http://Cutting.industrysearch.com cutting, laser cutting, cutting tools, die cutting, laser cutting services, cutting services, water jet cutting machinery, cutting machines, cutting oils dies, cutting gear, cutting wheels, cutting Steel production veteran gains valuable window into corporate data with industry-specific ERP Solution, resulting in improved production, quality control and stable infrastructure. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14585%2etxt BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - (Business Wire) Americans have gotten used to waving goodbye to U.S.-based manufacturers that moved their operations overseas to places like China in order to cut costs; but now American workers are starting to roll out the welcome mat as the old trend appears to be reversing itself, at least in some areas of manufacturing. A prime example of a company leading this new trend is DESA Heating, which produces consumer and professional heaters out of Bowling Green, KY. Its two-year contract with the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) confirms it. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14564%2etxt Energy use and its relative impact on the environment have become political issues that bitterly divide ideologies and prompt endless debate. While some argue that fossil fuel use is causing irreparable damage, others claim that conservation programs can place excessive financial burdens on businesses. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14555%2etxt Chicago, IL – IMTS 2008 features the unveiling of the next generation of Mastercam CAD/CAM software – Mastercam X3. Attendees will get a first look at Mastercam’s new Feature Based Machining (FBM), the new Mastercam in SolidWorks product, as well as the Mastercam X3 release. All will be showcased in booth # D-3024 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, September 8-13. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14541%2etxt Manufacturers’ business needs have changed significantly over the past several years, evolving the roles that technology plays within the manufacturing process. Two key technologies, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), have developed into critical success factors for manufacturers. Each technology brings unique value to the enterprise, and when combined, ERP and PLM provide a wholly collaborative environment that has a major impact on successful product development performance and the ability to maintain a competitive advantage. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14485%2etxt As energy prices spiral out of control, companies like Bill Bivins’ Louisville Clean Energy are scrambling to get alternative sources to market and in the process they’re creating a mainstream industry. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14457%2etxt Salem, Ohio – Meat producer Fresh Mark Inc. is investing $14 million to build a 100,000 square foot warehouse at its Salem, Ohio manufacturing plant. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14456%2etxt Time. Nobody has enough of it. Everyone wishes they could have more. It flies by, and once gone, can never be recovered. It is the one truly perishable resource. The workdays fill up and overflow. Other commitments close in and personal time goes away. Those who suffer from this are truly victims of the Thief of Time – complexity – which afflicts every person in every organization. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14443%2etxt PIQUA, Ohio--Innovative compressed air manufacturer, CompAir has rewritten the rules of compressed air generation by launching Quantima, a unique and dynamic oil-free compressor technology. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14370%2etxt MONROE Mich., La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE:LZB) today announced two major initiatives designed to strengthen its North American operations. The company will consolidate all of its domestic cutting and sewing operations in Mexico and will transfer production from its Tremonton, Utah plant, which will be closed, to its five remaining La-Z-Boy branded upholstery manufacturing facilities. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14325%2etxt Lexington, KENTUCKY - As part of its continued expansion and commitment to excellence in research, global animal health company Alltech cut the ribbon on its Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition at its corporate headquarters. The first facility of its kind in the world, the center is dedicated to the study of the effect of nutrition on gene expression and represents a 20,000 square foot expansion of the company's existing research facility. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14315%2etxt Covington, Ohio - AIRAM® Press Co. Ltd., combines its engineering application expertise and in-depth press knowledge to offer a diverse range of standard and custom engineered pneumatic presses, 3 to 210 tons, capable of meeting general stamping needs, piercing, blanking, forming, cut-off, coining, embossing, laminating and assembly type operations. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14311%2etxt Newton, Kansas, The Bunting Magnetics Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Magnet Applications Group Ltd. (MAGL). MAGL was founded in 1955 and currently has manufacturing operations in Berkhamsted, England and Dubois, Pennsylvania USA. MAGL manufactures and distributes a wide variety of technical bonded magnets, precision magnetic assemblies and complementary magnet products. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14300%2etxt CLEVELAND -- When the 2008 Material Handling & Logistics Show and Conference (NA 2008) opens it's doors on April 21 it will include over 500 exhibits and an Educational Conference featuring a Keynote on green manufacturing and supply chain solutions. In addition, over 70 educational sessions that will outline leading trends, best practices and state-of-the-art equipment and technology solutions that can make manufacturing and the entire supply chain work more productively and profitably. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14296%2etxt Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined. http://Cutting.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14291%2etxt