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RSS plantNokia to open Indian plant
News Nokia said on Wednesday that it plans to invest in a new plant in India as part of an effort to meet growing demand for mobile devices in the country. The Finnish handset maker, which holds the number one position in the global market, said that it... [02 Dec 2004]
Human Capital Spillovers in Manufacturing: Evidence From Plant-Level Production Functions
White Paper This paper assesses the magnitude of human capital spillovers in US cities by estimating plant level production. After controlling for a plant's own human capital, plant fixed effects, industry-specific and state specific transitory shocks, it was... [20 May 2005]
Plant Equipment, Inc. Uses Application Center 2000 for 9-1-1 Mission-Critical Control
White Paper In 1968, Plant Equipment, Inc. PEI) began developing advanced dispatch telephone systems for the utility industry, providing vast technological improvements over previous multi-console systems. These systems could effectively receive and dispatch... [19 Feb 2008]
Optimizing Plant Processes Across the Ocean
White Paper The company collaborated with sister plant in United States to facilitate virtual manufacturing analysis for improved planning and assembly processes in both plants with use of Tecnomatix eMPower software to link Mack's internal manufacturing... [14 Jan 2008]
Siemens chip plant finds Chinese saviour
News A Daily Telegraph report claims an unnamed Chinese telecoms company is about to buy 49 per cent of the plant from Siemens' beleaguered semiconductor division. Since the closure of the plant was announced in July, Siemens has worked alongside the... [30 Nov 1998]
BICC partially closes Welsh plant - 200 jobs to go
News BICC is to cut 200 jobs at its Deeside plant in North Wales after a partial closure was announced. A further 300 workers will be made redundant in Australia. The partial closure of the Deeside factory follows a slump in the market for optical fibre... [21 Oct 1998]
IBM Fishkill Semiconductor Plant an Example of Agile, Realtime Operation
White Paper When IBM (www.ibm.com) designed its state-of-the-art chip fabrication plant in Fishkill, New York, the technology giant was determined to avoid the same production line processes that impeded productivity and impact customer service at its... [25 Jun 2004]
Owens Corning Plant Hands Access Off to Biometrics
White Paper At the Owens Corning 250-acre campus in Newark, Ohio, those seeking access to the manufacturing plant, as well as other facilities, must present their hands for a biometric scan to verify identification before admittance to the facilities. [18 Apr 2005]
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Uses .NET to Build Laboratory KM System That Integrates Laboratory Information With Plant Operations to Assure Product Quality to Customers
White Paper BPCL, among India's top three petroleum refinery and marketing companies, wanted to provide users at its plant, access to custom information on the status of quality of products processed. The solution connects information from LIMS, the ERP system... [25 Aug 2004]
Nuclear plant given Y2K warning
News A US nuclear plant has received a warning from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR) after fears were raised over the Y2K readiness of an emergency backup generator. Massachusetts Congressman, Edward Markey, said the NRC has written to the... [13 May 1999]
TOTAL E&P Renovates Integrated Control & Safety Systems (ICCS) at Gas Processing Plant in France to Maximize Availability and Safety
White Paper The old control room was located in the middle of the plant, amongst the process units. The installation of the Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 involved the deployment of a set of redundant Vnet-IP ethernet networks with fiber optic cables linking the... [11 Jul 2008]
IBM opens Irish storage plant
News The plant will create around 700 jobs, and shows a renewed optimism in the storage market. IBM has opened a $250m facility in Ireland to ramp up production of hard disk platters for the company's Storage Systems Division. [26 Oct 1998]
IBM opens Irish storage plant
News The plant will create around 700 jobs, and shows a renewed optimism in the storage market. IBM has opened a $250m facility in Ireland to ramp up production of hard disk platters for the company's Storage Systems Division. [26 Oct 1998]
Fujitsu chip plant closes
News Fujitsu closed its County Durham semiconductor plant today, as it continues to search for a buyer for the facility. The closure of the plant means the loss of 570 jobs and follows job losses at Motorola's Glasgow plant and Siemens' North Tyneside... [04 Dec 1998]
Sun steps up Scottish plant activity
News Sun Microsystems has been given the go ahead to build a £25m extension to its West Lothian plant and create 200 new jobs. The extension, which will double the size of the plant, will be used purely for manufacturing to deal with Sun's Solution... [16 Aug 2000]
