Manufacturing NewsManufacturing news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Rising steel, oil prices upped Navy ship costs- August 13, 2008 WASHINGTON : Lockheed Martin Corp. says a double-digit jump in the cost of steel and rising oil prices have helped propel the final price tag of its latest warship for the Navy to more than double the initial ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/rising-steel-oil-prices-upped-navy-shi... Johnson Controls-Saft gets $8.2M for battery project- August 13, 2008 The cash will be used for the development of lithium-ion battery systems for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/johnson-controls-saft-gets-8-2m-for-ba... Fire leaves a trail of questions- August 12, 2008 Three days after a large fire at the site of Aerosonic Corp., investigators still had not been inside the charred Clearwater building Monday.http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/fire-leaves-a-trail-of-questions?fromr... Plexus Closing Mass. Plant- August 12, 2008 NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 12, 2008 -- Plexus Corp. announced today it will close its Ayer, Mass., manufacturing facility by March 2009, eliminating 170 jobs, and move the manufacture of products made there to other ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/plexus-closing-mass-plant?fromrss=1 Northrop Grumman wins appeal for drones built in Moss Point, Miss.- August 12, 2008 Northrop Grumman Corp. will keep its $1.16 billion contract to build unmanned aerial vehicles for the Navy in Moss Point, Miss., after the federal Governmental Accountability Office denied a protest by rival ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/northrop-grumman-wins-appeal-for-drone... Death claims members of early Lincoln High classes- August 12, 2008 This is the season of high school reunions. The first class to graduate from the then-new Lincoln High School in Manitowoc was in 1924.http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/death-claims-members-of-early-lincoln-... Bhopal gas survivors celebrate legal victory- August 12, 2008 Survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, one of the worst industrial tragedies in India's history, have celebrated a government assurance to set up a commission to look into the grievances of the victims.http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/bhopal-gas-survivors-celebrate-legal-v... ORNL at forefront of energy savings trend- August 12, 2008 Oak Ridge National Laboratory's $88.1 million plan to replace its traditional steam plant with one fueled by wood chips and make other energy efficiency improvements to its facilities puts the lab at the ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/ornl-at-forefront-of-energy-savings-tr... Illinois Tool to sell business units- August 11, 2008 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 's board of directors has authorized a plan to begin a divestiture process for several of the company's businesses, including the decorative surfaces segment consisting of the Wilsonart ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/illinois-tool-to-sell-business-units?f... Boeing may not bid on $35 bln tanker deal-report- August 11, 2008 Boeing Co is "strongly considering" not bidding on the upcoming competition for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling tanker contract, Aviation Week, the aerospace industry magazine, reported on Monday, ...http://www.topix.net/business/manufacturing/2008/08/boeing-may-not-bid-on-35-bln-tanker-de... |