006 1:20 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsAll stock transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Extension Passed For Louisiana Transportation Center Project
July 31, 2006 1:16 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsLAA planning “go/no go” decision in early 2007.
Japanese Auto Makers Build More Vehicles Abroad For First Time
July 31, 2006 1:15 am | by by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsJapanese auto makers built more vehicles abroad than domestically for the first time in the 2005/06 business year, according to a report released Monday.
Paul Mueller Receives $16.9 Million Purchase Order From Nova
July 31, 2006 1:15 am | News | CommentsStainless steel equipment will be used in Nova refineries to produce 60 million gallons of biodiesel.
Funding Approved For New Manufacturing Research Facility At UMass
July 31, 2006 1:10 am | by by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsMassachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has approved the $35 million the Legislature passed for an integrated advanced manufacturing research and technology assistance facility at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Work Stoppage At ArvinMeritor Brake Factory Slams Second-Quarter Earnings
July 31, 2006 1:00 am | News | CommentsCompany also raises outlook for the year.
