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The business strategy du jour is the makeover. That’s where a profitable company that isn’t exciting is transformed into a new company with a lot more pizzazz and a lot more profit potential.

Amid shrieks from critics, the Bush administration announced that it has loosened industrial air pollution rules.

China’s economy is booming. It grew a year-on-year 8.1 percent in the third quarter, with retail sales up 9.1 percent in September.

If a printed circuit board needs a conformal coating, assemblers have lots of options for materials and dispensing methods.

Inherent hazards should be identified long before automated equipment is installed on the plant floor.

Researchers at BASF Aktiengesellschaft AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have developed a new way of joining molded plastic and sheet metal.

By switching to a 25-millimeter thread-forming fastener designed for magnesium applications, DaimlerChrysler virtually eliminated screw fault rejects and reduced process time in assembling steering columns.

A new type of locomotive may finally open the door to a long-promised network of high-speed rail lines in the United States.

With annual sales exceeding $2 billion, La-Z-Boy Inc. (Monroe, MI) is the United States’ largest single manufacturer of furniture, and the world’s leading producer of reclining chairs.

The Honda of America motorcycle manufacturing plant in Marysville, OH, implemented a new fixture used in finishing motorcycle fenders.