Novi PatchOne of America’s "comeback states, Michigan led the nation in new manufacturing jobs for the fourth straight year, according to the 2015 Michigan Manufacturers Directory, an industrial database and directory published by Manufacturers’ News Inc. Michigan manufacturers added 14,089 jobs from February 2014 to February 2015, an increase of 2.1 percent, compared with the national average increase of 1.7 percent for the same period.
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CNBCToday, manufacturing in the U.S. is as resilient and robust as ever. But to continue manufacturing's success in the U.S., we must create a business environment that enables our progress. We need an environment that helps manufacturers succeed.
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Oil & Gas 360The shale gas revolution is bringing plastic manufacturing back to the United States and making U.S. refiners more competitive globally, reports the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Due largely to plentiful and affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids from shale formations, U.S. jobs related to plastics manufacturing are expected to grow by 462,000 over the next decade – more than 20% – reaching more than 2.7 million.
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M LiveFCA US' Dundee Engine Plant in Southeastern Michigan has been given "silver" status for its results in implementing "World Class Manufacturing," making it the first U.S. facility and the only North American engine plant to receive this designation, the Auburn Hills automaker said Thursday.
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Manufacturing.netCall it a billion-dollar hunch. Starting in the 1990s, Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research in New York, and his team started studying a new family of materials called ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). Working in partnership with the Department of Defense, the team focused on one subgroup of CMCs that combined heat resistance with toughness. The research almost died and then took a detour to space, but the team eventually came up with a version of the material good enough for jet engines.
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Indian Autos BlogToyota’s Indian subsidiary, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), will soon start manufacturing diesel engines in India, says a report on the Business Standard. Set up on the outskirts of Bangalore near Jigani, the engine manufacturing plant will start trial production soon, and commercial production will start in early-2016.
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CNN MoneySauer Energy Inc, developer of the patented WindCharger® vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and manufacturer of the WindCutter®, vertical axis wind turbine, has been in collaboration with a top generator manufacturer to develop a custom designed Permanent Magnet Generator (PMG) to pair with its turbines. This particular technology is exclusive to SEI.
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BBCIt made the age of cheap foreign holidays possible, and for years it was what made margarine spreadable. Nickel may not be the flashiest metal but modern life would be very different without it.
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