Implement & Tractor articles from September 2007

Implement & Tractor archives from September 2007

Canadian salesperson rebuilds territory through farmer relationships: Jena Grandmont uses a friendly, straightforward approach to revive sales in an economically hard-hit territory.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Until mid-2006, it had been five years since Leo's Sales and Service Ltd. had a sales representative for its northern territory in Manitoba, Canada. So when the Winnipeg dealership's first female sales...

West Point Implement + West Point Design: making life easier for the Ag industry: staff is alert in the field to problems that need solutions.
September 1, 2007... When one of West Point Implement or West Point Design sales staff goes out to see a customer, it's for far more than delivery of one item. While selling a payloader, for instance, the sales staff might see that the cattle feeder is in need of...

James M. Field has been named President, Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division, for Deere & Company.(PEOPLE)
September 1, 2007... James M. Field has been named President, Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division, for Deere & Company. He replaces Nathan J. Jones, who retired after 28 years, seven of which were as chief financial officer. John J. Dalhoff replaces...

Kubota Tractor Corporation.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Kubota Tractor Corporation, Torrence, Calif., and Land Pride, a division of Great Plains Mfg., Inc., Salina, Kansas, have entered a strategic alliance to market Land Pride implements that are performance-matched to Kubota tractors....

Salford Farm Machinery Limited.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Salford Farm Machinery Limited, Salford, Ontario, Canada, manufacturer of farm implements and trailers, has purchased Mac-Lander, Inc., manufacturer of fixture-built flatbed trailers located in Osceola, Iowa. Salford will continue to build...

Compact Power, Inc.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), a privately held company based in Fort Mill, S.C., and its subsidiary companies have completed a $21 million equity and subordinated debt financing focused on maintaining the rapid growth of the company. Financing was...

Bobcat Company.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Bobcat Company has signed a long-term strategic agreement with Korean manufacturer, Daedong Industrial Co., Ltd., to produce a line of Bobcat-branded compact utility tractors. Bruce Collins, vice president of attachments and vehicles, said...

Kverneland dealers hit the field.(Industry Notebook)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dealers attending Canada's Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario, in early September got an up-close and hands-on introduction to Kverneland's new field machines, like this foldable power harrow which was developed...

New Holland offers 24/7 support.(Industry Notebook)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Top Service, New Holland's new program that offers its equipment owners "top availability, top speed, top priority and top satisfaction," is scheduled to launch throughout North America during October 2007. The...

Fiat Powertrain Technologies of North America.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Fiat Powertrain Technologies of North America (FPT NA), Carol Stream, III., is the new brand name that replaces Iveco Motors of North America, Inc. FPT NA, wholly owned by Fiat S.p.A., has also restructured its organization to better serve...

Buhler Industries Inc. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, has completed negotiations with Combine Factory Rostselmash Ltd. for Rostselmash to purchase 80 percent of the outstanding common shares of Buhler stock for $7.25 per share payable in cash on closing, set for October 31, 2007.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Buhler Industries Inc. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, has completed negotiations with Combine Factory Rostselmash Ltd. for Rostselmash to purchase 80 percent of the outstanding common shares of Buhler stock for $7.25 per share payable in cash on...

Case IH.(MANUFACTURERS)
September 1, 2007... Case IH has expanded its facility in Grand Island, Neb., where Case IH Axial-Flow[R] combines are already manufactured and where soon the next generation of Case IH WD 3 Series windrowers and a full line of sickle and disc headers will be...

Recent additions to new Holland's line-up: these new machines are what customers said they wanted to handle bigger bales and heavier loads.
September 1, 2007... T9000 Series 4WD Tractors More power--Six-cylinder, fuel-efficient and EPA Tier III compliant engines are rated at 335 HP to 535 HP, with torque rise of 35-40 percent. They run on biodiesel fuel that meets ASTM 6751 standards. The T9050...

Consultative selling.(I&T's: Sales Tips)
September 1, 2007... Early this past summer, another student class graduated from the International Ag University Sales Program to take their places as Ag Equipment Consultants in their communities. They have learned to move away from the "good ole boy" iron...

Tornado plows through town: scattered debris and twisted metal were all that was left in the path of a spring storm.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Twelve people lost their lives. Businesses, homes and institutions were destroyed. At 9:30 p.m. on May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas was hit by the most powerful tornado to hit the U.S. in eight years. In fact,...

Bobcat loader radio remote control.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... Loader operators who work alone in applications that require two or more people, or who want to minimize worksite environment discomforts, now have a solution--the loader radio remote control system from Bobcat. The system enhances the...

Bourgault 591 air seeder monitor.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... The Model 591 air seeder monitor provides standard monitoring capability for up to four product bins. Capabilities include: monitor air seeder functions, including ground speed, multiple area counters, two fan speeds, application rates and bin...

McFarlane Reel Disk.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... This Reel Disk seedbed preparation tool for vertical tillage is designed for today's farming practices, especially BT corn and corn on corn cropping. The tool features shallow concave disk blades to loosen the top 2-3 inches of the soil and...

CDS-John Blue Company 12 Volt Pump.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... CDS-John Blue Company offers three models of new 12 Volt Pumps with capacities of 2.2, 3.6 and 4.8 gpm. All models are available with quick connect ports, which include a clear site glass strainer and five hose barb quick connect fittings....

Raven Envizio Pro.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... The Envizio Pro global positioning system features a larger screen, dual application control, and a variable rate application control option, making it ideal for setting up a sprayer, fertilizer applicator, anhydrous ammonia toolbar or planter....

Farmall tractor upgrades.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... For model year 2008, Case IH has upgraded the Farmall compact and utility tractors with Tier 3-compliant engines, higher horsepower in larger models, a new Class 3, 50-hp Farmall compact tractor and a simpler naming system. The D/DX, JX, JXU,...

Ditch Witch Tornado Bits.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... Ditch Witch now offers nine different sizes of Tornado Bits for use in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) applications. The all-purpose bits are designed for use in a variety of soils, including sandstone, chunk rock, and hard soils. The...

Jacto Cannon Sprayer.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... Jacto Incorporated, Tualatin, Ore., introduces the J1400CHT and J1400 PLUS to its line of high performance Cannon Sprayers. The J1400 has a 265 gallon tank capacity and a spray swath of up to 80 feet, combining the proven performance of the...

Retriever Lo-Rider Deck.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... The new Retriever[TM] Lo-Rider Deck[TM] has a full-width well at the front that sits 10" below Retriever's already low standard deck height, making it possible to transport large agricultural equipment safely under most 13' 6" overpasses. This...

Kuhn power tiller.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... The new EL201-400H power tiller incorporates improved lubrication, oil cooling for the main gearbox, and reinforcement of the lateral rotor drive to increase reliability and expand the duty cycle when operating in difficult conditions. The oil...

Orthman Atlas Dry Fertilizer Lifting Cart.(Equipment Review)
September 1, 2007... The new Orthman Atlas Dry Fertilizer Lifting Cart provides an opportunity to increase fertilizer carrying capacity, further enhancing field productivity. In addition to the dry fertilizer cart, there will also be a liquid fertilizer tank option...

MacDon equipment hits the road: the Cut Across America tour followed the harvest through 28 states.
September 1, 2007... MacDon took its newest harvesting equipment on a trip--a long trip. The company's Cut Across America tour gave farmers in 28 states the opportunity to see and drive the company's new generation of harvesting machines. The tour started in...

Auction action.(I&T's)
September 1, 2007... Informing you on what "it" is worth that's been my mission for 18 years now. Today let's have the "it" be 150 horsepower tractors roughly 15-20 years old. Tractors like the CaseIH 7120. What's a 7120 worth? Check out the accompanying...

New features in 2008 LEXION combines.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 2008 LEXION combines from CLAAS include a color screen CEBIS on-board combine monitoring system for quick and easy access to view and adjust machine performance. The CEBIS monitoring system features a new...

Do your customers have access to Internet?
September 1, 2007... Do your customers have access to Internet?--Fifty-five percent of U.S. farms have Internet access in 2007, up from 51 percent in 2005, according to a USDA report on farm computer ownership and usage released in August. The report says 63...

Illinois farmland values increase.
September 1, 2007... Illinois farmland values increase--Farmland values have continued to rise in parts of the Midwest, with Illinois farmland rising 92 percent in value since 2000, according to Dale Lattz, University of Illinois Extension farm management...

Largest U.S. biodiesel plant opens.
September 1, 2007... Largest U.S. biodiesel plant opens--The new Imperium Renewables plant, near Grays Harbor, Wash., which officially opened August 15, is the largest biodiesel plant now operating in the U.S. It has an annual capacity of 100 million gallons,...

You want to buy how many acres in Iowa?
September 1, 2007... You want to buy how many acres in Iowa?--There was unexpected action at an August 17 farmland auction in Sioux City, Iowa, when one 80-acre tract sold for $8,425 an acre, another 80 acres sold for $7,600 an acre and a 60-acre tract sold for...

FFA tops half million members.
September 1, 2007... FFA tops half million members--For the first time in 29 years, student membership of the National FFA Organization broke through the half million mark, with 500,823 members in 7,358 FFA chapters across the United States, Puerto Rico and the...

New ag boom spraying standards.
September 1, 2007... New ag boom spraying standards--A new standard on Best Management Practices for Boom Spraying has been completed by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). ANSI/ASABE $592, developed to identify and formalize...

Corn for Ethanol Could Top 9 Billion Bushels Annually by 2025.
September 1, 2007... Corn for Ethanol Could Top 9 Billion Bushels Annually by 2025--The U.S. ethanol industry could consume as much as 9.2 billion bushels of the annual corn crop by 2025, resulting in less corn available for food and feed, according to a report by...

UAW-GM settlement probably won't affect Deere ... for now.
September 1, 2007... UAW-GM settlement probably won't affect Deere... for now--Ron Seeber, a labor relations expert from Cornell University (N.Y.) said the issues surrounding the labor dispute and strike settlement between the United Auto Workers and General...

Round bale revolution: John Deere's new self-propelled cotton picker features an on-board round module builder.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dealers, financial analysts and members of the agricultural press were recently introduced to the 7760 Self-Propelled Cotton Picker with its industry-exclusive on-board round module builder during Deere's Leadership...

Perkins engines celebrates 75 years.
September 1, 2007... In 1932, two men with little money but big ideas set up business in a tiny backstreet workshop in Peterborough, UK. Frank Perkins, an enterprising, imaginative and aggressive salesman, and Charles Chapman, an engineering genius who dodged the...

Custom manufacturing is a family tradition: a reputation for quality and service has netted a new line of dairy sandwagons for Masaba Mining Equipment, a Vermillion. S.D., equipment manufacturer.(Company overview)
September 1, 2007... "We have not specialized in dairy in the past, but we believe we've developed a high quality product," Heath Johnson, Masaba's Vice President of Marketing and Operations said. "We'll be pushing this model hard in the months ahead and we'll...

ASABE marks 100th anniversary.(Industry Briefs)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The founding of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) was celebrated with the dedication of a commemorative plaque in April at the society's international headquarters in St. Joseph,...

Primary Flow Signal, provider of flow measurement solutions, received the Supplier of the Year award from Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) for the third year in a row.(Awards & Recognitions)
September 1, 2007... Primary Flow Signal, provider of flow measurement solutions, received the Supplier of the Year award from Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) for the third year in a row. The latest award was for the design and development of an HVT (Halmi Venturi...

Steve Illius and Tom lllius, brothers from Columbia Station, Ohio, have won the Jimmy Lincoln Award, sponsored by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation for outstanding performance at the Lincoln Electric Welding School, Cleveland, Ohio.(Awards & Recognitions)
September 1, 2007... Steve Illius and Tom lllius, brothers from Columbia Station, Ohio, have won the Jimmy Lincoln Award, sponsored by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation for outstanding performance at the Lincoln Electric Welding School, Cleveland, Ohio....

Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International presented its Safety Award of Honor to the following companies for their perfect safety records in 2006.(Awards & Recognitions)
September 1, 2007... Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International presented its Safety Award of Honor to the following companies for their perfect safety records in 2006: B. Walter & Company, Inc., Wabash, Ind.; Eskay Metal Manufacturing, Buffalo, N.Y.;...

Richard L. Keyser, Chairman and CEO of W. W. Grainger, Inc., received the Marco Polo Award from SAFEA, the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel and the US-China Foundation for International Exchanges.(Awards & Recognitions)
September 1, 2007... Richard L. Keyser, Chairman and CEO of W. W. Grainger, Inc., received the Marco Polo Award from SAFEA, the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel and the US-China Foundation for International Exchanges, in recognition of the...

Sauer Danfoss Co.(Awards & Recognitions)
September 1, 2007... Sauer Danfoss Co., Lawrence, Kan., has received a Ksafe Award from the Kansas Department of Labor for its run of safe operations--more than 1 million hours of work without anyone suffering an injury that led to time away from the job. Jake...

LN Acquisition Corp.(Company)
September 1, 2007... LN Acquisition Corp., a Harbour Group company, has acquired Reelcraft Industries, Inc., with facilities in Columbia City, Ind., Canada, England and China. LN Acquisition, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., also owns Lincoln Industrial and...

Case IH.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Case IH erected a new sign at its Racine, Wis., manufacturing plant this past spring. At 20 feet wide by 33 feet, the sign is hard not to notice. Plant manager Steve Tyler said the new sign "better symbolizes our company's renewed focus on our...

American Spring Wire Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired J& L Wire Cloth, St. Paul, Minn, known for Boss Hog[R] (hog production) and Galva Deck[R] (material handling) product brands.(Company)
September 1, 2007... American Spring Wire Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired J&L Wire Cloth, St. Paul, Minn, known for Boss Hog[R] (hog production) and Galva Deck[R] (material handling) product brands. The acquisition was handled through Allegiance Capital...

John Bean Sprayers, a brand of Durand-Wayland, recently gained the rights to distribute nearly all the pumps manufactured by FMC Technologies.(Company)
September 1, 2007... John Bean Sprayers, a brand of Durand-Wayland, recently gained the rights to distribute nearly all the pumps manufactured by FMC Technologies. Headquartered in LaGrange, Ga, John Bean will have on-hand inventory of FMC pumps and parts available...

Eastern Catalytic.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Eastern Catalytic, Langhome, Pa., manufacturer of catalytic converters and related emission control components, has increased its in-house capabilities for EPA's FTP-CVS-75 testing procedure, quality assurance and quality control processes. Rob...

Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd. of South Korea purchased the Bobcat construction-vehicle business from Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. for $4.9 billion this past summer.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd. of South Korea purchased the Bobcat construction-vehicle business from Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. for $4.9 billion this past summer. The Ingersoll deal represented one of the largest foreign purchases by a South Korean...

Lincoln Industrial, St. Louis, Mo, has completed acquisition of Lincoln Helios India, Ltd., headquartered in Bangalore, India.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Lincoln Industrial, St. Louis, Mo, has completed acquisition of Lincoln Helios India, Ltd., headquartered in Bangalore, India. Lincoln Industrial is part of the Harbor Group, a St. Louis-based private investment firm which also owns Alemite and...

Dana Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, has completed the sale of its North American coupled products business to Coupled Products LLC.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Dana Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, has completed the sale of its North American coupled products business to Coupled Products LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanxiang (USA) Holdings Corporation, which concludes the overall divestiture of Dana's...

AGCO Corporation has purchased Industria Agricola Fortaleza Limitada (SFIL), a privately owned farm implement manufacturer based in Ibiruba, Brazil.(Company)
September 1, 2007... AGCO Corporation has purchased Industria Agricola Fortaleza Limitada (SFIL), a privately owned farm implement manufacturer based in Ibiruba, Brazil. SFIL, which manufactures and distributes a line of farm implements including drills, planters,...

Hernon Manufacturing.(Company)
September 1, 2007... Hernon Manufacturing, Orlando, Fla., producer of high performance adhesives and sealants and precision dispensing equipment, recently received supplier awards for providing just-in-time delivery, custom container and outer packing labels from...

Helac Corporation.(People)
September 1, 2007... Bill Power has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer for Helac Corporation, Enumclaw, Wash. He will oversee day-to-day operations of both product divisions, hydraulic rotary actuators for OEM applications and...

Hella Inc.(People)
September 1, 2007... Barry Angevine was recently appointed Customer Service Supervisor, US Aftermarket for Hella, Inc., North American aftermarket subsidiary of automotive lighting and electronics supplier Hella. He will manage customer service and aftermarket...

NGK Spark Plugs.(People)
September 1, 2007... Darrel Reuss has been appointed National Sales Manager for NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.), Inc. a subsidiary of NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD. A 23-year veteran in the automotive aftermarket industry, Reuss was previously with Delphi Corporation as the...

Powertrain Technologies (FPT) of North America, Inc.(People)
September 1, 2007... Francesco Cenni is the new assistant general manager at Powertrain Technologies (FPT) of North America, Inc. (formerly Iveco Motors of North America), Carol Stream, Ill., with responsibility for all sales and marketing aspects of the business....

Considerations for going forklift free.(Guest Editorial)
September 1, 2007... Companies mandating the move to forklift-free production floors are doing so on the basis of safety improvements and reduced forklift lease and maintenance costs. However, other less visible advantages with direct and secondary benefits may...

Whose time am I wasting?(Sales)
September 1, 2007... It's 9 am. Alan is laughing at a joke made by Steve. He calls Jim, the third salesperson, into Steve's office to let him in on the joke. I'm sitting in the sales manager's office. I'm observing and counting... counting... counting. The...

Good communications boost productivity.
September 1, 2007... One of my previous articles ("Can You Grow Your Bottom Line?," Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer, Spring 2006) reviewed a study of 33 different Midwestern agricultural component equipment producers, about why some companies were highly...

Filter Minder Switches.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The new Filter Minder Switches, from Engineered Products Company, were designed for use with air filters, diesel suction side fuel filters, diesel particulate filters, crankcase ventilation filters (CCV) and other low pressure or vacuum...

Analog I/O engine control.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Axiomatic Technologies Corporation's new AX030200 multi-featured 16 analog input-output engine control features eight inputs that are selectable (analog, digital PWM), eight voltage outputs and 8 analog outputs. The I/O module with CAN bus...

Workmaster workbench.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... These storage cabinet/workbench units from IAC industries have large capacity drawer pedestals that support worksurface options of laminate, maple block and stainless steel. Each cabinet is 29.5" wide, so one or two cabinet pedestals will fit...

Sauer-Danfoss motor mount HICs.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Off-highway mobile machinery OEMs and distributors can now choose from four types of ready-to-mount hydraulic integrated circuits (HICs) that are designed to bolt right on to seven models of Sauer-Danfoss low speed, high torque orbital motors....

Stoody hardsurfacing wire.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The new Stoody[R] 160 DM Nickel Tungsten Carbide hardsurfacing wire offers superior wear surface, especially in fine particle slurry applications. The evenly dispersed macro crystalline particles are supported by a tough nickel, silicon and...

Grizzly keyboard.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Designed for demanding applications in harsh environments, the Grizzly extreme ruggedized keyboard is waterproof, dustproof and chemical resistant. The unit features USB compatibility, wear-proof legends, backlit keys, an integrated FSR...

Hemisphere Outback S-Lite.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The S-Lite is a low-cost, portable, entry-level GPS guidance solution for non-precision spraying, spreading and broad-acre tillage and seeding. It offers many of the same features as the Outback S Series, including straight guidance, contour...

Killer Red double-sided tape.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... CS Hyde Company has added Killer Red double-sided acrylic adhesive tape to its product line. Killer Red offers secure bonding under high temperature, has good resistance to solvents, chemicals, UV and heat and offers excellent bonding to...

WS--hydraulic motor series.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The WS Series family of low speed, high torque hydraulic motors from White Drive Products was designed for applications in agricultural equipment, skidsteer attachments, augers, mowers and other types of machinery requiring greater torque under...

Twin Tough Bonded Hose.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Parker Hannifin's Twin Tough Bonded Hose is ready to use. It eliminates labor and material costs required to manually bundle two separate hoses, which studies show takes 20-30 minutes to tie-wrap or sleeve and heat shrink a 50-foot conventional...

Hernon Autobonder 2101.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Hernon's Autobonder 2101 tabletop dispenser, designed for low-volume production and repair operations, can dispense a wide variety of liquids, from low to high viscosity, including thick gels. It can dispense such adhesives and sealants as...

MTS hydraulic sensor.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The MH sensor with a CANbus interface combines MTS Systems' Temposonics[R] technology with agricultural, construction and other off-highway machinery market's interface of choice. The MH sensor works with CAN J1939 and CANopen, measuring...

Solenoid valves w/manual override.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Peter Paul Electronics Company now offers manual override for its Series 80 Large Orifice Solenoid Valves. Manual override, a mechanical device to open normally closed (NC) valves or close normally open (NO) valves without power, can actuate...

Oval 'smart lamp'.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... Peterson Manufacturing's Piranha brand LED comes with built-in intelligence--computer-driven functionality and instant LED response. The slim, amber 6-inch oval design fits in spaces that round standard lights won't. It meets J1318 specs and...

Westeel aeration fans.(Product Review)
September 1, 2007... The fans in Westeel's line of aeration systems and accessories can be used on both Westeel and competitive aeration systems. The newest line-up includes inline centrifugal fans, axial blade fans and both high and low speed centrifugal fans....

KSU team wins 1/4-scale Tractor Student Design Competition.
September 1, 2007... Kansas State University's Powercat tractor design team took first place at the 10th annual American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) International 1/4-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition held June 1-3, 2007, at the...

Expect greater demand for industrial machinery.
September 1, 2007... Expect greater demand for industrial machinery--There is now a viable growth prospect for industrial machinery because global competition demands more efficiency which, in turn, creates an ongoing demand for new equipment, especially in...

85 years of Lubrication magazine is online.
September 1, 2007... 85 years of Lubrication magazine is online--More than 650 archived issues of Lubrication magazine are now available free of charge at www.LubricantsUniversity.com, the website of Chevron's online training resource offering information on...

Feds seize counterfeit SOLO sprayers.
September 1, 2007... Feds seize counterfeit SOLO sprayers--U.S. federal agents recently seized counterfeit SOLO sprayers that were being exhibited at the National Hardware Show in Newport News, Va., this past spring. The sprayers were being sold under the SeeSa...

Is a 35-billion gallon alternative fuels standard feasible?
September 1, 2007... Is a 35-billion gallon alternative fuels standard feasible?--The feasibility of President Bush's call for a "mandatory fuels standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewal and alternate fuels in 2017" is addressed in a new white paper...

Manufacturing IT spending expected to soar in Asia/Pacific.
September 1, 2007... Manufacturing IT spending expected to soar in Asia/Pacific--Excluding Japan, IT spending by manufacturers in Asia/Pacific (APEJ) region will reach US$23.7 billion by 2011, at a compound annual growth rate of 7.9%, according the report...