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More on the Lexus LFA Buying Process

The Passionate Pursuit: Lexus News Blog | November 17th 2009 by Kevin RE Watts

Automobile Magazine has more on the Lexus LFA buying process: What I want to talk about is how a person might go about purchasing an LFA. Buying an exotic car, especially one in high demand, like most Ferraris, can be a very taxing experience even read more

lindonlaco

After Chinese Turbine Controversy, Companies Plan American Plant

technica browser | November 17th 2009 by lindonlaco

A-Power Energy Systems, a Chinese turbine manufacturer, and the U.S. Renewable Energy Group announced an agreement to build a turbine plant in the United States, though many details are unclear. read more

cehill

Legendary Investors Report Stock Holdings

Investorazzi.com | November 17th 2009 by Christopher E. Hill

Talk about a treasure trove of information. Here are various reports on the latest regulatory filings submitted by the investment vehicles of Warren Buffett, Eddie Lampert, Boone Pickens, and George Soros… Warren Buffett From Bloomberg’s Andr read more

industrialtrends

Manufacturing productivity trends linger in the basement

Industrial Trends Report | November 17th 2009 by Scott Randall

Manufacturing productivity trends may have bottomed out, but it appears that manufacturing may continue to linger there for a while. According to recent comments by Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, manufacturing production took a slight dip in read more

Macala

Los Angeles Apparel Industry Set for Growth

FashionablyMarketing.Me - Fashion Marketing Strategies | November 17th 2009 by Macala Wright

The third edition of Otis College of Art and Design’s report on Los Angeles’s creative economy finds that the industry, excluding manufacturing segments, is expected to grow by an estimated 4,000 jobs, or 1.6%, by 2013. The Good News Despite read more

greenoptions

How Nike Considered Uses Innovation and Collaboration to Close th…

CleanTechnica | November 17th 2009 by Lucille Chi

This impressive footprint is Nike’s Considered Air Jordan XX3, their first basketball shoe designed using the Considered Ethos. Lorrie Vogel is the general manager of Nike Considered, Nike’s in-house sustainability think tank. She holds a de read more

acecon

Empire gives back some of recent gains

Tomorrow's Econony Today | November 16th 2009 by Charles Sherry

The Empire Manufacturing Index is the first look at goods producers each month, though it is a narrow measure and only reflects conditions in New York. In November, the survey fell 11 points to 23.5, but remains well above zero, which marks the line read more

lindonlaco

Suntech to Open Plant in Arizona

technica browser | November 16th 2009 by lindonlaco

China's largest solar panel manufacturer announced plans to open its first American plant, in the greater Phoenix area. read more

E-Waste Rising, Electronics Makers Boost Recycling

Clean Energy Leader | November 16th 2009

Transboundary movement of hazardous waste shows a disastrous accumulation of e-waste, roughly about 6 billion tons, according to an upcoming report from the Basel Convention, reports RedOrbit. Part of the accumulation is attributed to increasing dema read more

lehmansgreg

My economic benchmarks

Lehman's Country Life | November 16th 2009 by Greg

Recently I spoke with a group of investors about what I my crystal ball tells me about our economic future. I have three metrics that I believe are simple and reliable leading indicators. read more

Amused

Whats the use of complaining?

My Science Jobs : Science News | November 16th 2009 by Ian

  Quality and Regulation relies on feedback- good or bad. Whats the use of complaining? Complaints handling in the medical devices manufacturing inustry is a profession in itself. Complaints can be an indication of quality of product and service read more

cjaccardi

Mukluk Boots Are The Perfect Boot This Winter

Heels and Steals Discount Shoes Blog | November 16th 2009 by jim

Mukluk Boots Mukluk boots are made of the finest suede and fur, crafted specially to provide you warmth and cozy look. But do not call them Mukluk if the boots only perform that. In fact, you will always have a wide range of collections of fashionab read more

failads

American Freedom Sold to China

Fail Ads | November 15th 2009 by FailAds.com

It’s already bad enough sending the manufacturing jobs over to China, and now even American freedom is given up. See more Funny Pictures of FAIL Ads read more

blm03

Crystal Light

Lisa Reviews | November 15th 2009 by Lisa

This has been cross posted on Lisa Cooking. I’ve always been a fan of Crystal Light.  I can’t stand drinking plain old water and the flavor Crystal Light adds to my water is what I need.  I do have to admit that I was shocked by the new read more

befitsports

Leather and Textile

Enjoy the riding with BEFIT SPORTS | November 14th 2009 by Befit Sports: Motorcycle Clothing Company

Leather:The skin or hide taken from large animals is generally too thick for most uses so it is split into two or even three layers, in simple terms the top split being the outside of the skin is comprised of densely compacted fibres as you reach the read more

SBCpres

Beneficiaries of US Government Investment in Electric Vehicles

The Green Market | November 14th 2009 by Richard Matthews

The Obama administration seeks to establish American leadership in advanced electric vehicles (EVs). The recovery act provides for $2.4 billion in EV grants for 48 projects. These projects were selected based on their ability to accelerate the manufa read more

cjaccardi

Mephisto Shoes and Boots

Heels and Steals Discount Shoes Blog | November 14th 2009 by jim

Mephisto Mephisto has been around the finest walking footwear industry for over 35 years. The shoes are truly special. In the attempt to present you perfect and quality footwear, each pair of Mephisto shoes go through more than 140 different process read more

Taj Mahal Furniture

Creative Pakistan | November 13th 2009

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michaelmindes

The Devil is in the Details – Knowing Pallet Sizes

Michael Mindes | November 13th 2009 by Michael Mindes

This is about to be a story where I did not take these into account early enough, and how in the future with a slight change I should save approximately 10-15% on shipping charges. read more

misterpopo

Planning Engineer, Technician - PT Indo Kordsa Tbk

Info Karir | November 12th 2009 by mister popo

PT Indo Kordsa Tbk - A leading global supplier of nylon & polyester industrial yarn and tire cord fabric requires qualified engineers to support its expansion in the Asia Pacific operations.  For its plant in Citeureup, Bogor, currently the comp read more

jeffm

Wrap-around Tray/Case Packer

Industrial and Manufacturing Blog | November 12th 2009

ARPAC’s intermittent motion DPM 2000 Series wrap-around case/tray packer was on display as part of a integrated food packaging line at the Pack Expo Las Vegas 2009 show. Arpac’s packaging equipment and stretch wrap machines are well known read more

What is the carbon footprint of your supply chain?

Kinaxis on RapidResponse | November 12th 2009

Sustainable development, carbon footprint,  global warming, cap and trade, Kyoto, green this, green that.   Who hasn’t seen, read and heard article after news report after blog, talking about how we are wrecking the environment and that thin read more

Best-in-Class Manufacturers Cut Energy Use by 24%, Study Shows

Clean Energy Leader | November 12th 2009

Best-in-class manufacturers typically reduce their energy consumption by 24 percent compared to laggard companies that increase their energy use by 6 percent, according to new benchmarking research from Aberdeen Group. Other findings reveal that best read more

thesandiegocoast

Housing Is The Bright Spot

The San Diego Real Estate Blog | November 12th 2009 by Gary Glaser

Housing is the bright spot in our economic landscape, according to the Federal Reserve’s "Beige Book" report. More banks are willing to lend to first-time home buyers. However, commercial real estate is a weak sector, weighed down by read more

abahapis

Can Someone Tell Me The Processes Of Manufacturing Management?

Koesna's Blog | November 11th 2009 by F. Kusna

i.e. mass production, quality control read more

taktikz

Oshkosh Receives Order for Additional 1,000 MATVs

taktik(z) Blog: Optimizing Supply Chain Management | November 11th 2009 by taktik(z), Inc.

Oshkosh Corporation, (NYSE:OSK), announced today it has received an additional $438 million award from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) for 1,000 MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV). This is read more

iorgus

Hummer grinds gears: production of 2010 H3 and H3T resumes

AutoMotoscope.com | November 11th 2009 by deny iorgus

Filed under: SUV, Truck, Plants/Manufacturing, Hummer, Off-Road 2010 Hummer H3 – Click above for high-res image gallery Although the Hummer sale isn’t officially official – which is to say, the Chinese authorities haven’t t read more

Amused

Follow the money!

Medical Jobs News | November 11th 2009 by Ian

Medical Devices Manufacturing R&D continues to seek high caliber candidates Follow the money! A maxim often quoted in recruitment when looking for the areas of activity where recruitment is taking place. At present it certainly appears that the m read more

rexiedear

Safely Glide Down Your Stairs by Installing a Stairlift at Home

Making Your Home More Accessible - Stair Lifts | November 11th 2009 by Vonne

Do you face problems in climbing stairs up and down? Is this problem badly affecting your daily life? If yes, then install a stairlift at home and say goodbye to all such problems. Many companies are engaged in manufacturing a wide range of stair lif read more

oceanaris

Stimulus II – Why it is a Bad Idea

Matt's Meditations | November 10th 2009 by matt

Several notable voices on the Left, including Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, and Robert Reich have called for a second, massive, stimulus program to create jobs quickly in order to reduce the jobless rate. Unfortunately, none of them have an understandi read more