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Last year, General Welding & Fabricating Inc. owner Mark Andol had to lay off more than 20 employees because one of his bigger accounts was lost to a manufacturer in China.

Mocon moves, expands its HQ

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Mocon Inc., a packaging industry equipment maker, is moving and expanding its Brooklyn Park headquarters.

GlobalFoundries plant generates demand for site inspectors

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The Chazen Cos. of Troy teamed up with Evergreen Engineering in Albany last year after seeing an opportunity to collaborate on GlobalFoundries? new $4.2 billion computer chip fabrication plant.

Enon pump maker throttles ahead

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A Clark County manufacturer is gearing up for big growth in 2010.

Solar firm eyes Sun Belt trio

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A German solar energy company is considering planting its U.S. headquarters in the Peach State.

Ad designer Dave Allen's second act: Biodegradable birdhouses

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Dave Allen?s retirement plan is for the birds.

TriQuint plans $60M in capital spending, eyes strong 2010

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TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. entered 2009 much like every other high-tech manufacturer ? with uncertainty.

?Buy American? solar rules threaten tit-for-tat

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?Buy American? provisions that could be attached to government-funded stimulus projects have foreign solar panel manufacturers scurrying to set up U.S. facilities ? and worrying that countries like China might follow suit.

Port officials await crucial decision by automaker

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Port of Portland officials are anxiously awaiting a decision that could give its auto import business a much-needed boost.

For Robbins, innovation runs in the family

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Its outward appearance offers no hint of innovation. There are no fancy labs, no scientists in white coats. The brick and siding exterior of the Eastern Avenue headquarters of Robbins Sports Surfaces doesn?t look much different than the warehouses, print shops and distribution facilities that surround it.

Moses Lake polishes offer for BMW project

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Leaders in the Eastern Washington city of Moses Lake have taken two more steps to lure a factory making carbon fiber material for a futuristic car planned by BMW.

Questions for: Kevin Steck

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As chairman of the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance for the past three years, Kevin Steck has represented the region?s aerospace supply manufacturers through one of the most tumultuous periods in the industry?s history. And in his day job, Steck is vice president of business development for Composites Atlantic Unlimited, a unit of EADS, the owner of Airbus.

NEC Roseville plant stays open in wake of merger

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The NEC Electronics America Inc. plant in Roseville will emerge next month with a new name, a modified production line ? and all 640 of its employees.

Neighborhood businesses in Fremont are bracing for the NUMMI fallout

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For most of its 59-year history, there has been a big automobile manufacturing plant within walking distance of the Spin-A-Yarn restaurant on Warm Springs Boulevard.

Harley directors propose new board structure

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At the same time Harley-Davidson Inc. deals with rumors about a potential buyout, the company is urging shareholders to vote in favor of a proposal that would require annual elections of all members of the company?s board of directors.

City of Fremont prepares for NUMMI closure?s ripple effects

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Nina Moore realized it was a long shot when she and other members of a blue ribbon commission made a whirlwind trip to Japan in early March to persuade Toyota Motor Corp. officials to keep operating the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant.

Super Steel building acquired by Luber

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Milwaukee industrialist Fred Luber recently acquired the Super Steel Products Corp. headquarters and manufacturing building on West Tower Avenue for $7.5 million prior to announcing he was forming a holding company to take over the struggling company.

It's lights out time for NUMMI, with a massive amount of complications

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Closing New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. isn?t as simple as unplugging machines, turning off the lights and locking the doors.

Industrial market in Silicon Valley and Central Valley braces for NUMMI closure

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Closing the massive New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant in Fremont delivers a 5.3-million-square-foot punch to a market already struggling with double-digit vacancy rates.

Going for green: NUMMI plant workers require ?serious retraining? for potential solar jobs

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Cleantech is touted as one of the Bay Area?s growing economic engines, but it remains to be seen whether it can take the 4,700 workers from the soon-to-close Fremont auto plant along for the ride.

The Next Detroit

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Rising in Motown's ruins: a generation of entrepreneurs who want to make new kinds of cars in new ways. They just might give America another century in this vital industry.

Obama's Fuel Fantasy

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If the new gas mileage rules can be met, and that is far from certain, cars will be very small and very expensive.

Taiwan Not A Bull's Eye For China Automakers

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Taiwan's advanced auto parts suppliers won't be easy takeover targets for China's mainland automakers.

Emissions Overhaul

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President Obama's expected tightening of vehicle emissions standards isn't likely to be cheap.

Killing Car Dealers, Killing Detroit

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Why shutting so many auto dealers will hurt GM and Chrysler.

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