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Not by accident one might say - this is serious business - where to from here ? China has surged ahead of Germany for the first time to become the world's top exporter, prompting ever louder demands from the United States and Europe to revalue the yuan. |
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Friday 26 October, 2007 02:02 PM |
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Now this IS news - a new technology manufacturing plant being set up in the US SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp . is opening a new $3 billion factory in Arizona, widening its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the industry's switch to a new chip-making technique. |
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Friday 26 October, 2007 10:10 AM |
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Just the ticket to keep engineering and manufacturing on track and keep "train"ing people Rotem USA Corp. signed a 20-year lease on a 290,000-square-foot building at 2400 Weccacoe Ave. in Philadelphia, the building's owner said The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Rotem Company operates as a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. |
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Thursday 25 October, 2007 06:04 PM |
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Thee are chiefs and indians, leaders and followers - enough said !! The top 10 global R&D spenders in 2006 were: Toyota, Pfizer, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Microsoft, GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens and IBM. |
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Wednesday 24 October, 2007 02:12 PM |
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Is there anything that nanotubes can't do? Now they're being used to make plastics that are not only clear but as strong as steel and lighter than steel. That sounds like some pretty useful material to me.
The researches said that it would have many uses including better armor for soldiers or police but I can see this being used in many other situations. Being an engineer, and hence not being shy of the odd schooner or two down at the pub, I'm imagining schooner glasses made from this. That should cut down on breakages significantly.
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Monday 22 October, 2007 12:07 AM |
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Over the past three years, South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co has invested 600 billion won ($A740 million) in developing new engines and expanding its commercial vehicle plant, it said.
It's quite interesting to follow the trends in R and D being spent by motor manufacturers. They seem to be constantly rising.
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Saturday 20 October, 2007 04:12 PM |
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Fewer owners and managers of small
manufacturing expressed confidence in their business prospects for the
next 12 months according to the Small Business Research Board (SBRB).
I've always liked things that are made on a smaller scale, they tend to have more character. But it looks like the big boys have the upper hand. Manufacturing on a large scale does tend to have a lot of benefits.
As an engineer, which would you prefer to work at, a large or a small firm?
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Saturday 20 October, 2007 12:03 PM |
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World trade can rise and fall, inventions can come and go but this is major !
The appreciating Chinese yuan and rising raw material costs will lead to more expensive Barbie dolls for parents across the globe from early next year, the world's biggest toy-maker warned. |
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Wednesday 17 October, 2007 04:02 PM |
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They where the market drivers for a while - lets see how they cope with the new challenges from the Chinese and Indians The Tokyo Motor Show is a chance for Toyota, Honda, and others to strut their stuff. But there's no escaping slumping demand in Japan |
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Monday 15 October, 2007 10:02 AM |
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The Empire Strikes Back - well maybe not quite, but there is an awakening of the sleeping giant Most Americans know John Ratzenberger as “Cliff Claven” from the hit television show “Cheers,” but in recent years, he has taken up the cause of American manufacturing.
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Monday 15 October, 2007 02:03 AM |
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It's all a big game- a few months - who cares - a few million- chicken feed In my column a couple of weeks ago, I said that I had switched on my TV and watched the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying. The there is the Dreamliner delay |
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Sunday 14 October, 2007 10:04 PM |
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They certainly need a good power source on those rigs - Rolls Royce has signed contracts worth more than $64m to supply RB211-powered gas compression packages to Shell, ExxonMobil and Woodside Energy for use on offshore production platforms. |
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Sunday 14 October, 2007 04:07 PM |
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Every cloud has a silver lining -
HOLLISTER, Calif. (AP) — Deborah Evanoff thought she'd traded her frantic Silicon Valley career for a lazier pace when she took over the low-tech toy company her parents founded in the late 1960s. |
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Sunday 14 October, 2007 02:03 PM |
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There is not much that I can say about this one - go and have a look - then tell us all what you think In recent days, Japanese automakers have been releasing the details of concept cars to be unveiled at the upcoming 2007 Tokyo Motor Show (October 26 to November 11). Here is a roundup of some of the more fantastic designs. |
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Saturday 13 October, 2007 04:14 PM |
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This is when the magic just happens - it sort of blows me away - some say that should happen more often !! Like enormous jewel factories in the sky, the chaotic environments around some supermassive black holes crank out prodigious amounts of glass, rubies and sapphires , a new study finds. |
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Friday 12 October, 2007 12:01 PM |
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Plenty of "good news" stories - to balance the "not so good news" Made. In. China . Those three words are shaping up to be a marketer's worst nightmare. After a year of massive toy recalls, tainted toothpaste scares, and poisonous pet food incidents, consumers around the globe are thinking twice—or more—before buying Chinese-made goods. |
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Friday 12 October, 2007 06:07 AM |
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Does anyone really want a comment on this one - the title says it all !!
Andy Woerner and his crazy rocketeer friends have built a 21-foot long X-Wing model that can actually fly. Yes, this is a real X-Wing powered by four solid-fuel rocket engines complete with radio-controlled moving wings. |
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Friday 12 October, 2007 12:01 AM |
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There is a great need to understand what is happening out there - it's a changing world and we need to change with it
The technical and operations workforce in most production environments
is changing. In the developed countries it is getting older - and in many
cases retiring and leaving manufacturing industries for good. |
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Wednesday 10 October, 2007 10:03 PM |
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For all of you out there getting worried - about about Rolls Royce 's ability to supply enough cars - you can now relax Rolls-Royce Motors plans to recruit another 300-400 workers and add a second assembly line at its Goodwood, Sussex, plant to cope with what the BMW-owned luxury carmaker describes as "unprecedented customer demand". |
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Wednesday 10 October, 2007 10:01 AM |
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Shine a light on me - good while it lasted but there's a new product out there - ironically the new product has some deficiency too General Electric Co ., founded by incandescent bulb developer Thomas Edison, said Thursday that it planned to cut about 1,400 jobs in its lighting division as the company closes plants in the United States and Brazil amid a consumer shift to more energy-efficient fluorescent lamps. |
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Sunday 7 October, 2007 08:09 AM |
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