Daily News For July 9, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT Free Guide: Tap into Employee Potential 4 Proven Ways for Manufacturing Companies to Unlock Employee Performance Potential Download the free eGuide, "Changing the Game in Manufacturing: 4 Ways to Unlock Your Employees' Performance Potential" and discover how to tap into the full potential of every employee.  You'll learn how you can: Keep employees' daily efforts focused on key business objectives Retain top performers and help those in need of a "performance boost" Dramatically simplify your performance management process Click here to download this FREE eGuide Today's Daily News An Attack on Traffic Congestion The U.S. Department of Transportation is joining with the California Department of Transportation in a test of Intelligent Transportation Systems technology aimed at reducing traffic congestion. Click to continue Severstal Finalizes WCI Takeover OAO Severstal has completed its $140 million takeover of WCI Steel, one of a series of purchases in recent weeks that have lifted the Russian steelmaker's North American raw-steel capacity to about 14 million tons per year. Click to continue PPG Sells Auto Glass Business Company turns focus to coatings, specialty products. Click to continue Crown Lift Trucks to Switch to Fuel Cell Power at Air Force Base Hydrogenics Corp. will supply 20 fuel cell power packs for integration into Crown lift trucks that will be deployed at the Defense Distribution Depot Warner Robins Georgia at Robins Air Force base. Click to continue IndustryWeek Web Forum Visit the IndustryWeek Forums -- an active online community discussing the latest in manufacturing. The forum is open! It's "Official" -- First Round of Olympic Shutdowns are Coming "There are some very large, well-known companies that were caught completely off guard on this..." Click to continue Production To Return To U.S. Shores? "Yes, in the short run. Long term, probably not, at least according to a new survey by Deloitte..." Click to continue Purported Five Myths About the Death of U.S. Manufacturing "...good, lean management can't overcome the current inequities..." Click to continue 400 HP at 110 MPG? "Not that everyone needs a car of this capability, but clearly the potential could be massive. Apparently the guy is a bit hush-hush about what is exactly going on under the hood..." Click to continue Participate in this and other discussions at forums.industryweek.com. IW Best Plants Benchmarking Database Enhance Your Lean Program Tweak your Lean efforts by finding all the ways you can improve your operations. With over 235 metrics ranging from supply chain and inventory to operations and competitive results, the IndustryWeek Best Plants Benchmarking Database can help show you how others have achieved their world-class results. Download this free sample report today to see all the different ways you can improve your bottom line! Miss an Issue? See our newsletter archives. PRODUCED BY Click on any of the above logos to visit the producing sites.

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