Making it work; State's manufacturers face global competition by using their brains.
Byline: Martin Luttrell Oldcastle Precast-Chase shuttered its manufacturing facility in North Brookfield last week, laying off nearly 50 workers in a move triggered, in part, by a slowing economy. But in the same town, Quabaug Corp., another longtime manufacturer, is growing its business, producing Vibram...

SMART Papers Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2009.
ENERGY RESOURCE-13 May 2008-SMART Papers Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2009(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com SMART Papers has begun construction on a new $30 million high-efficiency energy co-generation facility at its manufacturing center outside Cincinnati that by early 2009 will allow the company to produce all of...

TOUGH TIMES AHEAD IN WOOD.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard With no end in sight for the national housing slump, wood products, Lane County's largest manufacturing sector, is bracing for another difficult year. "Our mills, they're just trying to batten down the hatches and withstand (the downturn)," said Butch...

Outside the box.
Byline: The Register-Guard The 300 manufacturing jobs at Weyerhaeuser Co.'s containerboard mill in Springfield and its recycling plant in Eugene form an important part of the base of Lane County's economic pyramid. These are the jobs that ultimately support employment in services and government. That means everyone...

DAYNAMO SEMI RIDGID ROD SYSTEM LICENSE TERMINATED.
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), Carlsbad, Calif., a medical technology company focused on the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, has announced that Alphatec and Scient'x, S.A. have mutually terminated Alphatec's license from Scient'x of intellectual property related to the DYNAMO(tm) Semi...

Thai firm grants scholarships to Filipino students as part of its CSR program.
For the first time in over 10 years, Thai-based Siam Cement Group, with manufacturing interests in the Philippines, is adopting a scholarship program for 200 incoming second year public high school students in Metro Manila, Batangas and Bulacan. SCG is the largest industrial conglomerate in Thailand. ...

WTO talks split over industrial goods.
GENEVA, Jan. 22 (Reuters) -- The 151 countries negotiating a new global free trade pact remain starkly divided about how much they should cut tariffs shielding their manufacturing sectors from competition, diplomats said on Monday. Developing countries have been resistant to open up their fuel, mining and...

Chinese traders express interest in investing here.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI Chinese businessmen in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces have expressed interest in investing in industrial parks, garment manufacturing, trading, resort development, and outsourcing in the Philippines, the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday. Consul...

Thai firm grants scholarships to Filipino students as part of its CSR program.
For the first time in over 10 years, Thai-based Siam Cement Group, with manufacturing interests in the Philippines, is adopting a scholarship program for 200 incoming second year public high school students in Metro Manila, Batangas and Bulacan. SCG is the largest industrial conglomerate in Thailand. ...

Thai firm grants scholarships to Filipino students as part of its CSR program.
For the first time in over 10 years, Thai-based Siam Cement Group, with manufacturing interests in the Philippines, is adopting a scholarship program for 200 incoming second year public high school students in Metro Manila, Batangas and Bulacan. SCG is the largest industrial conglomerate in Thailand. ...