Global Manufacturing
Scania Acquiring GM Powertrain Plant In Sweden
February 21, 2007 1:52 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsAcquistion will allow Scania to boost capacity to 100,000 vehicles by 2010.
Eastman Selling Spanish Polymers Business To La Seda
February 21, 2007 1:47 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsSale includes PET polymers manufacturing assets and related polyester resins business.
Manufacturing Sector In India Experiences 13 Percent Growth
February 20, 2007 3:34 am | by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | Articles | CommentsAn Indian industry survey is reporting 13 percent growth in manufacturing for the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
Tesla Building First U.S. Plant In Albuquerque For Its All-Electric Cars
February 20, 2007 2:37 am | by Anita LaFond, News Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsCar manufacturer will bring 400 new jobs to New Mexico; facility will produce 10,000 cars per year.
Hyundai To Assemble Vehicles In Brazil
February 20, 2007 2:07 am | by Kelly Olsen, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsBrazilian plant will assemble 50,000 Hyundai pickup trucks and SUVs annually.
Mittal Group Buys Stake In Indian Refinery For $720 Million
February 20, 2007 1:47 am | News | CommentsNew refinery will be built at Bathinda, India and process 9 million tons of crude oil per year.
NAM On China: Subsidies Must Stop
February 16, 2007 3:45 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsNAM’s Vice President for International Economic Affairs testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on subsidies’ harm to manufacturers.
Japan To Join U.S. Trade Case Against China
February 16, 2007 2:54 am | News | CommentsJapan will join the U.S. in a WTO trade case against China.
EU Says Its Economic Growth This Year Will Outpace The U.S.
February 16, 2007 2:41 am | News | CommentsOfficials cite domestic demand for turnaround.
Japan To Suspend Beef Shipments From Tyson Processing Plant
February 16, 2007 12:19 am | News | CommentsInspectors found two boxes of rib meat with insufficient shipping documents.
Praxair, Air Liquide Join With ThyssenKrupp For Brazilian Steel Mill
February 15, 2007 6:05 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsWhite Martins, Air Liquide and ThyssenKrupp Minergy will build first new steel mill in Brazil since 1986.
Toyota Tops Again In January Japanese Vehicle Sales
February 15, 2007 2:31 am | by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsA total of 371,335 cars, trucks and buses were sold and registered in Japan in January 2007, according to the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).
Foster Wheeler In Project Management Pact With Osos Petrochemicals
February 15, 2007 2:15 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsCompany will help with new complex in Saudi Arabia for polybutylene terephthalate.
Dell Taps Ex-Solectron CEO To Head Global Operations
February 15, 2007 1:23 am | by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten, Web Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsDell hired Michael Cannon to serve as President, Global Operations.
EU Feeling Less Ambitious About Renewable Energy Plan
February 15, 2007 12:28 am | News | CommentsGoal of 20 percent by 2020 shouldn't be mandatory, energy ministers say.
Chrysler Restructuring Includes 13,000 Layoffs, Closing Of Plants
February 14, 2007 2:42 am | by Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsCompany sees $4.5 billion in cost savings by 2009.
3M Acquires British Medical Company
February 14, 2007 2:07 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsAcolyte Biomedica makes formulas to control infectious diseases.
LG.Philips LCD, Matsushita Say No Deal In The Works
February 14, 2007 1:14 am | News | CommentsCompanies deny reports LG.Philips was selling a stake in Matsushita.
Profit Drop At Sony Leads To Cuts In Semiconductor Investments
February 13, 2007 6:38 am | News | CommentsSony blames Playstation 3 launching costs for profit loss; cutting semiconductor investments by "large amount."
India’s Industrial Output Continues To Rise
February 13, 2007 3:01 am | by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsIndex from the Central Statistical Organization shows an 11.1 percent increase for December 2006 over December 2005.
Toyota Fears U.S. Backlash, Denies Plans For India
February 13, 2007 1:51 am | News | CommentsReport in the Detroit Free Press says Toyota fears a political and consumer backlash; company spokesman denies reports of India plant.
India's Hindalco To Acquire Aluminum Products Producer Novelis
February 12, 2007 3:24 am | by Anita LaFond, News Editor, Manufacturing.net | News | CommentsNovelis, headquarterd in Atlanta, Ga., will be sold for $6 billion.
Tecumseh To Close Wisconsin Plant; 320 Employees To Lose Jobs
February 12, 2007 2:33 am | by Manufacturing.net Staff | News | CommentsTecumseh Products closing facility in Wisconsin due to manufacturing outsourced overseas.
Toyota Planning Factory In India To Build Small Cars
February 12, 2007 1:33 am | News | CommentsAccording to a report in the Nikkei, the automaker plans to build a new plant in India by 2010.
Japanese Manufacturer Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths
February 10, 2007 2:09 am | News | CommentsThree deaths linked to water heaters.
