Archive for December, 2011

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

You heard it last week from an Iowa transplant: Iowans eat meatloaf, casserole and Jell-O molds. This was one of several sweeping generalizations made by Stephen G. Bloom last week in his much-discussed Atlantic online article, sub-titled “thoughts from a university professor on the Iowa hamlets that will shape the ...

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Layer by Layer

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

The parts in jet engines have to withstand staggering forces and temperatures, and they have to be as light as possible to save on fuel. That means it's complex and costly to make them: technicians at General Electric weld together as many as 20 separate pieces of metal to achieve ...

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Japan’s Nissei ASB keys up on India

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Japanese blow molding machine supplier Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. sees India as an increasingly key part of its future, so it is boosting investment at its Mumbai factory and studying using that facility to expand into new businesses such as manufacturing components for other machinery companies, including those in ...

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Push under way to grow new robotics program

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

A new robotics program in St. Joseph County is teaching the skills needed to work in manufacturing. The goal is to grow the program with more students and get the message out that manufacturing in the 21st century is highly employable. That’s how Ginny Kowalski, supervisor who oversees all of the Career-Technical ...

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Annual Shelter Drive gets underway

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Animal lovers in the two Virginias are being asked to share that love again this Christmas season by donating pet food, toys,  bedding and other supplies to the annual Prerogative-Bluefield Daily Telegraph Shelter Drive. Donations will be accepted from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9 at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph offices and ...

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