Industry News       • Poll: Teens turn thumbs down on manufacturing career 11/21/2009 • Pay-for-performance remains strong; salaries to rise in 2010 11/21/2009 • Businesses look to wellness programs to raise productivity 11/21/2009 • Dresser-Rand opens Gas Engine Technology Center 11/21/2009 • Manufacturing accounts for 29% of October mass layoffs 11/21/2009 • Smart Grid Interoperability Panel launched 11/21/2009 • Tools show SO2 reductions at coal-fired power plants 11/21/2009 • Boeing breaks ground on 787 assembly site in S. Carolina 11/21/2009 • USAF awards $302.9M production pact to Northrop Grumman 11/21/2009 • Construction on Louisiana sugar refinery set to begin 11/21/2009 • Hyundai unveils new four-cylinder engine platform 11/21/2009 • Spangler candy manufacturing featured on Food Network 11/21/2009 • Indiana unemployment rate rises to 9.8 percent 11/21/2009 • California Employee Confidence Index drops 3 points 11/21/2009 • Texas Employee Confidence Index rises 0.7 points to 51.3 11/21/2009 • Dow Corning opens solar solutions center in California 11/21/2009 • Chrysler aims to lead auto industry in quality by 2012 11/21/2009 • Hexagon Metrology, Morris Group announce partnership 11/20/2009 • Green initiatives hold promise for apprenticeship programs 11/20/2009 • ASTM International adds certification capabilities 11/20/2009 • Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increases again 11/20/2009 • Index shows declining pay for newly placed executives 11/20/2009 • Job losses from closing/contracting firms unchanged 11/20/2009 • PepsiCo rated among top global companies for leaders 11/20/2009 • U.S. workers express high degrees of optimism, loyalty 11/20/2009 • 54% of accountants say company is unprepared for recovery 11/20/2009 • New Purdue facility to test aircraft engines, fuels 11/20/2009 • American Electric Power subsidiary to buy Valley Electric 11/20/2009 • Ontario investing $15M in GE motor production facility 11/20/2009 • Arizona Technology Council announces award winners 11/20/2009 • Honeywell, EIU bring the heat with biomass-fueled plant 11/20/2009 • Deere makes list of 'Global Top Companies for Leaders' 11/20/2009 • Philly Fed: Indicators suggest manufacturing activity on rise 11/20/2009 • Whirlpool on list Global Top Companies for Leaders 11/20/2009 • N.Y. Employee Confidence Index slides for 2nd month in row 11/20/2009 • SC Johnson achieves ingredient transparency with Web site 11/20/2009 • Oshkosh Corporation works with city on expansion plans 11/20/2009 • Pinnacle Foods to acquire Birds Eye in $1.3B transaction 11/20/2009 • Kenworth plant to help develop energy management standard 11/20/2009 • New York State lost 12,700 private-sector jobs in October 11/19/2009 • Indiana among 3 states on short list for electric car factory 11/19/2009 • Alliant Energy chief operating officer Protsch to retire 11/19/2009 • Auto industry pushes Canadian manufacturing sales higher 11/19/2009 • U.S. Consumer Price Index increased 0.3% in October 11/19/2009 • Army to buy railroad bridges made from recycled plastic 11/19/2009 • Exide Technologies to supply batteries for Toyota Highlander 11/19/2009 • Initial U.S. jobless claims unchanged vs. last week 11/19/2009 • Spartan Motors to buy specialty vehicle maker Utilimaster 11/19/2009 • Surfboard manufacturers cleaning up own processes 11/19/2009 • Baldrige program calls for applicants for 2010 examiners 11/19/2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

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