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Chinese tire producers hire U.S. government's top trade officials in '421' dumping case.
June 16, 2009... It didn't take long for a handful of the Bush administration's top trade officials to start representing foreign business interests. Eight members of the House of Representatives have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate five recently departed senior trade officials at...

90,000 small manufacturing companies are at risk of failure.(Company overview)
June 16, 2009... Tens of thousands of small manufacturing companies in the United States have little idea of what it takes to be successful in an increasingly global competitive environment and risk going out of business in the near future, according to the first-ever large-scale benchmarking study of small...

Market for small wind turbines grows at a robust clip.
June 16, 2009... Last year was very good for the U.S. small wind turbine industry. Sales by total power generation increased by 78 percent in 2008 to 17.3 megawatts of capacity. Sales of turbines smaller than 100 kilowatts increased by 14 percent to 10,500 units. Total sales amounted to $77 million. Over...

Babcock & Wilcox introduces modular nuclear reactor.
June 16, 2009... Babcock & Wilcox has introduced a new nuclear reactor, called the mPower--for its modular design that can be sold in125-megawatt increments. The reactor has a five-year operating cycle without the need for refueling. The maker of the famed Three Mile Island facility has created a new company...

U.S. machine tool industry reaches a nadir; monthly sales dip to lowest level ever.
June 16, 2009... The U.S. machine tool industry is in a depression. Sales in April totaled just $97 million, down 41.5 percent from March and a 78 percent drop from the same month in April 2008, when the industry sold $435 million worth of equipment, according to the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption...