A Novel Approach to Flattening Entry to Asia Supply Chain

" Welcome to China!  The trend over the past 10 years in Supply Chain has seen an increasing amount of the outsourcing of manufacturing to OEM and contract manufacturers in Asia, and China specifically. ...

Economy’s turnaround: (part 2)

In the previous part the economy is viewed from the Macro perspective, while in this part the Business economic point of view is applied. Macro deals with the overall approach, while Business with the industrial...

Economy Hits Russians and Hits them HARD!

Barry Artiste Op/EdRussians in a about face when countries around the world are looking at Protectionist measures, Russians are protesting Higher Tariffs for imported vehicles, a lifeblood for Russians where a...

Could Concrete Help Lower Carbon Emissions?

The production of concrete, a hardened mix of cement powder, aggregate, and water, has increased almost 400 per cent since 1970 and its manufacture is resource-intensive and polluting. The cement industry is...

Canada to lobby over "Buy American" Protectionist Bill

  Barry Artiste Op/EdThough one can certainly understand the US Position of "Buy American" in these troubling times. US Taxpayers, like Canadian Taxpayers want to know that if their money is going to Bailout...

Planned Obsolescence: Not Just Hard on Your Wallet

There is a reason it's often cheaper to replace a broken electronic gadget than to fix it - the tech industry planned it that way. The unfortunate consumer cycle of want, buy, upgrade, replace, discard is a very...

Sony to cut plants and 8,000 jobs

" Sony has announced plans to cut 8,000 electronics jobs - 5% of its global workforce - as well as shutting 10% of its manufacturing sites. The company said the jobs would be cut by April 2010 but did not say...

Nissan closes UK factory for two weeks

Nissan will close its Sunderland factory from Friday for two weeks. This is due to the global financial downturn resulting in lower sales of its Micra and Note models.When it finally opens again it will run...

Plasmonic Computer Data Storage: 10-100 Times Today's Capacity

"Plasmonic nanolithography" focuses light by exciting electrons on metal lenses, which write data on photo-sensitve disks. According to UC Berkeley professor Zhang, storage capacity 10 to 100 times today's may be possible."Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley,...

Scooters: Yamaha Aerox R 50cc

"The Yamaha Aerox R 50cc comes with various color designs namely matt silver, competition white and midnight black. The machine is powered by a liquid-cooled 50cc two-stroke engine and the bodywork is tailored according to the Yamaha R series sports bikes."

Prime Minister Harper Releases Election Platform - Round Up of All Parties

Conservative party leader and current Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was questioned during last week's debates as to why his party hadn't released the details of their election platform. Today, his party...

Ford Workers on 4-Day Week In Worst Week in Manufacturing on Record in UK

BRITISH manufacturing experienced its worst ever week on record, as Ford workers began a four-day week as orders at the car manufacturing plant plunged.   " Production line staff will not work on...

High Voltage Power Supply Manufacturing - Spellman High Voltage Electronics

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporationis the world's leading independent high voltage power supply,x-ray generator and Monoblock® x-ray source manufacturer.Spellman High Voltage Electronics...

US bans key Indian drug imports

After prolong investigations The US drug regulator FDA has banned top Indian Pharmaceuticals company Ranbaxy after latter was  found selling unsafe medicines in the country.US Department of Justice has...

Multibrid eyes Ontario for offshore turbine manufacturing

Ontario's economy has really been gutted over the past few years. the manufacturing sector has been a key factor in the erosion of Ontario's, once mighty manufacturing base, as the big automobile manufacturers (GM and Ford) have imploded, due to rising gas prices and poor...

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