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Seeing the light on the GM line Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:04AMEvery day on the GM assembly line, workers face a merciless blue light.
Turning cars into stars Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:09PMHollywood has been calling on George Barris, 84, for automotive help for decades.
Car repair is in his blood Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:00AMJim Arnold, owner of Jim Arnold Collision, is a second generation paint-and-body man who got his start working with his late father, James.
Hollywood Hot Rods debuts Raybestos 1932 Roadster Pickup Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:27PMIt was an eagerly anticipated day, as Troy Ladd and his Hollywood Hot Rods crew rolled the just-completed, bright red Raybestos ?32 Roadster Pickup off the trailer Monday morning at southern California?s Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.
Middlebury machine shop to auction contents Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:05AMMonahan Filaments closed the plant last year and laid off 100 workers. ... - By Cristina Kumka STAFF WRITER
Black & Decker® Launches PlantSmart Digital Plant Care Sensor Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:00AMTOWSON, Md. , Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Black & Decker introduced its new PlantSmart digital plant care sensor that provides expert advice for growing and maintaining all types of plants and flowers, both indoors and out. Â PlantSmart helps to put an end to the discouraging cycle of trial and error in gardening. Â With its easy-to-use technology and advice, PlantSmart creates a satisfying ...
Black & Decker Joins With PlantSense, Inc. to Bring Technology-Based Plant Care to Gardeners Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:00AMPlantSense, Inc. and Black & Decker Inc. today announced an exclusive arrangement that will lead to a new line of high-tech Black & Decker-branded gardening tools designed to take the guesswork out of gardening. Â Black & Decker is licensing PlantSense's Internet-connected EasyBloomâ¢ Â technology and will introduce a new line of plant sensors, called PlantSmartâ¢, later this fall. Â PlantSense ...
Moving beyond carmakers: Bay City's Bay Cast has redefined itself, put auto industry in rearview mirror Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 8:56AMBay Cast has become a major player in creating parts and machinery for equipment used in industries such as hydroelectric power in the five years since three brothers bought the company from their father, Scott L. Holman.
Customizer's work is never done Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 7:35AMA movie crew had taken over the elliptical cobblestone courtyard of the Bloomberg Building in Manhattan on a late July day, and the star had just arrived on the set. Russell Brand, resplendent in a red smoking jacket, silky cream-colored pants and Gucci... Gucci - Manhattan - Russell Brand - United States - Michael Bloomberg
News in brief Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:40AMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
Outdoor movies are still doing business, although it takes some mileage to reach them Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 3:24PMTwenty years ago the Syracuse New Times performed a public service to the community by publishing “Drivin’ to the Drive-In,” an ode to the ozoners that were still in operation in the Central New York area, with mentions of the four Syracuse-based drive-ins—DeWitt, Lakeshore, North and Salina—that all bit the dust during the 1980s.
Avondale car lot turning into A to Z Equipment Rentals & Sales Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 11:53AMA vacant car lot on a prime Avondale commercial corner is being transformed into A to Z Equipment Rentals & Sales, an equipment and party-supply rental giant in the Valley.
Local parts makers see potential in wind industry Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 9:55AMMINONK -- At the new 68-turbine Top Crop I wind farm in LaSalleCounty, a steel ring about 15 feet in diameter connects eachturbine's giant tower to its concrete foundation. Those rings camefrom a machine shop just down the road.
Allegheny Technologies Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:35AMPITTSBURGH----Allegheny Technologies Incorporated reported net income for the second quarter 2010 of $36.4 million, or $0.36 per share, on sales of $1.05 billion.
Platinum Tool attempts to assuage concerns regarding its solvency Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:15PMCanadian moldmaker Platinum Tool Technologies Inc. (Oldcastle, ON) is "fighting for its financial life" according to a July 25, Windsor Star report. According to published reports from the Ontario newspaper, the tool shop, which is headed in part by Dan Moynahan, who's also president of the Canadian Assn. Tagging Options Domain: Plasticstoday Issue Date: PT - July 2010 Keywords: Platinum Tool ...
Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication Now Offering Precision Water Jet Cutting Services Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:31PMSAN DIEGO----Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication is now offering precision water jet cutting services at its San Diego shipyard and fabrication shop.
Minority-owned businesses on the rise Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:46AMBy Trevor Stokes, Staff Writer Greta Bridges was selling flowers from her home and asked her employer, Sara Lee, for Valentine’s Day off, which was her biggest day of business. When her supervisor said no, Bridges quit, and on Valentine’s Day 2005, she sold flowers on the lawn of an abandoned building in West Florence.
Assisting your customers is a matter of 1-2-3 Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:30AMMakers of equipment designed for supporting primary processing are also helping processors make good sustainable and financial decisions for their business. read more
Mentor Graphics Signs Exclusive Global Agreement With Automotive Supplier Magneti Marelli Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:15AMWILSONVILLE, OR--(Marketwire - July 13, 2010) - Mentor Graphics Corporation ( NASDAQ : MENT ) today announced the signing of an exclusive, worldwide agreement with automotive electronics systems and components provider, Magneti Marelli. Valor , a division of Mentor and a global provider of productivity improvement software across the printed circuit board manufacturing supply chain, will supply ...
Krasienko answers readers' questions Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 1:30AMWe asked readers, if you were the city hall reporter for a day, what would you ask the mayor? Then we put those questions to Lorain Mayor Anthony Krasienko and here is the resulting reader-reporter Q&A interview with the mayor:
Motomanâ€™s Dean Elkins is RIAâ€™s New Chair Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 1:38PMThe Robotic Industries Association (RIA, Ann Arbor, Michigan) selected a new chair in January 2010. Dean Elkins of Motoman Inc. (West Carrollton, Ohio) was voted as the chair of RIA’s board of directors, following the two-year tenure of Richard Litt, Chair of Genesis Systems Group, LLC (Davenport, Iowa). Elkins also serves as Motoman’s Senior General Manager.
Exhaustive Tests, Uncompromising Approach Give 2011 Ford Explorer World-Class Craftsmanship Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 8:00AM-
Expansion Planned at Huntington Manufacturer Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 2:36PMBeckley producer wholesaler received a loan to finance a warehouse.
Black & Decker® Launches Cordless Pivot Vac Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 8:30AMThe 18V Pivot Vac first entered the market in 2006 with an innovative design and long lasting suction power. Â Today, the redesigned Pivot Vac is more compact, quieter and easier to clean than Black & Decker's original, powerful hand vac.
Ohio Automotive Supply celebrates 65th birthday Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 12:11AMCars and trucks have become more complicated in the past 65 years, and so has the business of supplying parts for them.
Hewitt on Europe Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 12:19PMUK's new policy on EU - co-operation, with limits
MTE Produces Precision Prototypes of Machine Parts Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 12:29PMGaineville,Fl- June2-MTE is a job-shop machine shop that produces precision prototypes of machine parts, in a timely manner with an emphasis on personalized service. Prototyping is the construction of an original or authentic item that is made to serve as an example for the others that will be created after it. It's essentially a model for the rest that will be created. When a designer creates a ...
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Plant Transforms Itself in Preparation for 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Launch Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 4:12AMMULGRAVE, AUSTRALIA – May 25, 2010: Group LLC’s Jefferson North (Detroit) Assembly Plant (JNAP) celebrated the launch of production today of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Changing law could put dent in business for repair shops Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 3:14AMThey paid as much as $10,000 last year for new computer equipment that arrived almost a year later, and agreed to new monthly maintenance fees in order to keep licenses to conduct auto inspections.
Quality Boost is Needed to Match China's Car Demand Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 6:08PMThe booming car market in China is setting new kinds of production challenges, and they are not simply related to volume. Discerning Chinese buyers are insisting on a boost to the build-quality of the vehicles they buy in a highly competitive marketplace. read more
Oberlin to get 100 green jobs Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 5:56AMOBERLIN — A $50,000 grant and a tax credit will support expansion of an Oberlin-based firm that plans to add 100 new jobs and retain 25 existing jobs related to a green energy project. The Rapid Outreach Grant will be used by Specialty Services Inc. to acquire new machinery and equipment for its site at [...]
Is the Greece bail-out a good deal? Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 4:04AMLeaders of the 16 EU states that use the euro have approved a multi-billion deal. Your reaction?
Will the EU stability package work? Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 4:04AMEU ministers have agreed on measures worth billions to prevent a Greek debt contagion. Is this the right way?
From scrap to sculpture Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 11:27PMGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- "Look at these," Erik Beerbower says, awe in his voice. "Aren't they beautiful?" Some might see the objects of his admiration as a heap of junk. Not Beerbower.
Motomanâ€™s Dean Elkins is RIAâ€™s New Chair Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 12:36PMThe Robotic Industries Association (RIA, Ann Arbor, Michigan) selected a new chair in January 2010. Dean Elkins of Motoman Inc. (West Carrollton, Ohio) was voted as the chair of RIA’s board of directors, following the two-year tenure of Richard Litt, Chair of Genesis Systems Group, LLC (Davenport, Iowa). Elkins also serves as Motoman’s Senior General Manager.
Allegheny Technologies Announces First Quarter 2010 Results Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 6:30AMPITTSBURGH----Allegheny Technologies Incorporated reported net income for the first quarter 2010 of $18.2 million, or $0.18 per share. Results included a non-recurring tax charge of $5.3 million related to the recently-enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Let's go racing Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 12:51PMEXETER — Every square foot of Corey Schlegelmilch’s Donrich Machine & Driveline shop is clean and well-organized, but Schlegelmilch looks around with a critical eye.
Urbana company explores new twists in refrigeration, air conditioning Sunday, April 4, 2010 @ 9:48AMURBANA – Creative Thermal Solutions has been around only seven years, but already the Urbana-based company has made a mark. The firm, which works on dozens of air-conditioning and refrigeration projects, employs 30 people, many of them highly educated researchers. read more
Henry Ford Is Dead at 83 in Dearborn Friday, April 2, 2010 @ 1:57AMDETROIT, April 7--Henry Ford, noted automotive pioneer, died at 11:40 tonight at the age of 83. He had retired a little more than a year and a half ago from active direction of the great industrial empire he founded in 1903.
Family fighting to keep machine shop on former farm land Wednesday, March 31, 2010 @ 12:08AMCasco Township -- A machine shop now churns where cows used to roam at Marine City Highway and Hessen Road in this rural St. Clair County community. But the industrial operation soon could fall silent if township officials have their way.
VisionGauge® Revolutionizes Optical Comparators Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 4:05AMOptical comparators are generally considered to be a cost-effective measuring tool, however it is also widely recognized that they rely on old technology and suffer from several shortcomings. The new VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator brings optical comparators into the 21st century using advanced technology to offer a better solution to the classic manufacturing problem of ensuring that ...
Technology Center Holds Open House Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 12:18AMMore than 600 people visited the Greeneville-Greene County Center for Technology on Thursday evening during its second annual "Career Connections" event and open house.
Across the USA News from every state Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 8:19PMNews from every state
22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference Presenter Profiles Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:33AMDANA POINT, Calif.----22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference takes place March 15 - 17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, CA.
A Marvel of technology: Stroudsburg co. is go-to expert in helicopter rotor repair Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:09PMSome peculiar hardware made by three men in Stroudsburg using new and older machinery is found at many airports, heliports and war zones around the world.
Last bits of Chrysler sold at auction Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:02AMA passel of auctioneers and a roomful of bidders were settled in for the long haul Thursday, as the University of Delaware auctioned nearly 1,000 lots of machinery, tools and other equipment from the closed Newark Chrysler assembly plant.
Floyd County Men Sentenced in "Chop Shop" Scheme Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:23AMMarty Hamilton, 51 was sentenced to 80 months in a federal prison, while Gary Keathley, 53 was sentenced to 50 months. Both men are from of Betsy Lane, Ky.
In Detroit, Is There Life After the Big 3? Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 3:19PMThe New York Times As parts makers add customers like NASA and solar power companies, they are helping to offset the tens of thousands of lost jobs in the auto industry.
In Detroit, Is There Life After the Big 3? Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 3:04AMAs parts makers add customers like NASA and solar power companies, they are helping to offset the tens of thousands of lost jobs in the auto industry.