Manufacturing & Materials

Magazine articles on manufacturing and material mining and processing.

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Chemistry World January 30, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Unrest over US gas exports The controversial topic of natural gas exportation is creating a growing rift between chemical companies in the US and the manufacturing establishment.
Chemistry World January 24, 2013 Andrew Turley	OM Group to exit cobalt business US speciality chemicals firm OM Group has signed a deal to sell its cobalt business for up to $435 million to a joint venture between Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Lundin Mining and Gecamines.
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 Rachel Courtland	Foundries Rush 3-D Transistors Nearly two years after Intel, the world's leading foundries scramble to get FinFETs into the hands of chip designers
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Andrew Turley	Mango and Zara sign up to 'detox' plan Greenpeace has won more support for its campaign to remove potentially harmful chemicals from the supply chain of the global fashion industry.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Jeff Schlegel	Shiny Investments Precious metals have had a nice run, but can they still retain their luster?
HBS Working Knowledge October 17, 2012	Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance In their new book, Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance, Pisano and Shih discuss the dangers of underinvesting in the nation's manufacturing capabilities.
HBS Working Knowledge October 3, 2012 James Heskett	Can We Bring Back the "Industrial Commons" for Manufacturing? A new book, Producing Prosperity, by Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, argues that a manufacturing renaissance is critical to the process-oriented innovation that has contributed to the worldwide dominance of the US economy.
IEEE Spectrum October 2012 Guizzo & Ackerman	How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks's new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot
AskMen.com September 1, 2012 Robert-Jan Broer	Chronolytics Besides being a data vendor for the watch industry, at Chronolytics we also cull data that we consider to be of interest to everyday watch fans -- such as the brands that are generating particular interest.
IndustryWeek July 11, 2012	Manufacturing Needs a Strategy - But Which One? Blueprints abound for reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing, but so far policymakers have shown little inclination to act on them.
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