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More than half of all new manufacturing plants go out of business within 6 years, according to a recently published study of Canada's manufacturing sector.

Each year, Wabash Technologies (Huntington, IN) manufactures more than 20 million sensors, and 5 million fuel injector stators and actuators for the automotive, heavy vehicle, agriculture, construction and small-engine markets.

Michael G. Lutomski, NASA's risk manager for the International Space Station program, will deliver the opening keynote at Assembly Technology Expo (ATExpo) and the International Robots & Vision Show, taking place Sept. 27-29 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

The North American robotics industry had its best opening quarter ever, with new robot orders up 30 percent, according to statistics released by Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

Not oil. Not money. The looming scarcity is people.

AC induction motors for industrial applications range in size from 1 to 100,000 hp.

Keep in mind that developing and presenting metrics is not the end result.

Cessna Aircraft Co. is reporting booming sales of its single-engine piston aircraft line. During one 3-week period this past spring, the company received more than 450 orders.

Toyota Motor Corp. (Tokyo) is building its first manufacturing plant in Russia as part of an effort to tap into the country's rapid economic growth.

In 2003, Android Industries (Flint, MI) opened a 226,000-square-foot facility in Shreeveport, LA, to provide outfitting for engines and transmission going into Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks from General Motors Corp.