TROY, MI-Planning to launch a new product? You need to read the new book: The NEW Launch Plan: 152 Tips, Tactics and Trends from the Most Memorable New Products. Written by Joan Schneider and Julie Hall, the book builds on eight years of knowledge and data compiled from the Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey. It examines successful launch strategies and tactics used by top consumer product companies. MORE
EVANSVILLE, IN-Evana Automation recently delivered 10 automated kitting lines, each containing 10 to 12 workstations, to a major automotive manufacturer. The kitting lines are used to organize transmission components into boxes for installation into three transmission models. MORE
HOUSTON-Baker Hughes is expanding its drill bit manufacturing facility here, adding 130 jobs by year-end. The expansion represents a $12 million total investment. MORE
NORTH CHARLESTON, NC-Reason No. 2, perhaps, that 787 Dreamliners are behind schedule: long bathroom breaks at the plants here where workers assemble the fuselages. Male employees have complained that they are forced to share a handful of bathrooms within the buildings. MORE
SUFFOLK, VA-Cobham is preparing to ramp up production at its new manufacturing facility here. The plant will manufacture composite engine components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and parts for other military aircraft. MORE
PICKENS COUNTY, SC-Allegro Industries is building a new plant to assemble various industrial safety products, such as respirators and ventilators. MORE
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