Efficient furnace called EnergyRight

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Walker Die Casting, the epitome of the Lewisburg Business Park manufacturers, is installing two energy efficient furnaces, the company president and city electric system manager said Monday when asked about a Tennessee Valley Authority program. “Over a period of time, it will save them a chunk of money,” Lewisburg Electric Service General Manager Richard Turner […]


Natural Gas Falls On Concerns Stockpiles More Than Adequate To Meet Demand

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Bloomberg News (10/18, Buurma) reports natural gas prices “dropped for the first time in three days in New York on speculation that stockpiles will approach a record before winter heating demand reduces inventories.” Natural gas for November delivery lost 1.5 cents, or 0.4 percent, to settle at $3.688 per million British thermal units on the […]



Building a Better Deck

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Take a look beneath the floorboards of the prefabricated residential deck system from SigmaDek Ltd. There is no wood. With an aerospace inspired design, SigmaDek has replaced lumber with an aluminum substructure of die cast and extruded components to reduce lifetime maintenance, simplify fabrication, and increase safety. US Automakers Sales Up The CBS Evening News […]


Obama Shelves New Smog Rules, Citing Regulatory Burden

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The AP (9/2, Cappiello, Pace) reported President Obama, “in a dramatic reversal,” shelved “a clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog, yielding to bitterly protesting businesses and congressional Republicans who complained the rule would kill jobs in America’s ailing economy. Withdrawal of the proposed regulation marked the latest in a string of retreats by […]


Ford, SunPower Announce Partnership For Solar-Powered Cars

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The Wall Street Journal (8/11, Sweet, Subscription Publication) reports that Ford Motor Co. and SunPower Corp. announced yesterday a partnership to sell solar-powered cars. Under the arrangement, customers who buy or lease a Ford Focus electric will also be able to buy a rooftop solar-power generator from SunPower and charging system from Best Buy at […]


US Auto Sales Rise, But Car Makers Still Struggling

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The New York Times (8/3, Bunkley, Subscription Publication) says that while”sales of new vehicles in the United States rose in July,” they “were still hampered by economic concerns” andare struggling. GM posted gains of 7.6 percent, Ford posted gains of 6.1 percent, and Chrysler’s sales rose themost, 20.1 percent. The Times quotes former GM sales […]


Wisconsin’s Modern Equipment Co. Sees An Increase In Business

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/21, Taschler) reports that “things arelooking up” for Modern Equipment Co. of Port Washington, Wisconsin. This week, Modern Equipment “is preparinga 75-ton melting furnace for shipment to an automotive manufacturer.” The company “has called back a numberof employees laid off during the downturn and is looking to hire welders and machinists […]


LightSquared Announces Plans To Avoid Interference With GPS

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The AP (6/21) reports, “LightSquared, a Virginia-based company that plansto build a nationwide wireless broadband network, is proposing to adapt its network so as not to interferewith GPS systems.” To do that, it will “move some of its operations to a different slice of airwaves and…transmitsignals at lower power levels.” BMW Investing In Own Carbon […]


Alcoa Develops New Alloy For Planes

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The AP (6/10) reports Alcoa “said Thursday that it has developed newalloys and engineering techniques that will give it a chance to compete against the non-aluminum partsincreasingly used by airplane makers.” The article notes plane makers like Boeing and Airbus are using “acarbon fiber composite” in their newer planes instead of aluminum. Under the new […]