Industry News       • ULIS quadruples production capacity of infrared detectors 7/03/2009 • ARC report: PLC market will begin to bounce rack in 2010 7/03/2009 • Boeing delivered 125 commercial planes in 2nd quarter 7/03/2009 • Defense group Saab signs corporate agreement with IFS 7/03/2009 • OSHA fines Valero Energy $107K for safety/health hazards 7/03/2009 • Report: Low-power AC drives market has bright future 7/03/2009 • Clean energy investment bounces back strongly in Europe 7/03/2009 • Ford leads Canada in auto sales for 1st time in 50+ years 7/03/2009 • Airbus launches initiative to reinforce flight data recovery 7/03/2009 • Manufacturing – and factory singing – matters at GE 7/03/2009 • GE's giant wind turbines set to debut in Sweden 7/03/2009 • Analysis: Can General Motors return to its former glory? 7/03/2009 • Surgeons offer safety tips for Fourth of July fireworks 7/03/2009 • Worker killed at Electric Boat plant in Rhode Island 7/03/2009 • Tesla gets loan approval from Department of Energy 7/03/2009 • Asbestos mine/mill's ex-owner to address contamination 7/03/2009 • Duke Energy announces management realignment 7/03/2009 • Employee Confidence Index virtually unchanged in June 7/03/2009 • Johns named president of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 7/03/2009 • American unemployment rate little changed at 9.5% 7/03/2009 • GE engines generate electricity at landfill gas-to-energy site 7/03/2009 • Steelworkers ratify deal with MeadWestvaco in Virginia 7/03/2009 • Marking the 25th anniversary of record-setting solar car 7/02/2009 • U.S. initial unemployment claims fell by 16,000 last week 7/02/2009 • Pollution a big issue from former Northrop Grumman plant 7/02/2009 • Fluor named to list of world's most ethical companies 7/02/2009 • Ball to acquire 4 beverage packaging plants from AB InBev 7/02/2009 • China industrial sector shows growth for 3rd month in row 7/02/2009 • India manufacturing index remains in growth territory 7/02/2009 • Russia manufacturing PMI at highest level in nine months 7/02/2009 • Eurozone manufacturing PMI rises 1.9 points to 42.6 7/02/2009 • U.K. manufacturing PMI at highest mark since May 2008 7/02/2009 • Brazil industrial PMI reaches highest level in nine months 7/02/2009 • Emerson extends transmitter's condition monitoring capabilites 7/02/2009 • Lufkin acquires Rotating Machinery Technology Inc. 7/02/2009 • Chart: Mass layoffs at highest level since at least 1995 7/02/2009 • Global manufacturing PMI posts best reading in 10 months 7/02/2009 • Ford vehicle sales in June fell just 11% vs. June 2008 7/02/2009 • General Motors' retail sales in June rose 10% vs. May 7/02/2009 • Chrysler retail sales in June dropped 16% vs. June 2008 7/02/2009 • American Honda vehicle sales declined 32.8% in June 7/02/2009 • Toyota's year-over-year U.S. sales fell 34.6% in June 7/02/2009 • Oshkosh wins $1.05B order to supply vehicles to military 7/02/2009 • Nissan's North American sales down 23.1 vs. June 2008 7/02/2009 • BMW Group's U.S. sales decreased 20.3% vs. June 2008 7/02/2009 • Quad/Graphics plant achieve Silver LEED certification 7/02/2009 • ISM: U.S. manufacturing PMI increases 2.0 points to 44.8 7/02/2009 • Winters stepping down as executive director of SMRP 7/01/2009 • Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index dropped 3.1% 7/01/2009 • Atlas Copco 1st to offer 100% energy recovery compressors 7/01/2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

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