We wrote a piece in Production Machining August 2009 about the “New Domestics.” You can read it here. Researching for that piece, and for a presentation to the PMPA’s Automotive Market Supplier Group, I visited Hyundai ‘s North American plant in Alabama. I was impressed with what I saw and learned, stuff that they don’t make…
Resource hoarding protects high cost, low efficiency producers. Reverse protectionism panel being convened by WTO.
Knowing how to calculate the Carbon Equivalent of a heat of steel will help determine whether or not pre- or post- weld heat treatment may be needed. As long as CE is no more than .35, you probably won’t need to preheat or post weld stress relieve your welded parts. above .35 CE, you may need either or both depending on section thickness and CE.
Reflecting on what the industry players could use this holiday season.
Six exceptions to Employer prohibitions for obtaining Genetic information are given. also, how to get frre EEOC compliant GINA posters.
“More jobs will be lost. Inferior patient care. We will all be losers.”
Total rail traffic indicators look like 2009 is about to cross where
2008 fell off the chart in 4Q2008. Rail indicator is a proxy indicator for economic recovery.
Chinese file WTO Complaint against US and Russian Steel. Thisis one way to fight back against a unified western world that refuses to be dealt unfairly with. Another is to shut down High Cost, High Pollution steel mills.
Manufacturing is the country’s productivity powerhouse: a strong and vibrant manufacturing sector is a critical component in our country’s long-term economic future.
Data suggest that the heavy and medium truck market sales have bottomed out and are slowly recovering. We give 6 reasons why we feel truck market sales growth will lag GDP in the first half of 2010.