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Chrysler May Invest $198M At Detroit Plant
July 24, 2012 2:13 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsChrysler Group LLC is considering investing nearly $198 million at an engine plant in Detroit.
Hawker Beechcraft Execs Seek $5M Amid Bankruptcy
July 24, 2012 10:29 am | by Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press | News | CommentsHawker Beechcraft wants to pay eight senior executives more than $5.3 million in bonuses as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy.
Toyota To Shift Some Lexus Production To Canada
July 24, 2012 10:26 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsToyota Motor Corp. plans to shift part of its production of luxury Lexus sport utility vehicles from southwestern Japan to a plant in Canada, officials of the Japanese automaker said Tuesday.
GE 2Q Earnings Drop 16 Percent; Reaffirms Outlook
July 23, 2012 2:04 pm | by Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer | News | CommentsGeneral Electric's shift back to its manufacturing roots is paying off.
Medical Firm Announces Plans For $65M Gary Plant
July 23, 2012 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPositron Corp. will make radioactive medical imaging isotopes at the new plant that will be equipped with a 70-million-electron-volt cyclotron.
Manufacturing Problem Caused Ford Escape Recall
July 23, 2012 10:16 am | by Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | News | CommentsA manufacturing problem at a company that makes fuel lines forced Ford to recall thousands of its brand-new Escape small SUVs and tell owners to stop driving them right away.
India's Maruti Suzuki Shuts Riot-Hit Car Plant
July 23, 2012 10:14 am | by Ashok Sharma, Associated Press | News | CommentsIndia's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, said Saturday it will not resume production at a factory hit by rioting during a labor dispute until an investigation is complete into the causes of the violence, which killed one executive and injured dozens of others.
ArcelorMittal Agrees To Clean Up IN Waste
July 23, 2012 10:08 am | by Rick Callahan, Associated Press | News | CommentsIndiana environmental groups have reached a settlement with ArcelorMittal and state regulators requiring the steelmaker to clean up more than 3 million tons of waste piled up along Lake Michigan.
In A New Era, Opportunity Arises From Risk Management
July 20, 2012 4:08 pm | by Dennis Omanoff, Seagate senior vice president, Worldwide Supply Chain and Procurement | Blogs | CommentsAggressively investigating “what if” scenarios for a global supply chain doesn’t just make it less vulnerable to risk.
Ex-Head Of Texas Chemical Plant Indicted
July 20, 2012 2:04 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe former president of a Southeast Texas chemical plant has been charged in a 13-count federal indictment with conspiring to transport hazardous material illegally.
Police Break Picket Line At Athens Steel Factory
July 20, 2012 9:57 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPolice have broken up picket lines by strikers who have kept a steel factory outside Athens closed since Oct. 31 last year, detaining seven protesters.
Shakeup At Opel Continues, 2 More Execs Replaced
July 18, 2012 10:03 am | by David McHugh, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThe changes follow the sudden resignation last week of Opel chief executive Karl-Friedrich Stracke just two weeks after he presented a turnaround plan . . .
Keeping Industry In Motion
July 18, 2012 8:40 am | by Anna Wells, Executive Editor, IMPO | Articles | CommentsFor a supplier like Motion Industries — equal parts cutting-edge practices and classic industrial MRO — a city nestled near the foothills of Appalachia seems like a natural fit.
How Is Wireless Changing Manufacturing?
July 18, 2012 8:30 am | Articles | CommentsHow is wireless networking changing the industrial environment?
Union Files Objection To Hawker Beechcraft Deal
July 17, 2012 9:59 am | by Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers asked a judge to deny Hawker Beechcraft's request seeking up to 45 days to negotiate only with Superior Aviation Beijing Co., for the sale of the Kansas plane-maker.
Opel Names Sedran As Interim CEO
July 17, 2012 9:56 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGeneral Motor's money-losing Opel subsidiary has named Thomas Sedran as interim CEO while it looks for a permanent replacement for Karl-Friedrich Stracke, who abruptly resigned last week.
Power Rate Talks Stall Between Utility, Smelter
July 17, 2012 9:53 am | by Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press | News | CommentsCentury Aluminum warned its nearly 800-employee Hawesville smelter is at risk as a result of stalled negotiations to achieve concessions in its power costs to help offset sluggish global aluminum prices.
Fire Does $1.5M In Damage To AR Plant
July 17, 2012 9:50 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsProduction has been stalled after a weekend fire did $1.5 million in damage to an oil pipe manufacturing plant in Little Rock.
Coca-Cola Breaks Ground On Joplin Facility
July 17, 2012 9:47 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Coca-Cola Co. has broken ground on a new distribution facility in Joplin, more than a year after a deadly tornado delayed its original expansion plans.
IL Honeywell Plant Shuts Down For Upgrades
July 16, 2012 1:49 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA Honeywell plant in Illinois that helps make nuclear fuel has been shut down because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found the facility unable to withstand a seismic event.
NC Goodyear Plant May Shut Down For A Week
July 16, 2012 1:48 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Goodyear tire plant in Fayetteville may shut down for a week in August to reduce its inventory in the slow economy.
Apple Returns To Environmental Ratings List
July 16, 2012 1:44 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsApple Inc. said it is putting its products back on an environmental ratings registry, saying it made a mistake in removing them from the list.
U.S. Plane Makers Teaming With Chinese Firms
July 16, 2012 10:04 am | by Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Great Recession was hard on the industry, and Chinese firms are showing an interest in some of the beleaguered companies.
Chinese Industrialist Behind Hawker Beechcraft Bid
July 13, 2012 9:59 am | by Joe McDonald, Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press | News | CommentsKnown as the "Helicopter King of China," Shenzong Cheng has been quietly building a small empire in aviation manufacturing.
Rusal: No Decision To close Jamaica Bauxite Plant
July 13, 2012 9:57 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRussian aluminum giant UC Rusal is denying the Jamaican energy minister's assertions that the company plans to shut down its last operational bauxite plant on the island.
