Manufacturing Related News from Around the Web

• Lisbon Airport Ups Throughput With RFID Baggage System
  Source: www.rfidjournal.com   Date: 13 hours 47 minutes 49 seconds ago.
  The system is not backed up by bar-coding technology, making the airport among the first in the world to rely solely on RFID for tracking transfer bags. More
  
• Re: 1-Element vs. 3-Element Level Control (reply posted by Phil Corso)
  Source: www.control.com   Date: 08-08-2009 10:43:16 GMT
  The international forum for control engineers, system integrators, and industrial automation professionals. More
  
• Changes at ISA - A Current Volunteer Leader's Perspective
  Source: www.automation.com   Date: 22 hours 58 minutes 47 seconds ago.
  News, articles, products, suppliers, systems integrators, jobs, and other resources for industrial automation, process automation, motion control, process control, factory automation, and instrumentation engineers and other technical professionals. Publishing daily news, articles, product More
  
• MDs accused of stealing, selling babies
  Source: www.cnn.com   Date: 11-06-2009 23:38:45 GMT
  Mexican authorities have arrested three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist accused of stealing newborns at a private hospital and selling them, the Mexico City attorney general's office says. More
  
• Grain futures close lower Friday
  Source: www.upi.com   Date: 11-06-2009 23:30:04 GMT
  Grain futures closed lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday as stocks were flat in New York on news the U.S. unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent. More
  
• AP: GM Europe CEO To Leave Post
  Source: www.manufacturing.net   Date: 11-06-2009 20:30:00 GMT
  Two people briefed on the decision say Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe, will leave the company. More
  
• Increase efficiency of industrial Ethernet network
  Source: Control Engineering   Date: 11-06-2009 20:25:38 GMT
  TurboPack software package from Moxa is designed to upgrade the product firmware of Moxa's industrial managed Ethernet switches to improve network redundancy, security, performance, and management. More
  
• U.S. Slaps Import Penalties on Chinese Tubular Goods
  Source: www.industryweek.com   Date: 11-06-2009 18:20:53 GMT
  Says Chinese have sold these goods in the U.S. at a prices ranging from zero to 99.14% less than normal value. More
  
• Top News: ARC Specialties and Lincoln Electric to Host Robotics Seminar
  Source: www.fandmmag.com   Date: 11-06-2009 17:49:00 GMT
  The donated robot will be demonstrated at the seminar in a presentation on robotic vision capabilities. Other topics will include robotic spray applications, “through the arc” technology, robotic pipe welding, and a new technology developed by ARC Specialties called Cut-to-Fit Technology. More
  
• Hella Ireland optimises 'after market' distribution centres with Zetes' Voice Solution for SAP
  Source: www.logisticsit.com   Date: 11-06-2009 17:42:01 GMT
  Zetes has been awarded a significant contract with Hella Ireland Limited, one of the top 50 automotive spare parts suppliers in the world. More
  
• Bibby acquires part of Data Driven Software
  Source: www.logisticsmanager.com   Date: 10-02-2009 15:24:50 GMT
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• Light Friday: The Greatest Scientific Innovation Ever?
  Source: news.thomasnet.com   Date: 11-06-2009 17:11:03 GMT
  Plus: Halloween Characters Bosses are Most Like, Ford's Solution to America's Car Woes and How Your Beer Preference Reflects Your Personality. More
  
• Alabama Benefits From Georgia Kia Plant
  Source: www.assemblymag.com   Date: 11-06-2009 16:58:06 GMT
  BIRMINGHAM, AL—Alabama is benefiting from Kias assembly plant on the Georgia state line. The Alabama Development Office released a statement Thursday saying Kia is responsible for more than 3,600 new jobs at automotive supplier plants located in Alabama. More
  
• Friday Rant: Getting A/P and Supplier Management Wrong -- A Supplier's Perspective
  Source: www.spendmatters.com   Date: 11-06-2009 15:58:00 GMT
  SpendMatters: Friday Rant: Getting A/P and Supplier Management Wrong –– A Supplier's Perspective More
  
• Barcode reader performs 1300 scans/decodes per second
  Source: www.vision-systems.com   Date: 11-06-2009 15:36:24 GMT
  Vision Systems Design - Barcode reader performs 1300 scans/decodes per second - NOVEMBER 6, 2009--The Keyence BL-1300 ultracompact digital barcode reader uses parallel digital processing technology that permit noise reduction and compensation functions to overcome the reading performance More
  
• 3PL Business Projected to Reach $90m in India
  Source: www.supplychainbrain.com   Date: 10-01-2009 20:54:04 GMT
  SupplyChainBrain is the most widely used online resource for supply chain management information, over 25 million visitors! More
  
• Kentucky Manufacturing Jobs Dropped 10% Over Twenty-Four Months
  Source: www.manufacturersnews.com   Date: 11-06-2009 14:48:13 GMT
  (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Kentucky lost 31,185 manufacturing jobs over the past two years, with 8,433 jobs lost between September 2007 and September 2008 and 22,752 industrial jobs from 2008 to September of this year. More
  
• U.S. seaports brace for Panama Canal expansion's impact
  Source: Logistics Management   Date: 11-06-2009 14:47:59 GMT
  In today’s global environment, all shipments are mission critical. With that in mind, Burnson's blog will address core trade and transport concerns expressed by logistics and supply chain managers worldwide. He'll share exclusive intelligence on waterborne carriage, services and seaports as well as More
  
• BIR Report: Nonferrous crowd more upbeat than ferrous folks
  Source: Purchasing   Date: 11-06-2009 14:16:36 GMT
  COMMODITIES UPDATE written by Bob Garino is a review of supply, demand and pricing activities in various commodity markets. More
  
• Scrappage boosts car sales
  Source: www.themanufacturer.com   Date: 11-06-2009 12:05:57 GMT
  New car registrations experienced the year’s biggest monthly increase in October, due in part to the success of the Government’s scrappage scheme. More