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I won’t use our own numbers to gauge the forging industry’s affinity for Web-based information sharing and gathering, but I will interpret the following as very good news: The American Iron and Steel Institute has launched the Bar Steel Fatigue blog ...
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Free-trade skeptic Alan Tonelson is a sharp guy, and you always know where he stands on matters related to U.S. foreign trade policy. He's presented an interesting list (LINKED HERE) of "products" that represent the highest value U.S. exports...
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When the United Autoworkers union initiated a strike at five American Axle & Manufacturing plants February 26, there was little indication of the impact 3,650 workers might have on the automotive industry — and General Motors in particular. One early...
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It costs a lot of green to be “green,” as anyone involved in manufacturing can confirm. It isn’t just the cost of new controls and technologies to make plants and operations compliant with evolving regulations, nor the cost of investments to achieve ...
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What happened to all the anxiety about Chinese currency manipulation? No one doubts that China unfairly suppresses the value of its currency, chiefly by buying and holding foreign currencies — specifically the dollar and the euro. Several years ago the...