Daily News For April 30, 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 Volvo CEO Booed Employees protest job cuts Click to continue WHO Upgrades Swine Flu Alert to Phase 4 The change to a higher phase of pandemic alert indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased, but not that a pandemic is inevitable. Click to continue Navistar to Supply Diesel Engines to Daewoo Navistar Engine Group has a new agreement to develop and produce diesel engines for two new Daewoo Bus commercial vehicles, for the South Korean market, as well as selected other regions. Click to continue Asset Tracking with a Smart Container Odin's self-inventorying Smart Container provides detailed visibility of items inside the container, using passive UHF RFID. Click to continue Foundry Web Forum Come visit the Foundry Management & Technology Forums The FM&T Community forums are a venue to raise, respond to, and debate the relevant issues facing and influencing metalcasting mangement, operations, and technology. In addition to a free ranging discussion forum there is also a blog by FM&T editor Robert Brooks. Speed it Up "Finally, with almost six months gone since the financial problems of the domestic automakers became most acute, they are acknowledging that bankruptcy is an acceptable option..." Click to continue A Lot of Wind "I recognize the purpose of this ad campaign -- centered around the sort of blue-collar cult figures that cable programmers and marketing teams believe are an 'authentic' depiction of plain speaking, traditional values -- even if I don't get the logic of..." Click to continue Past and Present "If you track keywords in the news (as some of us do), you might already know this: the appropriation of the term 'foundry' by computer chip..." Click to continue Participate in this and other discussions at community.foundrymag.com. Product Spotlight The Sherwin-Williams Co: Anti-Graffiti Clear Coat Requiring only a solvent wipe cleaning or using a 3000-psi pressure washer to remove graffiti, the new coating is intended to protect bridges, overpasses, concrete fences and railcars, as well as commercial buildings, schools and transit stations from the blight of defacing by spray paint and permanent marker. Click to continue Manufacturing Webcast Are You Being Dragged Down by Multiple Communications Networks? Do you have real-time event notification and alarms, real-time access to business applications, and a single system for communicating with others within your plant? Attend this free May 14 webcast to find out how unified communications can drive dramatic real-time savings and benefits. Eliminate the multiple networks you have now, and power all your plant communications through a single system. Sign up today. 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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