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Thursday, October 27, 2011

2 Ontario firms allege Chinese steel sinks violate trade rules, probes launched - Yahoo! Canada Finance

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2 Ontario firms allege Chinese steel sinks violate trade rules, probes launched - Yahoo! Canada Finance The Canadian International Trade Tri...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Firefighters respond to fire at former LMS building

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Firefighters from two area departments along with the Sebewaing police were dispatched Wednesday to a fire at the former Lapeer Metal Stampi...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

American Axle to avoid Chapter 11

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From the Detroit Free Press American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. said Thursday it reached a new deal with its lenders and its largest cust...
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Monday, September 07, 2009

China coal mine accident kills 13, 66 missing

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Via Yahoo! Canada News A coal mine accident early on Tuesday killed 13 people and 66 others were missing in central China's Henan Provin...
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Friday, September 04, 2009

Metaklett, A Steely Hook And Loop Fastener

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From Science Daily : Hook and loop fasteners have become commonplace features of both industry and households. However, they have one snag: ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

MEPS FORECASTS GRADUAL UPTURN IN WORLD STEEL PRICES OVER NEXT TWELVE MONTHS

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From MEPS, a steel consultancy in the UK. The MEPS - World Composite All Products carbon steel price peaked in July 2008 at $US1160 per tonn...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Testimony on behalf of Michigan’s tool and die industry

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Joe Brown gave testimony before the Michigan Republican House Task Force on Jobs. While much of what he wrote applies to stampers all over, ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Some manufacturers find California cheaper than China

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From the San Francisco Business Times: Four Northern California companies in the past five months have reshored products from China to Wrigh...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Steel Companies trying to raise steel prices

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I was surprised to find this in my inbox today. Raising prices in this economy? Whatever are the steel mills thinking? A very slow, very ten...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

America Needs a National Manufacturing Policy. Now.

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From the Huffington Post, Sen. Sherrod Brown: Not too long ago, the ticket to the middle class was straightforward. Work hard, play by the r...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Manufacturing Ranked No. 1 Industry for Economic Prosperity

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A study announced in early June by Deloitte LLP had some interesting insights into our perceptions of manufacturing. Despite more than a yea...
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US to loan $5.9 bln to Ford to aid fuel efficiency

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Well, this is interesting, especially when combined with a few other developments I'll speak about after the quote. The US government wi...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Auto parts makers to shed 37,000 jobs this year, Conference Board forecasts

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More bad news for Canadian stampers. One can expect roughly the same results south of the border, at least in proportion. From Yahoo! Canad...
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Chrysler dealers left without vehicles

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Here's another amusing (well, probably not to the dealers) side of the Chrysler saga. From the (Toronto) Globe and Mail: Chrysler Group ...
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Chrysler plants will open in weeks: Fiat

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From Canadian Manufacturing News, a Rogers publication. Some tentatively good news for stampers: Fiat [which now controls Chrysler] announc...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

US Steel FAQ

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The Hamilton Spectator has this handy article Questions and answers on the shutdown of the former Stelco plants

Canada lobbies Congress over Buy America

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From the Hamilton Spectator (as a steel town newspaper, hardly a bystander in this arena), dated June 9th, 2009 Canada is launching a full c...

USWA leader hurting Canadians

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Keeping the issue of U.S. Steel alive, the Hamilton Spectator published this letter to the editor today. An interesting aspect of the proble...
Saturday, June 06, 2009

U.S. Steel, feds still at odds

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I'd let this issue slip to the back of my mind, but re-reading a fellow steel bloggers recent postings brought it back to mind. It seems...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Auto suppliers brace for uncertain summer

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More coverage of suppliers, now from Detroit, where a lot of parts suppliers are, and where the press has clearly been thinking about this. ...
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