Manufacturing & Materials

Magazine articles on manufacturing and material mining and processing.

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The Motley Fool October 15, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Fastenal Quick to Please Investors The earnings information the company offers ranges as wide as its product line. Management's take on investor relations has paid off handsomely.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Takes a Hit Restructuring costs at the furniture maker crimp quarterly profits.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Appliance Envy From the factories to the stores, Whirlpool's Chinese Operations reflect the company's global push to earn customer loyalty.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	The Worri$ome Weight Of Wall Street Does the pressure from stock analysts for manufacturers to "make the numbers" hinder workforce development? Yes and no. But publicly traded or not, companies cannot afford to ignore investing in their employees.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 John Teresko	Coming Soon -- A Smarter Factory Machine tool innovations bring new ways to optimize a competitive part-making strategy.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	6 Commodity Investment Lessons Strike copper to see why stock prices don't keep up with much higher trade prices.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Korea Doesn't Feel the Love As U.S. steelmaker stocks soar, Posco draws a yawn.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich	Trying Nano On for Size The "old-economy" industry of basic clothing is making the acquaintance of the new promise of nanotechnology, improving the performance of textiles. Will the market be large enough to justify extraordinary long-term returns?
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Phil Wohl	Stanley Furniture Gets Comfortable The wood furniture maker uses a niche strategy to work around industry problems. Shares are trading at an attractive 14 times the 2004 earnings estimate of $3.12 per share, which is at a steep discount relative to the 30%-plus growth expected this year.
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