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Something to Remember

Jun 01, 2008; Hogan, Brian J ... Life drives home certain lessons again and again, and even after they're well-learned, the validity of those lessons is constantly emphasized by ordinary events. Recently I hired a repairman to fix the irrigation system in my lawn-two of the supply pipes had gotten choked by trees. We're ...

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Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... June Manufacturing Innovations Conference: Technologies for Oil and Gas, June 9-10, Hyatt Regency Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada In cooperation with the Global Petroleum Show-June 10-12 For information visit: www.sme.org/albertaconference Global ...

Temperature Influences Measurement Accuracy

Jun 01, 2008; Robinson, Colin ... During my career, I've noticed that many companies, and the actual users of measurement equipment, do not understand the effect that temperature has on accurate measurement. With today's tighter measurement requirements, one must eliminate as many variables as possible-including ...

"GREEN" Manufacturing Certification Possible

Jun 01, 2008; Handy, Rod; Whitt, Michael; Boregowda, Satish; Kraebber, Henry; Bozic, Christy ... SME is teaming up with a technical engagement group from Purdue University on the development of a Green Manufacturing Skills/Specialist Certificate Program. After completion of an extensive competency and outcome assessment by SME Certification, this program could lead to a full-blown, ...

Many More Mergers

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The US metals industry had record levels of mergers and acquisitions last year, accounting for $77 billion in value, or more than 50% of the world total, according to a recent Price-Waterhouse (New York) report. There were 115 deals in the US, a majority of which were in the steel ...

Where Are the Smart People?

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The talent shortage is a crisis that is occurring now, and it threatens to grow more acute and widespread, according to a report from Manpower Inc. (Milwaukee). Talent shortages pose a threat to world economic growth and prosperity. Unfortunately, potential solutions have yet to be widely ...

SME International Honor Award Recipients for 2008

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Ronald A. Bohlander, PhD, FSME GTRl Fellow Principal Research Scientist and Director of Commercial Product Realization Georgia Tech Research Institute Atlanta, GA Ronald A. Bohlander is recognized with the Joseph A. Siegel Service Award for his significant and ...

Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Intelligent Devices An intelligent device is any type of equipment, instrument, or machine that has its own computing capability. As computing technology becomes more advanced and less expensive, it can be built into an increasing number of various devices. In addition to personal and ...

North American Car Production Faltering

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... An article from Agence France-Presse notes that a recent study conducted by Canadian Scotiabank, indicates automobile production in Brazil, Russia, India, and China will surpass that of North America this year. The falloff in North America reflects plant closures by the traditional US ...

Take Advantage of the Tax Break

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The IRS has issued guidelines for companies wanting to take advantage of the depreciation allowance that is contained in the recently passed Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. That bill provides a significant tax incentive for businesses making capital investments by adding a special 50% ...

Greater Green Spending

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... US manufacturers spent $5.9 billion in 2005 on pollution equipment, and another $20.7 billion on pollution prevention, according to the Census Bureau. Of the $20.7 billion spent on pollution prevention operating costs, $4 billion went to salaries and wages, $5.7 billion went to energy costs, ...

US Industries Cut Emissions

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Climate Vision Progress Report 2007 from the Department of Energy shows that power and energyintensive industrial sectors improved ...

Productivity Changes

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... South Korea's productivity improved by 11% between 20022006, while that of Germany and Taiwan grew 7%. The US improved manufacturing productivity by 2% placing this country in ...

Expansion

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Haas Automation Inc. (Oxnard. CA) has opened new factories in Bihw and Ahmedabad, India. This brings to four the number of Haas facilities in India, with a fifth scheduled to open this year. Acument Global Technologies Inc. (Rockford, IL) will reenter the highperformance aerospace ...

Feds Reduce R&D Work

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The federal government is reducing its investment in research and development, according to the National Science Foundation's Science Resource Statistics (SRS) division. In 2007, federal investment in R&D slipped to $116.4 billion, down from $117 billion in 2006. Adjusted for inflation, the ...

Online Degrees

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A technical report from a University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance researchers finds that students who incorporated instructional technology with in-class lectures scored a letter-grade higher on average than their counterparts who took the same class in a more ...

Five-Axis CNC Laser Drilling Machine

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... This vertical Nd:YAG laser drilling machine for 12'' cube parts (300 × 300 × 300 mm in X, Y, Z), the model VLD-300, was developed by Mitsui Seiki (Franklin Lakes, NJ) in collaboration with several aerospace engine component manufacturers who expressed a need for a higher-speed, more accurate ...

Siemens, Roy-G-Biv Team Up

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Machine control developer Siemens Energy &c Automation Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) and Roy-G-Biv Corp. (Bingen, WA) have announced a partnership under which the companies will combine the Siemens Motion Control Information System (MCIS) software solution with Roy-G-Biv's XMC universal machine ...

CAM Software Consolidation Continues

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... SOFTWARE Bill Gibbs is president and founder of Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, CA), developer of GibbsCAM software. In early January, Gibbs merged with CAM software developer Cimatron Ltd. (Givat, Israel), which bought Gibbs for $5 million and 1.5 million shares of newly issued stock ....

Acquisitions

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Automation supplier Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Incuity Software Inc. (Mission Viejo, CA), a developer of enterprise manufacturing software. Financial ...