Manufacturing

• EXX INC Announces First Quarter Consolidated Net Sales and Net Income for 2008
  PRNewswire (May 16, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Curtiss-Wright to Present at Stephens Inc. Spring Investment Conference
  PRNewswire (May 16, 2008 )
  
   
  
• UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008
  AP ( 16, 2008)
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday.
   
  
• Automotive Supplier Vari-Form Receives Ford Q1 Award for Hydroformed Component Production Quality, Reliability, and Service
  PRNewswire (May 16, 2008 )
  
   
  
• GE plans to exit appliance business
  AP ( 16, 2008)
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - General Electric Co. said Friday that it plans to sell or spin off its iconic appliance business that for a century sold refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens for millions of homes.
   
  
• Digital Power Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Liz Claiborne Inc. Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• TAT Technologies Limited Reports the First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Industrial output plunges in April
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's industrial output plunged in April, reflecting big cutbacks in autos and other manufacturing industries.
   
  
• Canadian Auto Workers union, GM agree on contract
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  TORONTO (AP) - The Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp. tentatively agreed to a new labor contract on Thursday and union President Buzz Hargrove said they are close to a deal with Chrysler LLC.
   
  
• ZINO Society´s $50,000 ZINO Green Fund Awarded to O Ecotextiles
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• GM, UAW agree on deal that could end plant strike
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. and a local union agreed Thursday on contract terms that could end a monthlong strike at a Michigan plant which makes some of GM's hottest selling vehicles.
   
  
• Sony shares rise in Tokyo after upbeat earnings
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Sony shares jumped nearly 9 percent in Thursday trading in Tokyo, a day after the Japanese electronics and entertainment company released upbeat earnings that included a record fiscal year profit.
   
  
• FAG Changes the Face of Wheel Bearings: Axial, Not Radial - New FAG Bearing Concept with Axial Splines
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• US commerce secretary woos China investment
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  BEIJING (AP) - Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez warned Thursday that rising economic nationalism in both China and the United States threatens to jeopardize beneficial ties.
   
  
• General Steel Holdings Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.
   
  
• Electronics maker NEC's profit more than doubles
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.
   
  
• BorgWarner Supplies International Engine of the Year Winners
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Tefron Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 15, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Report: GE set to auction appliance business
  AP ( 15, 2008)
  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - General Electric Co. plans to auction off its Louisville, Ky.-based appliances business, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
   
  
• Samsung Electronics replaces CEO
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics named a new chief executive Wednesday, less than a month after the resignation of Chairman Lee Kun-hee following his indictment on tax evasion charges.
   
  
• Sony returns to profit in fourth quarter
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Sony reported a 29 billion yen ($277 million) profit for the January-March quarter on Wednesday, marking a reversal from a year ago on losses trimmed from its struggling PlayStation 3 video game business.
   
  
• EADS returns to 1Q profit with deliveries up
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  PARIS (AP) - Airbus parent EADS said Wednesday it returned to profit in the first quarter as the planemaker increased deliveries and cut costs, helping offset the weaker dollar.
   
  
• Pioneer falls after warning of loss for year
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Investors stripped nearly a fifth off the value of Pioneer Corp. on Wednesday, the day after the troubled Japanese electronics company warned it is heading for a fifth straight year of heavy losses as it wrestles with costly restructuring at its ailing TV operations.
   
  
• NACCO Industries Declares Quarterly Dividend
  PRNewswire (May 14, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Deere 2Q profit rises, but warns of cost trouble ahead
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Deere & Co., the world's biggest maker of farm machinery, said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose 22 percent, propelled by lofty crop prices that stoked global demand for its farm equipment despite a faltering U.S. economy.
   
  
• ArcelorMittal 1Q profit rises on steel demand
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - ArcelorMittal SA, the world's largest steelmaker, said Wednesday that profit climbed 5 percent in the first quarter to $2.37 billion as strong worldwide demand allowed it to hike prices despite higher costs.
   
  
• Smart receives top crash scores
  AP ( 14, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2008 Smart fortwo micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, has earned top scores in crash tests conducted by the insurance industry.
   
  
• Miller Industries to Conduct Conference Call
  PRNewswire (May 13, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Business inventories post weak gain in March
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Businesses added to their stockpiles in March by the smallest amount in a year, another indication of a weakening economy.
   
  
• Liz Claiborne Inc. Reports 1st Quarter Results
  PRNewswire (May 13, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Iran rumor pushes oil to new record, gas jumps above $3.73
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel Tuesday on reports that Iran is planning to cut crude oil production.
   
  
• HP 2Q profit rises, raises full-year targets
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fiscal second-quarter earnings exceeded expectations and the company raised its full-year financial targets, the computer maker and technology services provider said Tuesday.
   
  
• Nissan 4Q profit rises; outlook poor
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Nissan reported a big jump in fiscal fourth quarter profit Tuesday compared with the previous year. But like other Japanese automakers pinched by a strong yen and soaring oil and material costs, it forecast a tough year ahead.
   
  
• Economic jolt from China's quake seen as limited
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The earthquake that ripped through central China's Sichuan province, killing thousands, crumpling roads and factories and disrupting power and communication, will be only a transitory jolt for the booming economy, analysts say.
   
  
• HP to buy EDS for about $13.2 billion in cash
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.2 billion in a deal that will create the second largest technology services provider behind IBM.
   
  
• Airbus announces new delays to A380
  AP ( 13, 2008)
  PARIS (AP) - Airbus on Tuesday announced new delays on deliveries of the superjumbo A380, already almost two years late, saying the company is behind schedule switching to automated production.
   
  
• Toyota says new US auto plant delayed
  AP ( 12, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - A senior Toyota executive said Monday that plans for a new auto assembly plant in Mississippi are being delayed by worries about slumping American auto sales and a broader U.S. economic slowdown.
   
  
• Ducks in a Row Introduces ´Keep It Safe´ Home and Collector´s Inventory Software Program
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Fashion and Safety Can Cruise the Road Together for Women Motorcyclists
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Fujitsu quarterly profit down 40 percent
  AP ( 12, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu on Monday reported nearly a 40 percent plunge in profit for the January-March quarter, largely on costs to restructure its computer chips operations.
   
  
• Stamford Industrial Group Announces Record Revenues and Earnings for the First Quarter 2008
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Wis. remains tops in cheese contest with Calif.
  AP ( 12, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE (AP) - Cheeseheads don't need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation's top cheese producer are unlikely to come true.
   
  
• Dov Charney of American Apparel Named Retailer of the Year
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• US health secretary: Chinese Heparin shipped to US now safe
  AP ( 12, 2008)
  SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A blood thinner manufactured in China and linked to dozens of deaths in the United States is now safe because of tighter testing and controls, a top American health official said Monday, while warning that all U.S. imports would face closer scrutiny in the future.
   
  
• JVC, Kenwood to set up joint holding company
  AP ( 12, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Home electronics suppliers Victor Co. of Japan and Kenwood Corp. said Monday they have agreed to combine operations under a holding company that will focus on car and home audio electronics.
   
  
• Global Resource Corporation Files First Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Business Highlights
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Nano Pet Products, LLC Adds California Retailer and Distributor in Response to Increasing Popularity of Its Revolutionary Nanotechnology-Based Pet Products
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• TineLok to Revolutionize the Motorsports Industry
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• American Israeli Paper Mills Ltd. Reports Financial Results for First Quarter Announces Date of Annual General Meeting
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Association of Equipment Manufacturers - Industry Data for April 2008
  PRNewswire (May 12, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Sutor to Announce 2008 Third Fiscal Quarter Financial Results on May 15, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 11, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Keystone Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 09, 2008 )
  
   
  
• GM to pay up to $200M to help end American Axle strike
  AP ( 009, 2008)
  DETROIT (AP) - A bitter, 10-week strike at auto parts supplier American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. could end soon now that General Motors Corp. has agreed to kick in up to $200 million to help settle the dispute, industry analysts said.
   
  
• Oil States to Present at the Calyon Conference
  PRNewswire (May 09, 2008 )
  
   
  
• ArcelorMittal sues Esmark over aborted steel mill sale
  AP ( 009, 2008)
  BALTIMORE (AP) - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, filed a lawsuit against steelmaker Esmark over the aborted sale of a steel mill near Baltimore.
   
  
• Paragon Technologies Announces Conference Call Webcast of 2008 First Quarter Results
  PRNewswire (May 09, 2008 )
  
   
  
• March trade deficit drops by bigger-than-expected amount
  AP ( 009, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending.
   
  
• China producer price index up 8.1 pct
  AP ( 009, 2008)
  SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's producer price index, a key indicator of inflation, rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month a year earlier, the government reported Friday, as a top economic official sought new controls to cool rising prices.
   
  
• Preformed Line Products Announces Financial Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 09, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Diageo brews Irish Guinness overhaul
  AP ( 009, 2008)
  DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013.
   
  
• Abercrombie & Fitch to Announce First Quarter 2008 Earnings Results May 16, 2008 at 8:30 AM EDT
  PRNewswire (May 09, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Trane Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend of 16 Cents Per Share of Common Stock
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Hardinge Reports Results for First Quarter 2008
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Signet Reports First Quarter Like for Like Sales
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• InBev profit drops on rising costs
  AP ( 008, 2008)
  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - InBev SA, the brewer of Stella Artois and Beck's, posted an unexpected 11 percent drop in its first-quarter profit on Thursday, blaming rising costs for ingredients and shipping and weak sales in Brazil, where it does half its business.
   
  
• Axion Announces Date of its First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call on May 13, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Freudenberg Nonwovens Honored as One of Visteon Corporation´s Top Suppliers
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Video: Robert Verdi Joins Lord and Taylor in Reality Advertising Campaign and Customers Star
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Liz Claiborne Inc. to Webcast Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Columbus McKinnon Announces Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Conference Call and Webcast Information
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Bridgestone's first-quarter net profit falls 18.4 percent
  AP ( 008, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Bridgestone, the world's largest tire and rubber products maker by sales, said Thursday its net profit fell 18.4 percent from a year ago in the January-March quarter due to sluggish demand in the United States and a strengthening yen.
   
  
• Toyota projects first full-year profit drop in 7 years
  AP ( 008, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Toyota said the strong yen and weaker U.S. sales took a bite out of January-March earnings and projected worse was to come - a 27 percent plunge in its full-year profit.
   
  
• Great Lakes Manufacturers Must Avoid ´Me, Too´ Technologies
  PRNewswire (May 08, 2008 )
  
   
  
• WSP Holdings Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• First Quarter 2008 Results Release Scheduled for Thursday, May 15, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• VWR Funding, Inc. to Hold First Quarter 2008 Financial Results Conference Call
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Ford says it's doubling fuel-efficient 6-speed transmissions
  AP ( 007, 2008)
  DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it plans to greatly increase the use of more fuel-efficient six-speed automatic transmissions, doubling their number by the end of next year and putting them in 98 percent of its North American vehicles by 2012.
   
  
• General Dynamics weighs pick for new CEO
  AP ( 007, 2008)
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp.'s board of directors met Wednesday to consider a successor to Chief Executive Nicholas Chabraja, who plans to retire next summer.
   
  
• Leading Internet Lingerie Retailer to Launch Print Catalog
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Cisco 3Q profit beats views, shares rise
  AP ( 007, 2008)
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After seeing Cisco Systems Inc.'s market value plunge $50 billion over the past six months, investors were relieved that the networking equipment maker managed to weather U.S. economic turbulence better than expected in its fiscal third quarter.
   
  
• Delphax Pulls Back on Effort to Market High-Speed Roll-Fed Presses; Reiterates Commitment to Security Printing Market
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Worker productivity up at 2.2 percent rate in first quarter
  AP ( 007, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Worker productivity rose by a better-than-expected amount in the first three months of the year while labor cost pressures eased.
   
  
• As fuel prices rise, some speedometer needles fall
  AP ( 007, 2008)
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As other cars zipped by at 70 mph or more, Mike Papin and his wife, Joann, kept rolling along just below the 65 mph limit as they made their way from their winter home in Florida to a summer place in Vermont.
   
  
• Parker to Present at the 2008 Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on May 29
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Rafaella Apparel Group to Host a Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Results on Friday, May 16, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 07, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Chrysler's Nardelli says company can meet job-cutting goals
  AP ( 006, 2008)
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Chrysler LLC Chairman and Executive Bob Nardelli said Monday the automaker should be able to meet its job-cutting goals without antagonizing the United Auto Workers.
   
  
• Danaher to Present at Bank of America Health Care Conference
  PRNewswire (May 06, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Sara Lee 3Q profit rises but misses estimates on high costs
  AP ( 006, 2008)
  CHICAGO (AP) - Food and household products manufacturer Sara Lee Corp. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 82 percent but fell well short of expectations amid volatile commodity prices. Its stock sank 6 percent.
   
  
• Maidenform Brands, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
  PRNewswire (May 06, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Maidenform Brands, Inc. Announces Global License Agreement With Donna Karan International
  PRNewswire (May 06, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Microsoft signs software deal with Hyundai and Kia
  AP ( 006, 2008)
  DETROIT (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones.
   
  
• Honeywell to Present at Electrical Products Group Conference
  PRNewswire (May 06, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Chip McClure, Chairman, CEO and President, Hosts Conference Call and Web Cast
  PRNewswire (May 05, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Reminder: Tenaris, S.A. Will Conduct a Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2008 Results on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 05, 2008 )
  
   
  
• Senators call for EPA to reconsider ethanol output mandate
  AP ( 005, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Monday asked environmental regulators to use their power to halt the country's ethanol output expansion plans amid rising food prices.
   
  
• Impasse at GM's Fairfax - workers walk over seniority issues
  AP ( 005, 2008)
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Members of a United Auto Workers union local went on strike Monday at General Motors' Fairfax facility - hitting a plant that churns out GM's popular Malibu sedan.
   
  
• European Union clears Korean bid for shipbuilder Aker
  AP ( 005, 2008)
  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European Union regulators on Monday cleared South Korea's STX Corp. to buy a 39 percent stake in Europe's largest shipbuilder, Aker Yards ASA.
   
  
• Canadian auto workers ratify 3-year Ford contract
  AP ( 005, 2008)
  TORONTO (AP) - The Canadian Auto Workers have voted to ratify a three-year contract with Ford Motor Co.
   
  
• Veri-Tek International, Corp. Will Report First Quarter 2008 Financial Results on May 13, 2008
  PRNewswire (May 05, 2008 )
  
   
  
• 12 Months of Posh Handbags, Stuffed With Stylish Fiction
  PRNewswire (May 05, 2008 )