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DUMBO, BROOKLYN, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Maker's Row, a DUMBO-based tech company, just launched a groundbreaking way for product-based businesses to find American factories to produce their goods domestically. Their primary mission is to bring outsourced manufacturing back home, and to plant the seeds of the next generation of product-based businesses to be able to easily turn their product ideas into reality. By creating a more modern and inclusive manufacturing...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Samsung will be looking into allegations made by China Labor Watch that one of its manufacturers employs underage workers at one of its factories. The company has promised to send inspectors in for a special investigation to determine whether or not the allegations are accurate. A Samsung team will be sent off to a supplier factory in Huizhou, China to see if HEG Electronics is employing underage workers. Two previous inspections...

VANDERGRIFT, Pa., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SBA Administrator Karen Mills toured Carbi-Tech, Inc. with U.S. Congressman Mark Critz Monday, to learn how the firm, which used an SBA-funded technical assistance program at nearby Saint Vincent College, has become part of the auto industry upswing. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110909/DC65875LOGO) Carbi-Tech, which used SBA resource partners, has grown from a rented garage making spare parts to a 17,000 sq....

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent release of employment data and employment projections raise important issues for the factories and workforce of the future, according to experts from The Manufacturing Leadership Council (manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com), an executive network designed to define and shape a better future for manufacturers worldwide. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120119/NY38756LOGO ) "Some studies* indicate there are as many as...

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On December 12, 2011, Zhou Hongyi, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qihoo attended the Second China Original Web Game Summit jointly organized by Chengdu Tianfu Software Park held in Chengdu. During the conference Mr. Zhou pointed out that web gaming has gone through high-speed development in recent years. In the just-released Qihoo 360 financial report, the revenue from web games accounted for nearly 30% of the company's total...

The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufacturing facilities and IT systems that were designed with completely different models in mind. Fraunhofer developers want to make factories smarter so they can react to changes of their own accord. As soon as DNA is mentioned, we automatically think of biology and living beings. It is the DNA molecule found inside each and every cell that holds the encoded...

KOLDING, Denmark, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestnet A/S announced today that it will be hosting a gala reception on November 3, 2011 in celebration of the grand opening of the project to set up a full-scale Netprotect® Long Lasting Insecticide Incorporated Mosquito Net (LLIN) manufacturing facility at Vector Solutions Ltd. in Nairobi, Kenya. The project represents a truly historic event as it is the very first manufacturing facility in Kenya to produce World Health Organization...

CLEVELAND, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- What sets one machine grinder apart from the rest? Why would OEMs wait in line for a component manufacturer's attention? How could one job shop suddenly be so cool that it's smoking hot? The Manufacturing Mart sets manufacturers apart and positions them as market leaders. Until now, component manufacturers have been faceless, hidden behind thick factory walls, their hulking machines speaking for their precision, talent and customer commitment....

Many designers have excellent product ideas but do not possess the resources to convert those ideas into reality due to lack of know-how. Alljack Co. Ltd. offers an omnibearing method for these designers to get a prototype that can bridge that gap. This company with state of the art facilities, technologically advanced tools and senior engineers delivers cost effective CNC machining and prototyping solutions for industrial designers. New Taipei City, Taiwan (PRWEB) August 29, 2011 Alljack...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriPOD, a New Jersey based manufacturing company, could create up to 250 jobs in Dallas by opening a new facility to prefabricate building components for construction projects. "AmeriPOD is contemplating opening a new plant in Dallas that will create many jobs for the local community," said John Marino, Chairman at AmeriPOD. "Our plans to open a Dallas plant location are based on the construction demand in the area and being selected...