Manufacturing & Materials

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Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Wayne Labs	Machine Control: Still Islands of Automation? According to some manufacturing industry experts, food producers need to play catch up with their machines.
Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Olin Thompson	Plant Excellence, by the Numbers Metrics, in tandem with continuous improvement and cost reduction programs, can improve plant efficiency.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 John Teresko	Hybrids, Electrics: Nano Power? Nanotechnology boosts the operating characteristics of lithium-ion batteries.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 Traci Purdum	Customer Order Management: Fine Tuning The Flow Mold-Masters Ltd.'s automated order-entry process reduces lead-time and administrative costs.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Alcoa: Here We Go Again Another quarter has rolled by, and nothing much has changed for the giant American aluminum producer. 2005 wasn't exactly a banner year for Alcoa; the stock rallied hard at year-end to finish basically flat for the year.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Marvel Toys With Hasbro Hasbro is now hoping that there's a little more green to be culled from the Hulk and the rest of Marvel's massive library. Let's just hope that the deal doesn't make shareholders angry.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Schnitzer Starts Fresh New acquisitions and an unraveled joint venture change the steel company's immediate future. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oxford's Commencement Analysts expect big things tomorrow, but might see big inventories instead from this manufacturer of private-label and branded clothing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Rocky Goes Down for the Count The shoemaker slips after losing a military contract and hosing down its profit targets. But Rocky is still growing and now dirt-cheap, trading at levels unseen since 2004.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Hot! Hot! Hot! Global Siting's Hottest Locations U.S. manufacturers continue to invest heavily in China and India. But their siting strategies also include Eastern Europe, South America and even the United States.
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