AP (12/9) reports GE CEO Jeff Immelt states green technology can create jobs and grow the economy

Design News (12/9) reports Xerox is expanding 3-D electronics applications via a conductive silver ink for computing power to plastics and other surfaces

INNOVATION

AP (12/31) reports Ford and MIT are working on driver and driving conditions awareness

Tri-State Neighbor (South Dakota) ( 12/30) reports 26 new products from soy – Hyundai Santa Fe, Sonata, and Kia Amanti (Lear seats)

NYT (12/29) reports a ‘simple paper’ can detect environmental contaminants

AP (12/18) reports LM Glasfiber to produce 1,800 windmill blades for 600 Samsung wind turbines

Wired (12/9) reports MIT has identified an emissions free power plant via natural gas and fuel cells

Design News (12/9) reports Xerox is expanding 3-D electronics applications via a conductive silver ink for computing power to plastics and other surfaces

NYT (12/9) report that India is concerned with innovation or just receiving jobs for lower cost

Product Design and Development (12/9) reports discussions with industry leaders  indicate an over-populated product pool may have contributed to the recession (Chris) then is it innovation to clone?

AP (12/9) reports GE CEO Jeff Immelt states green technology can create jobs and grow the economy

Numerous (12/8-9) reports Stanford University indicates office paper coated with inky nano’s can be a battery or super-conductor 

Wired (12/1), Popular Science (12/2) report North Carolina State University developing material for antennas that could be embedded into textiles, bandages or bendable displays

Numerous (12/2) reports DOE lithium-ion battery funding is not just for batteries but also will fund energy storage technology

Cleantech (12/1) reports UAV “Iron Tiger” running on hydrogen fuel cells flew for 26 hours and 1 min

BUSINESS MODEL

Numerous (12/22-23) report Boeing buys fuselage sub assembly plant

WSJ (12/18) reports that India’s growth in wind energy will involve GE

Los Angeles Times (12/7) reports the Chinese have hired a New York, Madison Avenue ad agency to improve the image of Chinese made products

AP (12/1) reports Sharp’s robotic flat screen panel to 60” and 65” TV’s is the tenth generation of such products

Managing Automation (12/1) reports ABB to reorganize its automation divisions into “Discrete Automation and Motion” and “Low voltage” for customer satisfaction of synchronized solution for their needs

OPPORTUNITIES

Numerous (12/31) report Brevini and Vat to employ 450+ for wind turbine production

Numerous (12/18) report crash resistant train cars by Rotem division of Hyundai

AP (12/15) reports GE will produce energy efficient washers and dryers at its Louisville KY plant

Bloomberg News (12/11) reports India’s largest engineering firm looks for $1.3b per year for nuclear reactors

AP (12/11) reports that Oshkosh Corp has received a $175m deal for new class of mine resistant trucks

USA Today, WSJ (12/11) reports largest wind farm in the US will be built in Oregon using GE wind turbines

AP (12/10) reports Formation Metals cobalt mine will start producing in 2011 for United Technologies, Rolls Royce and Precision Castparts

NPR (12/10) reports that congress is evaluating extending the R&D tax credit

Plastics News (12/8) reports US Tax Court rules that tooling part of research and development tax credit

Plastics Today (12/7) reports Plastic Molding Technology is expanding production from demand from Latin America and NAFTA companies in Mexico

Managing Automation (12/3) reports Oracle unveils its HP based E-Business Suite for mid sized manufacturers and Infor provides its IBM “I platform” document management system

ECONOMY

Washington Post (12/23) reports weak dollar has benefit for US businesses

Numerous (12/23) report factories, banks, and auto will resume because of prudent controls and stimulus

AP (12/11) reports auto sales in China exceed the US for the first time any country other than the US has lead auto sales by volume

Bloomberg News (12/9) reports World Steel Association and European steel lobby want examination of BHP and Rio joint venture

Bloomberg News (12/7) reports that Sabic (who? = Saudi Basic Industries group), the largest petrochemical producer in the world will triple production by 2020

Numerous (12/3-4) reports the Chinese government is increasing efforts to deal with Chinese steel production’s excess capacity.

Numerous (12/3) Beige Book reports economy improving

Bloomberg News (12/2) reports Italian Industry Minister has asked Fiat to increase production

Numerous (12/1) report manufacturing through November may have fourth straight month of growth

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