Manufacturing & Materials

Magazine articles on manufacturing and material mining and processing.

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The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Mattel's Radica Move The toy giant becomes the answer to an electronic gaming pioneer's ultimate question. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Freeport-McMoRan's Risky Business One mine, two commodities, and a spike in prices. How will this end up? Investors, be sure to do some careful due diligence before diving in.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Rich Duprey	Black & Decker Buys Back Profit Though recent share repurchases have come at a premium, the power tool maker has had a history of being a good shepherd with shareholder money. Will its recent buyback announcement be just as good?
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Pete Engardio	Haier: Taking A Brand Name Higher Chinese appliance maker Haier aims to become the next premier name in white goods.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- Building A Passion For Manufacturing Excellence It's the passion for manufacturing excellence that separates the excellent from the merely very successful.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 Traci Purdum	Lauren Manufacturing Embraces A Lean Environment To Compete Going from a traditional American manufacturing mentality to a lean approach.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 Traci Purdum	Manufacturers Are Seeing Bottom-Line Benefits Of Designing For the Environment For many manufacturers designing for the environment is a marketing coup.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 John Teresko	Recapturing R&D Leadership If maintaining U.S. R&D leadership is the goal, then both government support and industry practices need to be reconsidered.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006	The 13 Management Principles of Toyota's Product Development System Excerpts from "The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process and Technology."
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Rethinking Raw Materials Escalating prices for metals, plastics and other materials are challenging manufacturers to find new methods to rein in costs.
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