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Honeywell just won a contract to supply process simulation solutions to Casale Group, a Lugano, Switzerland-based specialist in the design and refurbishment of chemical facilities. Casale will deploy the UniSim Design Suite across its process engineering teams.
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Cadbury, the world’s largest confectionery company, has issued tablet computers to its field staff to improve workers’ ability to collect and analyze sales data. The company says abandoning its paper-based data collection system is part of its ongoing campaign to preserve the environment.
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The U.S. Business and Industry Council has expressed “extreme disappointment” at Senate Republicans’ decision to block a carefully crafted compromise bill aimed at keeping three of America's industrial giants in business for several months as they attempt to restructure.
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As the U.S. Senate continues to debate whether to grant multibillion-dollar bridge loans to the major U.S. automakers, many longtime industry observers argue that the U.S. auto industry is incapable of making the fundamental changes necessary to ensure its long-term survival.
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Roy Saunderson, president of Recognition Management Institute, a worldwide consulting firm focused on helping companies motivate their workforces to increase productivity thus profits, has prepared a “Top 10” for how HR professionals, department managers, frontline supervisors, and C-level execs can keep autoworkers focused on the job during the bailout/bankruptcy uncertainty.
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Does anyone care about manufacturing? In Factory Man, an autobiography to be published in February 2009 by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, respected industry analyst James E. Harbour says it doesn't appear to be the financial community, the White House, or even Congress—but rather Japan, Korea and Europe.
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By giving customers technical support and information on the 94,000 connector types sold by Versailles, France-based FCI, its Web site gets a million hits per month from 145 countries worldwide. That site is soon expected to generate significant revenues as well, when an e-commerce capability is fully rolled out before the end of the year.
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There are plenty of valid applications for RFID, but sometimes the technology just doesn’t seem practical. Now that doesn’t have to be the case. Case-in-point involves Dow Corning, a global supplier of silicon-based technology, which recently implemented an RFID application to tag and track 55-gallon metal drums filled with liquids—materials that usually prevent reliable reads.
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