- New metallurgy & mold software highlight tooling
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A new bi-metal bonding process for mold components, powder-metallurgy mold steels, and novel mold-filling analysis capabilities using the power of graphics supercomputing, were among the developments presented at last month's SPE Moldmaking and Mold Design RETEC in Rosemont, Ill. BI-METAL BONDING PROCESS A new bi-metal process that combines steels and ......
- Outcome still unclear on effect of deregulation
Is New York State ahead of the curve in the deregulation of its retail electric system, well on the way to providing cheaper electricity to business and consumers? Or is it well on the way to potentially catastrophic shortages and pricehikes, caused by a mismanaged restructuring of the state's energy ......
- Metals Chips
Wolverine Tube of Huntsville, Ala., will discontinue its U.S. plumbing tube business and close plants in Decatur, Ala., and Booneville, Miss., that makes copper plumbing tube and smooth industrial tube. ArcelorMittal plans to idle tinplate lines at its Dofasco subsidiary in Hamilton, Ontario, and at its Liège Works in eastern ......
- Air National Guard shows employers its mission
SYRACUSE - Members of New York's Air National Guard want employers to see just what they do. Two units of the state's Air Guard took a 45-member delegation of area employers on a "Bosslift" refueling mission Oct. 24. Participating employers included O'Brien & Gere, Deluxe Corp., Crucible Materials, Sysco Food ......
- Chamber to connect buyers, sellers at trade show
SYRACUSE - Reaching a corporate purchasing manager is a daunting task for many sales personnel. A wall of secretaries, voice mail, and meetings typically surrounds the person with the ability to say "yes" to a sale. Time constraints also work against salespeople trying to sell to large corporations. "There simply ......
- MACNY Partnership Addresses Need for Skilled Workers
SYRACUSE--Three local organizations have formed a partnership to address the growing, demand for qualified, skilled workers to fill positions at several area manufacturing companies. The Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY), Onondaga Community' College (OCC), and CNY Works (formerly Syracuse Onondaga County Private Industry Council) have joined together to ......
- More good news than bad among CNY manufacturers
In an abrupt departure from the tenor of today's national headlines, many Central New York manufacturers say they are "cautiously optimistic" about the local manufacturing economy. This, even though such large, local manufacturers as New Process Gear, Owens-Brockway, Oneida Ltd., and Lyons Falls Pulp and Paper have made the news ......