Report: Nexteer Automotive adopts figure skating technology to streamline work
Using motion analysis software often used by figure skaters and other athletes, workers at Nexteer Automotive were able to streamline manufacturing work.

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Manufacturing Enterprise Communications Announces Additional Manufacturing Leadership Council Members
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 04/25/11) – Manufacturing Enterprise Communications, the leading information resource for manufacturing executives, announces additional Manufacturing Leadership Council members on Manufacturing-Executive.com . “We are delighted to welcome executives from Johnson & Johnson , The Boeing Co., Purolator, Ingersoll Rand, Raytheon, the Automation Federation , Covidien …

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Taking Charge: Cynthia Niekamp, PPG Industries’ highest-ranking female executive
Cynthia Niekamp grew up with four brothers, studied industrial engineering at Purdue University, and cut her teeth in business working on the production floor of a GM subsidiary in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. So it doesn’t strike Ms. Niekamp as startling that she ended up in a series of senior executive positions at male-dominated manufacturing firms.

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AGC Invests 40 Billion Yen in Production of Construction and Automotive Glass in Brazil
AGC announced today it is set to move into Brazil’s construction and automotive glass markets, investing 40 billion yen in an industrial state-of-the-art glass complex in Sao Paulo state.

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Sanmina-SCI Reports Results for the Second Quarter Fiscal 2011
Sanmina-SCI Corporation a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services company, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended April 2, 2011.

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Fallbrook is geared up to go global with its revolutionary vehicle transmission
Fallbrook is geared up to go global with its revolutionary vehicle transmission

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