Expect 5% increases for many passive components

www.purchasing.com | Nov 13, 2008

What a difference a few months makes. Last August, buyers and analysts were predicting that passives prices would be flat to down in 2009. Now, the story is different. Despite their efforts to keep prices for capacitors, resistors and other components stable, suppliers now say higher tags may be in

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Sintering Systems facilitate large part manufacturing.

news.thomasnet.com | Nov 6, 2008

3D Systems Presents its Next-Generation, High-Speed Sintering Systems, 3D Systems Corporation

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Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Announces New Hires to Streamline Introduction of Volume Manufacturing (PR Newswire)

biz.yahoo.com | Nov 5, 2008

Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Announces New Hires to Streamline Introduction of Volume Manufacturing. - NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ener1, Inc. (Amex: HEV - News), maker of advanced lithium-ion battery systems for the new generation of hybrid and electric vehicles, today announced

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Barnes Group Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

seekingalpha.com | Oct 31, 2008

Good day ladies and gentleman and welcome to the Barnes Group Incorporated third quarter 2008 earnings conference call. My name is Katy and I will be your coordinator for today. (Operator Instructions) I would now like to turn the call over to your host for today, Mr.

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Welcome to Minimachine Inc.

MiniMachine Inc. is a contract manufacturer that specializes in high precision machined components. Our niche is to manufacture components with precisions that normal machine shops may find "impossible" to achieve.

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Manufacturing Business Technology articleXMLEmail

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Manufacturing Business Technology is about the use of information technology and enterprise applications in plant operations, enterprise planning, and supply chain

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Alinabal Group of Companies

The Alinabal Group of Companies has earned worldwide recognition for delivering a broad range of standard and customer specific value added solutions while providing production savings and meaningful cost advantages across the wide array of market segments that it serves.

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Application Overview: Injection Molding

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AC drives will commonly be used to power the hydraulic oil pressure pump for operating the mold works of an injection-molding machine. Servo drives can be used to operate the injection screw, as precision control is often required for the injection step. Significant energy savings are often

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