Category Archives: Manufacturing

Airbus soars over Boeing, saleswise, at air show

By doris | Published: June 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LE BOURGET, France — Airbus is trouncing Boeing in the race to be the world’s biggest plane maker, claiming over $72 billion dollars worth of orders and commitments at the Paris Air Show, where the popularity of its new fuel-efficient jets twice broke records for the largest order ever. Airbus’ success [...]

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Congress hashes over GM bailout

By doris | Published: June 22, 2011

Full Story at cleveland.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of a House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of making politically motivated decisions in picking the winners and losers in the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies. Subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican from the Urbana area, said the intervention in GM’s bankruptcy established [...]

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Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces

By doris | Published: June 17, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of [...]

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OPEC deadlocked on oil production hike

By doris | Published: June 8, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production. U.S. crude jumped $1.65, or 1.7%, to settle at $100.74 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of [...]

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Chevrolet Volt earns top gov’t safety rating

By doris | Published: June 3, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Chevrolet Volt earned a top five-star rating in thee federal government’s new, tougher crash test rating system. Under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new rating system, all vehicles are given a single rating of one to five stars encompassing front and side impact safety as [...]

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Spanish police seize ‘largest, most sophisticated’ cocaine lab

By doris | Published: January 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Police in Madrid seized what they called the “largest and most sophisticated cocaine laboratory” in Europe known to date, and arrested 25 people, Spain’s national police said in a statement on Tuesday. Anti-drug agents confiscated 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine ready for distribution, 2 million euros [...]

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Ford to hire 7,000 workers

By doris | Published: January 10, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ford Motor announced Monday it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs in the United States by the end of 2012. The announcement, made on the opening day of the Detroit auto show, said Ford (F, Fortune 500) is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several [...]

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GM recalling 98,000 new small SUVs

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday it is recalling nearly 98,000 Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX 2011 models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, [...]

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AP IMPACT: Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

By doris | Published: November 22, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz” exceed federal limits for lead in children’s products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned by The Associated Press. The decorative enamel on [...]

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Barbie cam spurs call for boycott

By doris | Published: November 6, 2010

Full Story at Moms.today.com Watch out, Ken – Barbie’s got a spy cam. The new “Video Girl” Barbie from Mattel ($49.99) is embedded with a working video camera capable of taking 30-minute videos, cleverly hidden in the doll’s necklace (Barbie always did know how to accessorize). One Australian psychologist is calling for a boycott, warning [...]

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Nissan recalls 2 million cars worldwide

By doris | Published: October 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Nissan said Thursday it is recalling 2.14 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and Asia for an ignition problem that may stall engines. No accidents have been reported that are suspected of being related to the defect, according to Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. A problem was found in an ignition-system [...]

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‘Super skimmer’ a giant bust in Gulf cleanup

By doris | Published: July 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com HOUSTON — A Taiwanese-owned “super skimmer” sent to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been a bust, the U.S. Coast Guard said after tests on the ship. “While its stature is impressive, ‘A Whale’ is not ideally suited to the needs of this response,” Coast Guard Rear [...]

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G.M. and Ford Channel Toyota to Beat Toyota

By doris | Published: March 7, 2010

Full Story at NYTimes.com JOSH SMITH is a large man with a shaved head, a goatee and a look in his eyes that can only be described as stoked. And he is never more stoked than when he talks about his job, one of the strangest at the General Motors Proving Grounds, here in this [...]

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Texas challenges greenhouse finding

By doris | Published: February 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS – Gov. Rick Perry and other top Texas officials on Tuesday announced a legal challenge to the federal government’s finding that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people, claiming the ruling was based on flawed science. The EPA in December issued an “endangerment” finding about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, [...]

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Recalls don’t scare some loyal Toyota fans

By doris | Published: February 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Toyota’s reputation for making trusty, reliable cars has come into question after the company recalled millions of cars because of sticking gas pedals last week. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told lawmakers Wednesday that drivers of cars affected by the recall should “stop driving” them and take them to the [...]

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GE to supply world’s largest wind farm

By doris | Published: December 11, 2009

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Electric said Thursday it has secured a $1.4 billion contract to supply wind turbines and provide services for what will be the world’s largest wind farm operation when completed in 2012. The conglomerate will supply 338 of its 2.5-megawatt turbines to New York-based Caithness Energy to be [...]

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ExxonMobil finalizes PNG LNG sales to TEPCO

By doris | Published: December 7, 2009

Full Story at Reuters.com TEPCO, Japan’s largest utility, has entered a binding agreement with project partners for the purchase of 1.8 million tonnes per year (mtpy) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a period of 20 years, Exxon said in a statement. The contracted volume includes the plant’s recently expanded output of 0.3 mtpy, which [...]

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GE: Solar business is our ‘next wind’

By doris | Published: September 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com In 2011, the energy giant expects to produce solar panels made with cadmium telluride, a thin-film solar cell material, said Michael Idelchik, vice president of advanced technologies at GE Global Research at the EmTech conference here on Wednesday. The company now sells solar panels that use silicon solar cells, but its [...]

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E-cigarettes contain toxic chemicals, FDA says

By doris | Published: July 23, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Federal health officials said Wednesday they have found cancer-causing ingredients in electronic cigarettes, despite manufacturers’ claims the products are safer than tobacco cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration said testing of products from two leading electronic cigarette makers turned up several toxic chemicals, including a key ingredient in antifreeze. [...]

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Nissan to make electric cars in U.S.: report

By doris | Published: June 21, 2009

Full Story At Reuters.com (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co plans to launch production of electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States to tap low-interest loans for green vehicles, the Nikkei business daily said. The overall investment is estimated at 50 billion yen ($516.4 million) and may rise to 100 billion yen, it said. [...]

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