Northern Ohio Daily Manufacturing News Roundup: Week 32
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August 10, 2007
| Avon No. 67 on Forbes list of growing cities, by Kate Giammarise, Morning Journal, August 10, 2007 Forbes magazine ranked Avon 67 out of the top 100 fastest-growing suburbs. Avon Mayor Jim Smith credits the community's schools, but adds that residential growth alone would not account for the suburb's growth. He says the community also added factories and industrial facilities that contribute taxes that allowed the city to expand its police and fire departments. ''If we just grew homes, we would be in deep trouble,'' Smith said. ''What's happened in Avon that's very unique is growing and increasing our financial stability.'' |
| Toyota to Share Lean Manufacturing Secrets, eMediaWire, August 9, 2007 Experts from Toyota will participate in a conference on Lean Manufacturing 2007: Lean Tools for Maintenance & Reliability, October 1-3 at the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland at 1100 Carnegie Ave. Other presenters include representatives from Nordson Corp., Eastman Chemical, Honda Manufacturing Alabama, Energizer, Harley Davidson, Swagelok and others. The three-day conference costs $1,095 if you register before August 31 and $1,295 if you register after that date. There are also options to attend for one or two days, and discounts for groups. Presented by Noria Corp.'s ReliablePlant magazine. |
| Industry Week calls for Technology & Innovation Awards nominations and votes, Industry Week, August 10, 2007 Industry Week is soliciting reader nominations for its 2007 IW Technology Leader of the Year Award. The deadline to nominate is September 15. In addition, IndustryWeek invites readers to vote by August 20 in its 2007 Readers Choice Technologies of the year poll to determine the companies whose software products are the best in five key categories:
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| Has a buyer been found for Hoover? by Edd Pritchard and G. Patrick Kelley, The Canton Repository, August 10, 2007 City officials say a California-based developer may be close to buying the 85-acre facility near the corner of N. Main St. and E. Maple St. |
| Eaton starting truck hybrid production, by M.R. Kropko, AP via Business Week, August 9, 2007 Eaton Corp. announced it will move its diesel-electric hybrid technology for trucks from the research phase into commercial production and produce several hundred hybrid power systems in 2007. The company also plans to ramp-up production capacity over the next three years. |
August 9, 2007
| Ohio Economic Development Officials Announce $41 Million in Brownfield
Revitalization Projects, Expansion Management, August 9, 2007 Ohio economic development officials recently announced that $41,188,065 has been awarded for 15 brownfield revitalization projects across the state, pending Controlling Board approval. Check out the list of recipients. The Clean Ohio Council has awarded 64 Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund awards since 2002 totaling more than $158 million in brownfield remediation dollars. |
| Cooking up a profitable strategy, by Monique Curet, The Columbus Dispatch, August 8, 2007 Gahanna, Ohio-based Kahiki Foods Inc., one of the largest Asian food manufacturers in the country, used lean manufacturing techniques to reduce waste, tighten production and improve profits. |
| Woman executive in charge at Alcoa's Cleveland Works, by Allison Grant, Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 7, 2007 The Plain Dealer profiles Gena Lovett,an East Cleveland native who recently became plant manager at Alcoa's Cleveland Works. |
| Timken Co. program ties art to engineering, by Melissa Griffy Seeton, The
Canton Repository, August 4, 2007 Jeff Dafler, with Timken’s global media relations, said the company is adapting an “Art of Engineering” program for schools in the United States and piloting it with middle-school students in Northeast Ohio as a means of generating more interest in, and excitement about, careers in engineering. |
August 8, 2007
| Industry seeks to reverse electricity deregulation, by Mary Vanac, The Plain Dealer,, August 8, 2007. In 2009, Ohio's electricity rate stabilization plan expires. The Ohio Coalition for Affordable Power is lobbying state lawmakers to reverse the deregulation process and prevent a spike in prices, like the one that occurred in Maryland. The Plain Dealer interviews Robert Lapp, v.p. of government affairs for Timken (a MAGNET member company) and Eric Burkland, president of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association. |
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Survey: U.S. manufacturers upbeat for Q2 and the rest of the year, Industry Week, August 8, 2007 80% of large manufacturers and 79% of small manufacturers have a positive business outlook for the rest of the year, according to a survey of 293 companies released by the National Association Manufacturers and Industry Week. The survey's findings on sales, pricing, employment and wages are considered a predictor of the upcoming economic environment. |
| Voinovich Sees Nuclear Plants as Productive, WCPN, August 8 Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich came to the Cleveland area yesterday to continue his support for building more nuclear power plants. He visited the Nova Machine Products Corp. in Middleburg Heights to explain why he sees the plants as an environmentally-friendly way to boost electricity production. He also wants Ohio to become a manufacturing leader in the production of nuclear plant parts. Read the transcript or listen to the original newscast by Dan Bobkoff. |
August 6, 2007
Voinovich-Ryan Legislation Boosts Manufacturing Competitiveness Through Supercomputing, August 6, 2007, PR Newswire |
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