Austin Weber

Toyota Motor Co. opened a new engine and transmission assembly plant here May 10. It is Toyota's first plant outside of Japan to build automatic transmissions.

Engineers can consult more than 70,000 pages of reference material on plastics and rubbers at a new Web site hosted by Knovel Corp.

Nordson Corp. has presented John M. Raterman with its 2001 Nord Innovation Award.

North American manufacturers of industrial lasers posted worldwide sales of more than $152.4 million during the first quarter of 2001, a decrease of 10 percent compared with sales from the first quarter of 2000.

Fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems Inc. has signed a 5-year agreement to obtain porosity sealants from Hernon Manufacturing Inc. (Orlando, FL).

We're privileged to welcome Andrew Magee, senior consultant with the Bourton Group, to the Uncommon Sense column in ASSEMBLY.

The American Competitiveness Institute (ACI) has created a new laboratory for testing materials used to assemble and package radio frequency (RF) components and chips.

President Bush has ordered the Labor Department to establish an office to address the needs of the 21st century workforce.

It's fitting that the Boeing 717 is assembled with innovative production techniques, such as a continuously moving assembly line, because the airplane broke a long-standing tradition at the 85-year-old company.

The slowdown in hiring will continue throughout the nation in the third quarter, especially in manufacturing.