Fueling The Future (14397)
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.

The Hines Group Announces Plant Expansion in Philpot, Kentucky (14377)
Owensboro, Kentucky,-– The Hines Group, Inc., parent company of Premium Allied Tool, Inc. and Owensboro Manufacturing, LLC, is expanding its plant in Philpot, Kentucky to accommodate growth in its metal stamping and assembly business. The Company will also consolidate operations now at the Mid-America Airpark into its main Owensboro (Philpot) campus. The expansion and integration process is expected to be complete by second quarter 2009.

RedTail Debuts SaaS EDI Integraton With Microsoft's Great Plains ERP (14266)
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., RedTail Solutions, a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) supply chain solutions for EDI and data synchronization, today announced the availability of out-of-the-box integration for the latest release of MS Dynamics GP (Great Plains) 10.0, a popular mid-market accounting software system from Microsoft Corporation. RedTail's SaaS solution handles all order to cash transactions between trading partners and manufacturers and distributors using MS Dynamics GP through its RedTail Transaction Manager™ (RTTM).

Fluke's new technology thermal imagers (14207)
CHICAGO, Newark (www.newark.com) part of the global Premier Farnell Group, and a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals across the Americas, announces that it is among the first distributors to carry Fluke's new line of thermal imagers with patent-pending IR Fusion® technology, designed to affordably perform troubleshooting and maintenance of industrial and electrical equipment or building diagnostics.

Keeping the Auto Parts pipeline Flowing (14171)
Today’s automotive industry operates at a high level of efficiency, made possible in part by advanced manufacturing techniques and skilled workers. But much of the credit goes to the “just in time” inventory control process, with manufacturing components arriving at the production line just minutes before they’re needed for assembly. This reduces costs by keeping inventories low, but requires perfect execution and a constant attention to details. The parts pipeline must be constantly flowing, and component shipments must be timely and accurate. The entire system relies upon suppliers that are 100% reliable, and flawless in delivering shipments without delay.

method Chooses Ozburn-Hessey Logistics as Supply Chain Management Partner. 3PL to Ensure Logistics Operations of New Distribution Center (14161)
Brentwood, TN. -- Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) was recently selected as the supply chain management partner for method’s fourth distribution center in Dayton, New Jersey. OH Logistics currently provides third-party logistics services for method distribution centers in Georgia and California.

Bookham Announces Fully Qualified Tunable 300pin SFF Transponder (14037)
San Jose, Calif., Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), today announced what is believed to be the industry's first fully Telcordia qualified tunable small form factor transponder (TSFF). A new zero chirp variant of the LambdaFLEX(tm) TL9000 300pin transponder will be demonstrated on the Bookham booth (#1334) at OFC/NFOEC, taking place next week in San Diego.

GKS Michigan Expands On-Site Measurement and Reverse Engineering Capability Again (14006)
DETROIT, MI, GKS Inspection Services, Inc., a division of Laser Design, Inc., has expanded the onsite services capability of its Detroit-area metrology lab with the addition of another Faro portable-CMM articulated arm. GKS Michigan’s total number of Faro Platinum arms is now four, which increases GKS’ ability to provide on-site inspection and reverse engineering services to its customers anywhere in North America.

LITERATURE RACKS FROM DURHAM ARE HORIZONTAL IN DESIGN (13672)
Five literature racks, varying in capacity, designed for the horizontal storage of literature, office forms and folders are available from Durham Manufacturing Company, Durham CT. Models offered have 45, 30, 15, 12 and 9 openings. Each opening is 11 inches wide by 11 5/8 inches deep by 3 inches high with a space provided under each compartment for identifying labels. All are 33 13/16 inches wide by 11 11/16 inches deep and range in height from 10 13/16 inches to 53 ¼ inches

New FDM 900mc Additive Fabrication System Designed for Production of Plastic Parts (13639)
Stratasys announced today that direct digital manufacturing is being used to manufacture 32 components for its new large format production machine - the FDM 900mc, which is being introduced today at the EuroMold show in Frankfurt. Direct digital manufacturing (DDM) is also known as rapid manufacturing. DDM can result in dramatic savings over traditional manufacturing, and ROI can be realized within a handful of projects