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Energy Intelligence Report: Saving The Planet, One Facility At A Time
August 7, 2012 5:02 pm | by Mike Huber, P.E. | CommentsTraditionally, facility managers have been rewarded for operational efficiency, throughput, labor savings, and workplace safety. But now there is a new item on the job review checklist: Environmental responsibility.
Energy Intelligence Report: You're Being Audited
August 7, 2012 4:45 pm | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO | CommentsA few critical resources to consider when you embark on an energy audit of your facility.
The Advantages Of Enterprise Historians Over Relational Databases (Part 1)
August 7, 2012 8:47 am | by GE | CommentsTo allow industrial businesses to leverage raw data from devices, enterprise historians enable key advantages over RDBs.
Microbrewery Finds Process Efficiency With Solar Heating
August 6, 2012 8:34 am | by Coryn Wolk, Editorial Researcher, Eneref Institute | CommentsThe brewery was ready for its most exciting upgrade: a solar heating system to fulfill its hot water manufacturing needs.
U.S. Industrial Manufacturers Remain Optimistic
August 6, 2012 8:23 am | by PwC | CommentsThe majority of U.S. industrial manufacturers surveyed remain optimistic regarding prospects for the U.S. economy.
Making Do With Limited Space: Footprint Optimization
August 3, 2012 5:21 pm | by Rachel Leisemann Immel, Associate Editor, IMPO | CommentsA first-class footprint optimization strategy can make or break a business in today’s competitive market conditions.
Vibration Analysis: Identify, Predict, Prevent
August 3, 2012 5:13 pm | by Rachel Leisemann Immel, Associate Editor, IMPO | CommentsIn the world of industrial maintenance technology, many predictive maintenance methods are available, each best suited to a specific application.
Partnership Shifts Manufacturing Back To U.S.
August 3, 2012 4:50 pm | CommentsZeeVee, Inc., a developer of high definition video distribution products, recently moved its overseas contract manufacturing operations to Massachusetts from China, where it had been manufacturing since introducing its first-generation products about five years ago.
Carbon Footprint
August 3, 2012 4:35 pm | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO | CommentsSeattle-based EnerG2 received a federal grant to assist in its building of a revolutionary facility to produce energy storage materials. Hear how they plan to move the energy market to the next level.
10 Tips to Measure Training ROI
August 3, 2012 8:58 am | by ESI International | CommentsIf you can’t prove a return on your training program – real learning that is adopted and applied -- then you run the risk of having it cut back or even losing it.
The Seven Deadly Counterfeit Cable Sins
August 1, 2012 8:40 am | by David Gallagher & David Fallon, L-com | CommentsCounterfeit cables are bulk cables or cable assemblies sold under false pretenses to undercut legitimate manufacturers.
Connecting The Dots
July 31, 2012 3:31 pm | by Julie Dolan, SSOE Group | CommentsA long-term partnership between a global engineering firm and a manufacturing owner leads to insights with facilitating changes to operations, vision, and metrics.
Bones Made Of Titanium
July 31, 2012 8:41 am | by Tim Daro, Siemens | CommentsCNC-controlled high-tech machines support the prosthetics manufacturers, and permit high-quality products to be manufactured despite the continuing pressures of high cost.
Mission To Mars
July 30, 2012 8:36 am | by Trelleborg AB | CommentsThe aeroshell system, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, will protect the Curiosity during its deep space cruise to Mars and descent through the atmosphere to the planet.
Process Control Helps Ice Cream Shop Keep Its Cool
July 27, 2012 8:40 am | by Erin Hsu, Senior Copywriter, Big Ass Fans | CommentsEmployees turned to a dozen industrial box fans for cooling, but their noise level, airflow and space requirements left a lot to be desired.
