CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-Many manufacturing engineers have to worry about cutting costs and slashing weight. Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have to do all that while addressing intense safety and complexity issues, not to mention gravity. Discover the challenges of designing and assembling the next generation of spacecraft-and how they apply to more down-to-earth products-at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
LANCASTER, KY-More than 500 people submitted applications Thursday for 35 jobs at the new assembly plant being built by Mine Shields LLC, a manufacturer of mine refuge chambers. MORE
EAST MOLINE, IL-More than 80 years after introducing its first combine, John Deere Harvester Works has rolled its half-millionth self-propelled combine off the assembly line here. The plant employs about 2,400 people. MORE
BEND, OR-Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that leveled part of a bullet-manufacturing plant here, shaking the ground and rattling windows several blocks away. No one was hurt in Wednesday’s blast at the Nosler Inc. plant, which makes hunting ammunition. MORE
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-If “cap & trade” legislation currently before Congress passes, every manufacturer will have to be concerned about its carbon footprint. But what exactly is a carbon footprint and how is it measured? Find out from one of world’s leading experts at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
ASHEVILLE, NC-Moog Music will transform four old buildings here into a top-flight manufacturing facility and showroom. The company plans to spend $2.5 million to renovate the structures into offices and assembly lines for synthesizers, guitars and other electronic instruments. The company plans to add 10 to 15 jobs over the next three years. MORE
SANAND, India-Tata Motors inaugurated a factory Wednesday to produce its super-cheap compact Nano car. Production will ramp up in phases to 250,000 cars annually. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO-Ford will stop producing the Mercury brand by the end of this year. While Fords overall sales are up 23 percent, sales for the Mercury brand are down 10.7 percent. MORE
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-Honda Motor Co. believes in investing in staff and expertise to tackle in-house automation projects. Such investment can produce big returns in the form of cost savings and a competitive edge. Can your company do the same? Find out this fall, when Cory Hauberg, division manager of Honda Engineering, speaks at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
SUMTER, SC-A bearings manufacturing plant here will add 75 jobs as it expands its operations. Kaydon Corp. is investing nearly $9 million the project. MORE
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