Manufacturing & Technology News articles from August 2007

Manufacturing & Technology News archives from August 2007

Revival of atomic energy will occur without many U.S. manufacturers.
August 27, 2007... The United States is on the verge of seeing a revival of nuclear power, but there is only one company left in the country able to provide certified industrial equipment for use in a new generation of reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

U.S. is world's biggest loser in WTO disputes.
August 27, 2007... The United States is losing the vast majority of trade cases brought against it by other nations in the World Trade Organization, even though the United States ran a trade deficit last year in goods totaling $838 billion, the highest of any...

Emission caps would boost price of coal.
August 27, 2007... If a Senate bill aimed at capping U.S. gas emissions becomes law, it would lead to substantially higher prices for electricity generated from coal, and a boon for the nuclear power industry, according to the Energy Information Administration....

Substantial growth projected in hybrid vehicle sales.
August 27, 2007... Hybrid vehicle sales are expected to increase by 35 percent in 2007, reaching a record number of 345,000, up from 256,000 in 2006, according to J.D. Power and Associates. For the first six months of 2007, 187,000 hybrid vehicles were sold. The...

NIST director announces his resignation.
August 27, 2007... The director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced his resignation. William Jeffrey, appointed to his post in 2005 from a position in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will leave the agency...

Commerce dept. hires manufacturing man.
August 27, 2007... The federal government has a new manufacturing leader. Retired Rear Admiral William Sutton has left his post as head of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute to become the Commerce Department's Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing...

Federal R&D funds for vehicle improvement.
August 27, 2007... The Department of Energy has awarded $21.5 million for 11 research contracts aimed at improving the efficiency of light-duty vehicle engines. The goal is to improve fuel utilization in ethanol-powered engines, develop advanced lubrication...

A dirty place is China.
August 27, 2007... China is projected to surpass the United States in carbon emissions by 2009, due to [CO.sub.2] emissions expanding at an average annual rate of 3.7 percent, according to the International Energy Agency. The discharge of sulfur dioxide in China...

White House R&D guidance.
August 27, 2007... The White House has directed the National Science Foundation, the Energy Department's Office of Science and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to request funding for fiscal year 2009 to keep them on a path to double their...

New national manufacturing association finds a niche with free trade angst.(Interview)
August 27, 2007... When the Michigan Tooling Association decided earlier this year to become a national trade association aimed at tackling issues associated with free and fair trade, it knew it wasn't going to be easy attracting members and gaining a foothold in...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
August 27, 2007... Your article in the July 31, 2007, issue on Apple's global iPod supply chain shows that Sloan's Irvine Computer Center lacks basic understanding of trade and economics. You accurately quote their report as stating "... trade statistics...

China is not the problem.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
August 27, 2007... At a time when even the Wall Street Journal has disappeared into the maw of a huge media conglomerate, the New York Times remains an independent family-owned newspaper. But it doesn't show any independence in reporting or in thought. The...