DEARBORN, MI-Graphene is among this year’s list of “Innovations That Could Change The Way You Manufacture” announced by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. MORE
LINCOLN, NE-Employees at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. are using virtual desktop management software to package, deliver and manage Microsoft Windows and business applications. MORE
WURTLAND, KY-J.H. Fletcher & Co., a manufacturer of mobile underground mining equipment, will locate a new assembly plant here. The project will initially create 20 new jobs and entail a capital investment of $3.37 million. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-The Komatsu tractor assembly plant here may shut down due to parts shortages. The plant receives about 20 percent of its components from a Japanese facility that was severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. MORE
NEW YORK MILLS, MN-A New York Mills man accused of making a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the Lund-Crestliner boat assembly plant last week was an employee. MORE
TOKYO, JAPAN-Japanese
automakers will idle more plants for at least the next few days as businesses
voluntarily limit electricity consumption in the wake of last Friday's
earthquake and tsunami. It was too soon to say whether production in North America might be disrupted because of a delay in
parts. MORE
PALMDALE, CA-Northrop Grumman Corp. has started using a new assembly line here for making the fuselage of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The assembly line is based on the automated systems used by automakers. MORE
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