Manufacturing & Materials

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The Motley Fool November 29, 2004 W.D. Crotty	China + GM = 100% Gain China Automotive doubles after a subsidiary announces a supply deal with GM. The one analyst who follows the company expects it to earn $0.40 a share this year -- which puts its price at a multiple of 38 times 2004 earnings.
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004	A Way To Weld Without The Waste Sparks shooting from robot welding machines: It's an iconic image of car manufacturing. But at Ford Motor, the shower of sparks is getting less intense, an indication of a major change in welding.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Lean Accounting: Novel Number Crunching A few brave finance and accounting managers are changing how they track costs to support lean manufacturing and improve decision making.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Best Practices -- The Buddy System What started as a loose affiliation of five manufacturers has grown into a group of 12 members that's powered entirely by employee representatives.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 John Teresko	Using Less To Create More Hydro Aluminum North America puts upgraded St. Augustine facility to work.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Rich Duprey	Maytag Gives Employees the Spin The appliance maker freezes pay and asks workers to quit, but rewards its executives with stock options. Apparently the company believes the cost savings will be working, as it is predicting earnings to be $1.50 to $1.60 per share.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Jeremy MacNealy	Trex Is All Decked Out The manufacturer of non-wood decking and railing chills out this winter but sees strong growth in the year ahead. Using a 25% growth rate Trex appears to be fully valued.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Maytag's Rough Cycle As a result of higher steel prices, Maytag's cost of doing business has risen, and the resultant hikes in appliance prices have hurt both sales and profits in comparison to last year.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 David Forrest	Select Comfort Monthly Recap The "mold scare" had the effect of pushing valuations down to 13 or 14 times forward earnings. With Select Comfort growing at 20%, this was compelling.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Deere John John Deere, once again, doubles net income. At $69.50, the stock is trading at 12.7 times trailing earnings.
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