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Air Permits Approved For CF Industries Expansion
June 3, 2013 9:51 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsState regulators have given initial approval for a major expansion at a western Iowa fertilizer manufacturer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has issued draft air quality permits for the $1.7 billion expansion planned by CF Industries south of Sergeant Bluff.
Boeing Announces Changes For Jet Design Centers
June 3, 2013 9:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBoeing Co. said Friday it will create new aircraft-design centers in Washington state, South Carolina and California. The company portrayed the new centers as a way to increase its engineering and propulsion capacity as demand rises for new aircraft and services. Boeing predicts that the world's airlines will need 34,000 new planes over the next 20 years, a potential $4.5 trillion market.
Controlling Limescale Deposition & Industrial Fouling
June 3, 2013 8:05 am | by Jan de Baat Doelman, President, Scalewatcher North America Inc. | Articles | CommentsIt costs U.S. industry billions of dollars a year to control and remove the limescale that builds up in industrial equipment such a heat exchangers, evaporative coolers, boilers, chillers and other water fed equipment. Limescale not only increases downtime, maintenance costs and causes the early renewal of capital equipment but also increases energy usage.
Building A Secure Manufacturing Infrastructure
June 3, 2013 8:00 am | by Grant McDonald, Product Marketing Manager for Symantec SMB & .cloud | Articles | CommentsToday’s manufacturing is a wonder of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, the same technology that makes it possible for smaller manufacturers to thrive in our global economy also presents security challenges. With every endpoint connected to the Internet, there is always a risk of a cybercriminal stealing this intellectual property or other sensitive information.
BP Rig Supervisors Challenge Manslaughter Counts
May 31, 2013 2:43 pm | by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | News | CommentsTwo BP rig supervisors charged in the deaths of 11 workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster claim the manslaughter counts in their indictment must be dismissed because they don't apply to conduct on a foreign-owned vessel operating outside U.S. territory.
South Bend Settles Environmental Claims
May 31, 2013 2:41 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA more than decade-long legal battle over environmental claims involving South Bend's former Studebaker Corp. auto plant and another shuttered manufacturer has been settled under an agreement calling for an insurer to pay the city several million dollars.
Nokia To Lay Off 50 Of 300 Workers At ND Plant
May 31, 2013 2:40 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsOfficials with the Nokia technology company plan to lay off 50 of their 300 employees at its Fargo plant. The plant is the base for a division that creates maps and detailed three-dimensional renderings used on smartphones and vehicle navigation devices.
NH Auto Dealers Bill Headed To Governor
May 31, 2013 2:38 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsLegislation was headed to Gov. Maggie Hassan on Thursday that gives New Hampshire auto dealers protections in their dealings with their manufacturers. Without discussion, the Senate voted to accept changes the House made to the bill. Both chambers passed the bill by overwhelming margins.
Utility, Alcoa Continue Negotiating Power Rate
May 31, 2013 2:37 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAlcoa Inc. and South Carolina's state-owned utility have agreed to continue talks on a new power contract for the company's aluminum plant outside Goose Creek. Alcoa and Santee Cooper said Thursday they have agreed to extend the company's power contract deadline until the end of the year.
Dell Board Recommends Michael Dell Buyout Offer
May 31, 2013 2:35 pm | by Tom Murphy, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThe Dell board is standing behind a buyout offer from the company's CEO and founder, and has asked shareholders of the slumping PC maker to approve the deal in a July 18 vote. The company's announcement Friday is the latest volley in a battle with prominent shareholders over the company's future and Michael Dell's role in it.
Global Joblessness To Hit 200M This Year
May 31, 2013 1:48 pm | by ReutersVideo | Videos | CommentsGlobal unemployment will hit 200 million this year, and declarations of intent to tackle the problem will mean nothing without action, says International Labor Organization director general Guy Ryder. And within the next five years, he suspects global joblessness to reach 215 million.
Root Cause Failure Analysis: Reducing Costs & Increasing Customer Satisfaction
May 31, 2013 1:44 pm | by Joseph Berk, Principal Engineering Faculty, Eogogics Inc | Blogs | CommentsRoot cause failure analysis is a technology for objectively identifying all potential failure causes, and then objectively and systematically identifying the likelihood of each potential cause. This article describes how root cause failure analysis identified and eliminated recurring Apache main rotor blade rejections.
Assess Your Technology Ladder When Addressing Burn Risk
May 31, 2013 1:44 pm | by Scott Brooksby, Olson Brooksby PC | Articles | CommentsThere are few more sophisticated and complex high-heat metallurgy manufacturing processes — and few with less tolerance for error — than the processes involved in manufacturing components of the hot-section of an aviation gas turbine engine. This precision minimizes the risk of catastrophic aviation disasters such as uncontrolled engine failure.
Singapore Airlines Places Big Order For New Jets
May 31, 2013 1:44 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSingapore Airlines said Thursday that it ordered 60 new planes from Boeing and Airbus that carry a combined list price of more than $17 billion. The orders were evenly split — 30 planes from U.S.-based Boeing and 30 from Europe's Airbus. Airlines typically get deep discounts on planes, and Singapore did not say how much it will pay the manufacturers.
Tesla Promises To Add Charging Stations
May 31, 2013 1:43 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsElectric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. promises to boost the number of fast-charging stations in the U.S. and Canada to make cross-country travel by electric car possible in the next year. The company said it will triple the number of charging stations it runs from the current eight, and the number will go to around 100 in the coming year, putting stations within reach of almost the entire populations of both countries.
