Manufacturing & Materials

Magazine articles on manufacturing and material mining and processing.

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BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Heavy Manufacturing: Steeling Themselves For More Hardship Except for metals, which benefited from tariffs, factory demand remains slack. While overall hiring is up slightly, thousands of jobs will be cut.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Ties That Bind IndustryWeek Value Chain Study reveals manufacturers' struggle to add value from product development to delivery.
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Hopes For The New Year Aren't Just Sentimental One bit of evidence: The long-awaited rebound in manufacturing.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 LouAnn Lofton	Nike's Eyes on LeBron The athletic shoe company's U.S. fortunes are improving.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 W.D. Crotty	Freeport's Free Copper How it costs Freeport-McMoRan less than zero to mine its copper
IndustryWeek January 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	New World Leader 3M Co.'s James McNerney, CEO of the Year, is committed to operating excellence and organic growth through innovation, international strength, leadership development and Six Sigma.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2004 Patricia Panchak	U.S. Manufacturing Agenda We call on the manufacturing community to come together to create an agenda for our nation's manufacturing future -- an agenda that builds on the contributions from and cooperation of our nation's workforce, business executives and labor leaders, public policy makers and research institutions.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Nanette Byrnes	Is Wilbur Ross Crazy? Like a fox, maybe. His bets on steel plants, textile mills, and other woebegone assets are risky, but they're paying off.
IndustryWeek December 10, 2003 Jill Jusko	Bookshelf -- An Optimistic Outlook A new book by Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI provides a primarily upbeat assessment of U.S. manufacturing's future and recommends reforms.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Magnusson et al.	Where Free Trade Hurts Thirty million jobs worldwide could disappear with the end of strict U.S. and European import quotas on textiles.
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