Manufacturing News

Heavy equipment dealer Finning International Inc. is making deeper cuts in Canada after reporting a 66 per cent drop in third-quarter profit, including a larger-than-expected slowdown in the oilsands.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. saw a sharp drop in profits in the summer quarter, but still managed to exceed analysts' expectations as its solar energy segment returned to profitability.

Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $15.6 million contract boost from the Navy to provide aircraft data management services on the E-2D Hawkeye, the Pentagon said late Monday.

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Tuesday it won a $46 million contract to provide communication help to U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.

Electrical equipment maker Baldor Electric Co. said Tuesday its board of directors promoted Jeffery Hubert to vice president of generators, effective Jan.

In this Thursday Oct. 8, 2009 picture, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks during a news conference at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.

Increasing demand for the company's efficient and environmentally friendly technologies, such as gasoline and diesel turbochargers and dual-clutch transmissions, has validated BorgWarner's strategic focus on advanced technologies that reduce emissions, increase fuel economy and improve performance.

Lauren Johnson, 12, sneezes as many as 16 times a minute and her mom says no doctor can explain why.

Roper Industries Inc. said Friday it is buying medical device maker Verathon Inc.

Industrial automation company Rockwell Automation Inc. said Monday fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 77 percent, as revenue dropped and the company recorded restructuring charges.

Auto parts maker Lear Corp. emerged Monday from four months in bankruptcy protection, saying it has a healthier balance sheet, less debt and a backlog of new business.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - General Dynamics Corp. is building a Detroit-area center it says will speed the design and construction of new military land vehicles.

Industrial stocks such as Caterpillar can give investors a pulse on today's global economy.

Savi Technology said Thursday it has formed a strategic alliance with Shipcom Wireless and KBR Wireless that uses Radio Frequency Identification technology to instantly track and manage supplies transported between onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities worldwide.

Northrop Grumman Corp. offices are shown February 27, 2002 in Century City, California.

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of the second in a new class of cutters built by Northrop Grumman Corp.

Companies have cut costs to the bone in this brutal recession. Lost jobs, shuttered facilities and difficult mergers are commonplace throughout corporate America.

Amazon, Skechers, Bucyrus shine in Oct., but are they good buys? Published on Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 Bloomberg News The stock market's waters were languid in October, but some fish were jumping.

Shorewood Packaging Corp. has cut 33 jobs at its Danville plant because of low customer demand.

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the National Institutes of Health develop a Web site devoted to virus and infectious disease research under a $16 million contract, the company announced today.