CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-Warranty costs can make or break your brand. And as a metric, it’s a great surrogate for what your customers are experiencing. Find out how Hypertherm Inc. reduced warranty costs by 75 percent over a five-year period at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
WASHINGTON-A White House advisor says the 4,000 United Auto Workers members who lost their jobs in April when the NUMMI assembly plant in California closed should get a “fair shake” when the plant reopens to produce Tesla cars. MORE
ATLANTA-C.E. White Co., a supplier of bus and van seats, is opening an assembly plant in Fort Valley, GA, to support a school bus manufacturer there. MORE
DALLAS-Guangdong Ming Yang Wind Power Industry Group Co. Ltd., one of China’s top wind turbine manufacturers, plans to locate a production facility here. The plant could employ 200 to 400 workers. MORE
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-Not long ago, MasTech Manufacturing was riding high. A supplier of conveyors, welding cells and other equipment for the automotive industry, the company had won some major contracts. But then the automotive industry hit the skids. That’s when MasTech got into the windmill business. Find out how the company did it at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
PEORIA, IL-Caterpillar Inc. will build a new factory in the United States for excavator production, moving the work from its Aurora facility by 2014. MORE
BEIJING-Apple is evaluating steps by Foxconn, assembler of many of its products including the iPhone, to prevent further suicides at an assembly plant in southern China. A 19-year-old employee fell to his death at Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory on Tuesday-the ninth apparent suicide at the enormous site this year. MORE
PROVIDENCE, RI-Creating catalysts that can operate efficiently and last a long time is a big barrier to taking fuel-cell technology from the lab bench to the assembly line. Platinum has been the catalyst of choice for many researchers, but it has two downsides: It is expensive, and it breaks down over time. Chemists at Brown University have created a unique nanoparticle that uses far less platinum yet performs more efficiently and lasts longer than commercially available platinum catalysts for fuel cells. MORE
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-What’s the best way to implement a successful Lean Six Sigma program in your company? Ruben Coronado, director of operational excellence for Vought Aircraft Industries Inc., will teach you how at the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. MORE
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