Daily News For April 28, 2009 ADVERTISEMENT DFMA Webinar and Forum Explore Revival of U.S. Manufacturing Can American manufacturing regain the leading role it played in world markets from the 1960s to the 1990s? Increasingly, experts from engineering to logistics are recognizing that product design strategy is what holds the answers to our competitive success here and abroad. Join the free May 7 Webinar "Resurrecting U.S. Manufacturing using Systematic DFMA Deployment" and learn first-hand from Hypertherm how they combined DFMA and Lean to gain market share and improve profits 600% per square foot of factory floor space. Learn about the June 9-10 DFMA Forum "Reviving Manufacturing through Better Design:" Visit http://www.dfma.com/news/events.htm Today's Daily News Material Handling Helps Power the Fuel Cell Industry Purchases and promised purchases of fuel cell-powered lift trucks are providing a big boost to the industry. Click to continue Honda Motor Posts $1.9 Billion Q4 Loss However company saw strong demand for its motorcycles Click to continue GE Unveils Storage Technology Breakthrough New advance in optical storage technology Click to continue House Democrats Reintroduce the Protecting America's Workers Act The Protecting America's Workers Act aims to help the nation's health and safety agencies hold unscrupulous employers accountable for exposing their workers to preventable hazards. Click to continue IndustryWeek Web Forum Visit the IndustryWeek Forums -- an active online community discussing the latest in manufacturing. The forum is open! The Great Comeback, Part 3: How to Develop Your Comeback Strategy and Plan "'cut, cut, cut' is an action and not a strategy..." Click to continue Is Wind The Next Nuclear? "...the real clincher lies in this chart..." Click to continue Bad Company Takeovers "The one that came to mind today, and prompted this post, was John Delorean's takover of the Thiokol snow cat plant in 1978..." Click to continue Forecasting in the Current Business Environment "This might mean shifting marketing focus to higher-margin products or regions..." Click to continue Participate in this and other discussions at forums.industryweek.com. Product Spotlight Baldor Electric Company: 30-Foot Light Tower Kit Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas based manufacturer of energy saving industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmission products, drives and generators, announces a new 30-foot light tower kit that is extremely portable and easy to assemble. The new light tower kit is available for use with Baldor’s TS35T towable generator and assembly only takes about two hours. Click to continue Sponsored White Papers Download Manufacturing White Papers Download free manufacturing-related white papers and case studies from the IW Sponsored White Paper Collection. View the entire white paper library or download these featured documents: Kanban: More than Meets the Eye Selecting a PLM System to Improve Product Development Performance for Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Businesses Using LeanSigma® to Reduce Energy Consumption: How Common Continuous Improvement Tools Can Eliminate Waste and Yield Savings Complex Event Processing for Driving Bottom-Line Results Download these and more 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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