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Ferrari To Sell Fewer Cars To Boost Exclusivity
May 8, 2013 10:25 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFerrari says it will limit sales of its high-performance street cars this year to below 7,000 units to protect the brand's aura of exclusivity. Chairman Luca Montezemolo says that means sales will decline overall by "more than 1 or 2 percent" from last year's sales of 7,318 cars. Sales in the first four months have risen 4 percent over last year.
Congressman: Keep Palisades Shut Till Leak Fixed
May 8, 2013 10:24 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA southwestern Michigan congressman says the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant should remain offline until operators permanently fix a persistent water leak that triggered a weekend shutdown. Entergy Corp. shut the plant Sunday, one day after operators found a tank leaking faster than federal regulators permit.
Investigation Retraces Lines Of TX Plant Blast
May 8, 2013 10:22 am | by Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press | News | CommentsAlmost a month into their review of the deadly blast at a Texas fertilizer plant, investigators are hoping to draw a picture from the air of how the plant looked before the explosion and compare it to the 93-foot-wide crater that's there now.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Signs Lease At NM Spaceport
May 8, 2013 10:18 am | by Jeri Clausing, Associated Press | News | CommentsAnother space industry heavyweight has signed on to use New Mexico's Spaceport America — Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Gov. Susana Martinez announced Tuesday. It agreed to a three-year lease to do testing of its "Grasshopper" reusable rocket in southern New Mexico.
Ammonium Nitrate Was Explosive In TX Plant Blast
May 7, 2013 10:25 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA store of ammonium nitrate is what exploded April 17 at a Central Texas plant, killing 14 people, injuring hundreds and devastating an adjoining town. The finding was expected, and officials had said they were focusing their investigation on the explosive chemical used in many fertilizers, said Rachel Moreno, spokeswoman for the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office.
Microsoft Touching Up Windows 8 To Address Gripes
May 7, 2013 10:24 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won't be released to consumers and businesses until later this year.
China's Struggling Automakers Jump On SUV Boom
May 7, 2013 10:22 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsBYD is known for electric cars but this year's flagship model is the S7, a gasoline-powered SUV. It comes with an air purifier, radar to help with backing and digital TV. An onboard hard drive can hold 1,000 films. This is China's Year of the SUV. Whatever their specialties used to be, automakers ranging from global brands to China's ambitious rookies are scrambling to cash in on the explosive popularity of sport utility vehicles.
NRC: 'Very Slightly Radioactive Water' Enters Lake
May 7, 2013 10:21 am | by David N. Goodman, Associated Press | News | CommentsSeventy-nine gallons of "very slightly radioactive water" from a leaky tank at Entergy Corp.'s troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant spilled into Lake Michigan, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman said Monday. There is no risk to human health because the radioactive material was further diluted when it entered a storage basin before flowing into the lake, NRC spokeswoman Viktoria Mitlyng told The Associated Press.
BMW Recalls 3 Series For Faulty Air Bags
May 7, 2013 10:18 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBMW is recalling 45,500 3 Series sedans in the U.S. and Canada because their passenger air bags may not inflate properly. The recall affects 3 Series from the 2002 and 2003 model years. The defective air bags have an inflator housing that can rupture during deployment and send shrapnel flying into the vehicle.
Ethiopian Air Wants Compensation For 787 Grounding
May 7, 2013 10:17 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines says his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner planes. Tewolde Gebremariam told The Associated Press on Tuesday his company will soon start discussions with Boeing over compensation.
MBT's Manufacturing Newswire - Training The Next Generation
May 6, 2013 6:23 pm | by Manufacturing Business Technology | Videos | CommentsIn this episode of MBT’s Manufacturing Newswire, a lab to train the next generation of manufacturing engineers and designers, the answer to those flickering florescent tube lights, and delayed food safety reforms. We’ll also look at a brief look at the future of localized manufacturing, the latest manufacturing numbers, Microsoft’s plans for the future of Windows and unveil the airplane of the future.
3D Printing with FDM: How it Works
May 6, 2013 5:03 pm | by Stratasys, Inc. | White PapersA 3D printer is a machine that creates objects from plastic or other materials using an additive manufacturing process. Additive manufacturing produces objects in a succession of layers from the bottom, up. This is the opposite of traditional subtractive manufacturing processes.
Nation Pizza And Foods Slices Response Time And Downtime
May 6, 2013 4:02 pm | by Motorola | White PapersMototrbo™ digital radios improve plant efficiency by 10% plus. Nation Pizza and Foods is a leading manufacturer of baked, prepared and frozen foods. As times changed and their capabilities expanded, this progressive manufacturer sought a communication solution that would improve operational efficiency at its 190,000 square foot main plant with six production lines and over 600 employees.
Optimize Plant Communications For A Competitive Advantage
May 6, 2013 3:56 pm | by Motorola | White PapersMobile integrated voice and data drives incremental gains in lean manufacturing. This white paper looks at the role that mobile communications can play within a manufacturer's operations in support of lean manufacturing goals at a time when innovation is an imperative for survival, even with limited resources.
Top 10 Mobile Solutions For Lean Manufacturing
May 6, 2013 3:46 pm | by Motorola | White PapersHow innovative mobility solutions can maximize the impact of your organization's lean initiatives. Mobility allows you to easily extend lean initiatives throughout your operations — as well as amplify the impact of those initiatives. This paper covers the top 10 mobile lean applications — and the dramatic benefits you can expect.
