October 8, 2009

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Navistar, Tatra in Alliance for Military Off-Road Trucks
Navistar Defense LLC and Tatra a.s. signed an agreement to jointly develop, produce, and market new military tactical off-road trucks. The new vehicles will include Navistar engines and Tatra's backbone-tube chassis design and independent suspension system. Read More

Federal-Mogul JV Starts Diesel Piston Production
Federal-Mogul and Russian manufacturer KAMAZ produced the first aluminum diesel piston at its Tatarstan, Russia facility. The 50/50 joint venture will also produce piston rings and cylinder lines for KAMAZ's OE and OES products serving the Russian and global automotive and aftermarket industries. Read More

Chromalloy Joins Grumman's Contractor Logistic Program
Chromalloy will provide aircraft engine and auxilliary power unit (APU) maintenance, services, and replacement parts in support of the USAF's KC-10 air refueling fleet. The nine-year, $540 million dollar contract covers 204 CF6-50C2 engines and 77 APUs. Read More

Alcan Automotive JV for Green Products in China
Alcan Engley Automotive Structures Co. Ltd. will develop and produce crash management systems, instrument panel beams in aluminum and other structural aluminum modules. Alcan will be the majority shareholder and expects to start supplying products in late 2009. Read More


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5 Key Strategies For Reduced Cost and Increased Profitability
Striving to reduce costs and increase profitability while remaining competitive is no easy task.

Epicor Manufacturing talks about ways to plan, schedule, execute and monitor your manufacturing operations – from raw materials to final product – to develop your highest level of flexibility and agility, and to make your operations more competitive.

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Benchmarking at IMTS
American Machinist conducted its third annual Benchmark Survey of American Machine Shops between February and April of this year.

American Machinist, reviews the results of this third annual survey, and talks about what the data means and how shops can use the data to make plans for this year's IMTS.

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Tool Shop Optimization: Doing More with Less in a Sluggish Economy
How can your shop do more with less?
Toolmakers around the globe are searching for strategies to help them weather the current financial storm and economic crisis. If you are looking to do more with less, now is the time to revisit Lean and make sure you practice it in your business.
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Precision Holemaking at High Cpk
Increase Productivity by Hard Milling Stainless Steels
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Toolmaker Slashes Delivery Times by Going Lean

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