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Leak-Proof System
February 26, 2009 7:40 am | CommentsPolyconn's Duratec piping system offers an innovative compressed air and inert gas distribution system designed to be absolutely leak-proof, install quickly and easily, and to maintain plant costs. Duratec pipe is available in 100-ft. or 300-ft. coils—significantly reducing the number of joints in a system.
Small In Size, Big In Features
February 24, 2009 12:34 pm | CommentsThe Power Probe Micro Torch is small in size, but offers many features and ease of use.
Rotary Screw Technology
February 24, 2009 12:30 pm | CommentsSullair Corporation offers its new ShopTek™ lubricated rotary screw air compressor. According to the company, these compressors combine Sullair's proven rotary screw technology in a compact belt-drive package which establishes new standards for continuous-duty compressors to meet the needs of small horsepower markets.
Tools & Equipment For Your Every Need
February 24, 2009 12:15 pm | CommentsFor over 40 years, Neu Tool & Supplyhas offered thousands of tool and equipment items from hundreds of manufacturers.
Rollers For Those Hostile Environments
February 24, 2009 12:01 pm | CommentsRalphs-Pugh Companyhas developed a series of rollers to counter the harsh conditions in battery manufacturing and storage and charging station environments.
Company Chosen By Army Corps Of Engineers To Boost Energy Efficiency And Cut Costs
February 24, 2009 9:23 am | CommentsHoneywell (NYSE: HON) has received a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help the Department of Defense and other agencies increase energy efficiency, leverage renewable eneargy and save water. The work will be performed under the federal Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) program and builds on the Department of Energy contract Honeywell recently secured to implement up to $5 billion of similar projects in government facilities across the globe.
Online Layoff Tracker Captures Economy's Carnage
February 24, 2009 9:06 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | CommentsLayoff Tracker can be planted on a Web site or a computer desktop to provide a running tally of the pink slips being handed out by major employers around the country. The tracker complies the numbers from news reports and company announcements.
Steel’s Revival May Provide Roadmap For Auto Industry
February 24, 2009 9:00 am | by Daniel Lovering and Tom Krisher, AP Business Writers | CommentsThe 57-year-old steelworker from Port Vue, PA, lived through painful restructuring that drastically reshaped the domestic steel industry. The most recent crisis, from 1998 through 2003, involved dozens of bankruptcies, huge job cuts and mill closures.
What About The Other Mobile Workers?
February 20, 2009 11:39 am | by Stephen Woram, CEO, Form Automation Solutions | CommentsIt’s a common site at any factory, power plant, refinery, or other production facility: a worker, armed with pen and clipboard, making rounds, checking non-instrumented equipment, and filling out forms. Big companies love their data collection forms.
Q&A with Kenneth R. Foster, SKF USA Inc.
February 20, 2009 11:39 am | Commentsh4 { font: bold 14px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; } .byline { font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 4px; } .caption { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 4px; } .sup { position: relative; bottom: 2px; font-size: smaller;" } Kenneth R.
Proprietary Brands & Diversification
February 20, 2009 11:39 am | by Mike Collins | Commentsh4 { font: bold 14px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; } .byline { font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 4px; } .caption { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 4px; } .sup { position: relative; bottom: 2px; font-size: smaller;" } One of the most overlooked strategies by job shops is the development and licensing of proprietary processes.
Keeping Pace With Change
February 20, 2009 11:39 am | Commentsh4 { font: bold 14px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; } .byline { font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 4px; } .caption { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 4px; } .sup { position: relative; bottom: 2px; font-size: smaller;" } Management consulting firm Booz & Company addresses strategies for navigating 2009's uncertain economic tides.
Putting Green In Motion
February 20, 2009 11:38 am | CommentsBy Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPO As part of the NSK group, a global supplier of various motion control components with literally unlimited application potential, the team in Franklin was given the challenge of becoming ISO 14001 certified. Issuing a challenge has long been used as a way of motivating people or pushing them to achieve greater results than they may have previously thought possible.
Indicators Suggest Recession Will Continue Through 2009, But Intensity Will Ease
February 19, 2009 6:10 am | CommentsIndex(TM) (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.4 percent in January, following a 0.2 percent increase in December and a 0.7 percent decline in November.
The Auto Dead Zone
February 19, 2009 6:04 am | CommentsThe cover page of Chrysler's restructuring plan, submitted along with GM's late Tuesday, tells you all you really need to know about these 100-page-plus tomes. Replete with pictures of World War II Army Jeeps, dead men in starched collars -- and the now-obligatory "hybrid" logo and plug-in car -- the first page declares that Chrysler "is the Quintessential American Auto Company."
