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Diamond buys Kettle Chips maker
01 Mar 2010 11:10

California based savoury snack maker Diamond Foods has bought out rival Kettle Foods for $615m (£402.3m).

Manufacturing mergers up
22 Feb 2010 11:43

For the first time in two years both the number of global mergers and acquisitions of industrial manufacturing companies grew and the total value of those deals grew in q4 2009.

Whitacre steps up at GM
26 Jan 2010 10:36

General Motors chairman Ed Whitacre is to become the new chief executive of salvaged Detroit car maker.

US industrial output up
21 Jan 2010 16:44

Total US industrial output rose by 0.6 per cent in December but wasn’t helped by a 0.1 per cent drop in manufacturing production, the Federal Reserve has revealed.

Wisconsin manufacturers get sustainability help
20 Jan 2010 17:08

The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) and BT Squared, Inc. announced a partnership today to support the growth and competitiveness of Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector by accelerating the adoption of profitable sustainability strategies.

Dorel-Asia cribs recalled
20 Jan 2010 17:02

A Barbados-based cot manufacturer is recalling 635,000 items sold in the US after a child died by strangling itself on a faulty product.

Putting the boot into BAE?
15 Mar 2010 15:00

Howard Wheeldon on a supposed press leak from government suggesting a US firm will be chosen over...

Disruptive shifts in business technology
12 Mar 2010 13:35

Dr Simon Moores, keynote speaker at ERP Connect 2010, puts technology challenges in context.

Underinformed
10 Mar 2010 15:38

EAL respond to the EEF's Manufacturing Manifesto...

Basler Electric

The Basler ECS2100 is a multi-microprocessor excitation control system that provides advanced...

KYDEX, LLC

KYDEX Welcomes New Sales Application Engineer for International Markets Bloomsburg, PA, USA,...

KYDEX, LLC

PRESS RELEASE FOR: KYDEX, LLC FOR RELEASE: Immediate DATE: January 18, 2010 CONTACT: Kathy...

KYDEX, LLC

PRESS RELEASE FOR: KYDEX, LLC FOR RELEASE: Immediate DATE: January 15, 2010 CONTACT: Kathy Bryan, Alexander & Richardson,...

Do you really want to retain this guy?

Staff retention maintains a company’s institutional knowledge, but it can also be destructive, finds April Terreri

HR: The Gen-X friendly workplace

A few days ago we reported on
Generation Y.

This keenly entitled bunch doesn't like to get its hands dirty. But its teenaged siblings, called Generation X, are even more entitled and less patient. Author Deanne DeMarco explains why.

DiVosta Homes
A well-built place in the sun

DiVosta Homes builds homes in Florida with a time-tested approach that takes buyers from lot selection to mortgage application and beyond, as Greg Andrews explains