Industrial Machine News

Continental Tire North America has acquired the majority ownership of a leading passenger, light truck and commercial tire company in Latin America - Compania Ecuatoriana del Caucho S.A. . The acquisition will give Continental a significantly improved competitive position in Latin America, through ERCO's strong distribution network in Ecuador and ...

Cooper Tire & Rubber has added its first low-rolling resistance tire line - the Cooper GFE - to its product portfolio.

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against W.L. Gore & Associates for infringement of Millipore's patent rights under U.S. Patent No.

Companies mentioned in this article: United Technologies Corp. HARTFORD, Conn. , /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harry J. Gray , 89, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corp.

Michelin North America today announced a new development program to provide loans to new and existing disadvantaged small- and medium-sized businesses located in the Upstate of South Carolina.

Sen. Byron Dorgan says the parent company of the JLG Industries, Inc., plant in Oakes is taking another look at plans to close it.

A federal judge has turned away a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed by an attorney seeking to exploit a quirk in federal patent law that had been dormant for more than a century.

Gerber Scientific, Inc. today issued the following statement in response to an article that appeared on ApparelNews.net on July 2, 2009 titled "Parent Co.

Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd is nearing a purchase of some of Rio Tinto Ltd's assets, sources said, in a deal that could be valued at up to $2.4 billion.

Michael J. Mack, Jr., the new president of John Deere 's Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, has prepared for this leadership position through a variety of assignments at Deere in finance, engineering, marketing and operations.

A material handing products plant in West Tennessee is adding 25 jobs in Lexington.

Manufacturer Eaton Corp., which has an electric switch gear manufacturing plant on Heywood Road here, said Monday it has entered into a joint venture in United Arab Emirates.

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. announced Monday that Eaton's Automotive Group and Truck Group are being consolidated into one operating unit.

Deere & Co. said Monday that it is prepared to invest up to $500 million in its Russian operations "under the right market access conditions." Deere's statement marked negotiating at the commercial level as President Barack Obama meets with Russian leadership this week.

July 03, 2009 a ' WHAT: To answer the growing need for the integration of remote sensing and GIS technologies, ITT Visual Information Solutions, the preferred image analysis partner of ESRI, is creating innovative software solutions that deliver easy to use image processing and analysis capabilities to the GIS professional.

Systems makers may be beginning to feel the bite of a limited exclusion order banning the import of chips from six companies found to infringe two packaging patents of Tessera Technologies Inc."We were told we can't get the Freescale MCF5282 after July 17 for at least a year due to patent infringement," said an engineer from Nordson Corp.

Deere & Co. says it's prepared to significantly expand its farm, forestry and construction operations in Russia "under the right market access conditions." Deere's president and chief operating officer, Samuel Allen, says the company is working to expand its agricultural-equipment manufacturing operations in Russia by early 2010.

Global miner Rio Tinto further improved its cash position on Monday by agreeing to sell its Americas food packaging business for $1.2 billion, and analysts said they expected more asset sales to follow soon.

HILLSVILLE, Va. - By signing a performance agreement with Mohawk Industries last week, the Carroll County Board of Supervisors retained more than 100 jobs and one of the largest industries in the county.

Jurors ordered an energy company owned by a former head of the Alabama Ethics Commission to pay $10.4 million over allegations the firm fraudulently claimed it could produce cheap fuel from hay, waste wood and other material.