Manufacturing & Materials

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BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Otis Port	Nailing The Design Before You Build Product life-cycle software is giving a boost to smaller manufacturers.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Bob Hirschfeld	Is Steel the Next Big Thing? A wave of bankruptcies, supply constraints, improving global demand, a weak U.S. dollar and, not least, a country called China has investors rushing into steel shares.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	IW 1000's Top-Line Tango Revenue growth is back at the world's largest manufacturing companies. Like running into an old flame at a college reunion, executives have rediscovered the allure of robust revenues.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Methodology Global ranking of manufacturers for a global playing field.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2004 Traci Purdum	The Mexican Connection Although China -- with its cheap labor -- may be a very attractive plant location for U.S. manufacturers, when all the costs of an extended pipeline are calculated, Mexico may still be the better option.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas	Work In Progress Manufacturing czar appointment could be a ways away from taking office.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2004 Phil Wohl	Goodyear Trying to Inflate Can the troubled tire maker pump up results and continue its turnaround?
The Motley Fool May 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Caterpillar Under Fire To what degree is a company responsible for how people use its products? Social responsibility activists and shareholders are concerned because the company's bulldozers are being used by the Israeli army to raze Palestinian homes.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arndt & Aston	U.S. Factories: Falling Behind Why America's old-line industries are trailing in the global productivity stakes
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Bill Mann	Presto Stays Its Course Small appliance maker National Presto stands alone in an industry defined by lousy economics and blowups.
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