Machinery and Equipment News

Skipping Stone, Los Angeles, has announced the formal launch of the National Demand Response Directory, a reference guide to all the commercial...

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has published three free "Freight Efficiency Executive Reports" on its Web site at...

Atlas Copco Compressors has named Andrew Walker as general manager for its U.S. operations, with headquarters in Rock Hill, S.C. He succeeds Paul...

Skipping Stone, Los Angeles, has announced that on May 1 Ross Malme joined the firm as a partner and member of the board of directors as an equity...

Earth Charter U.S., Tampa, Fla., has honored Creative Sign Designs, Tampa, for its focus on sustainable efforts for people, profit, and planet,...

Researchers at the U.S. DOE's BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) have developed a method to use bacteria to convert plant matter directly into...

The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has launched a Web site highlighting the economic, social, and environmental benefits and future...

Skipping Stone, Schneider Electric, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have formed a committee tasked with enhancing the current Demand...

Eriez®, Erie, Pa., has developed an ecocertification designation for a variety of its high-end recycling equipment, including the ProSort,...

Armor Contract Mfg., Mason, Ohio, has installed what it says is one of the Midwest’s largest full-service blast, primer, and paint systems....

Steinert, Cologne, Germany, has installed its first XSS®-F, an inline system designed to extract copper (such as the so-called “meatballs”)...

ACAT Global LLC, Los Angeles, has received approval from the County of Los Angeles for a $33 million allocation of recovery zone bonds for use in...

Comau Inc., Southfield, Mich., has announced it is the first U.S. company to obtain EN 16001 certification after implementing energy consumption-...

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), Washington, D.C., has partnered with two standards organizations—CSA Standards and UL...

Thermadyne, St. Louis, has announced its commitment to the environment through several green business initiatives. All of the company’s...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., has named 15 leaders from a cross section of U.S. industry, academia,...

FORTUNE magazine has ranked W.W. Grainger Inc., Chicago, No. 1 among diversified wholesalers in its annual listing of the world’s most...

Energy management firm Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., has appointed Jeff Drees as U.S. president. He is accountable for driving growth and...

Ogihara America Corp., Howell, Mich., a Thai Summit Group company, has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 Energy Saving Commercial Project...

Adept Technology Inc., a provider of vision-guided robotics and global robotics services in Pleasanton, Calif., has entered into an agreement to...

Industrial Nanotech Inc., Naples, Fla., has been approved as a member of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program Save Energy...

The Omak School District in Omak, Wash., is implementing an energy-saving performance contract with Schneider Electric, Dallas. The...

AC Propulsion and AutoPort have announced that they will partner in engineering, development, and conversion to provide an electric vehicle...

Mack Molding, Arlington, Vt., and its customer BigBelly® Solar, Needham, Mass., received the Enabling Technologies in Processes and Procedures...

The manufacturing plants that make several well-known container and food items in the U.S. can earn the U.S. Environmental Protection...

GREENKOTE® Plc, Cleveland, has sold its first license in North America to Eco-Tech Coatings LLC, Tyler, Texas. Eco-Tech Coatings has introduced...

TW Cylinders LLC, a producer of high-pressure and acetylene cylinders and a division of Taylor-Wharton Intl. LLC, has been awarded the 2009 Air...

Adept Technology Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., a provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced it has...

Nilfisk CFM, a manufacturer of industrial vacuums in Malvern, Pa., has entered into a supplier agreement with Grainger Inc., a national...

American Trim, Lima, Ohio, a manufacturer and coater of metal and composite substrates, has received $994,000 from the State Energy Plan to...

GE Intelligent Platforms, Charlottesville, Va., a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced that United Solar Ovonic, a manufacturer of...

GE, New York, has received a $1.4 billion contract from independent power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services...

FirstCarbon Solutions, Phoenix, has acquired outsourcing advisory firm Global Sourcing Advisory Group (GSAG) and environmental software provider...

SolarDock, a Wilmington, Del., manufacturer of a solar panel mounting system for flat-roof and ground installation that requires no penetration...

Great Lakes WIND Network™ (GLWN), an international supply chain network and advisory group in Cleveland, has named the Advanced Manufacturing...

Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., has chosen Discover Energy Corp., Vancouver, B.C., to supply dry cell batteries for its 130 models of lift trucks....

Confluence Solar Inc., Hazelwood, Mo., will build a $200 million solar manufacturing facility in Clinton, Tenn. The 200,000-sq.-ft. facility on a...

Lindsay Corp., a provider of irrigation systems and infrastructure products in Omaha, Neb., has received the 2009 Member of the Year Award from...

Truex Inc., Pawtucket, R.I., has received its sixth Environmental Perfect Compliance Award from the Narragansett Bay Commission of Rhode Island....

Globe Specialty Metals Inc., New York, has reopened its Selma, Ala., silicon metal and ferrosilicon alloys facility, which it had idled during...

TechTurn, located in Austin, Texas, has become the first facility to achieve R2/RIOS certification under the Responsible Recycling (R2)...

The Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI), Atlanta, has launched a redesigned Web site at www.greenguard.org. It offers manufacturers a road...

Frito-Lay Inc., Beloit, Wis., has been honored by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce as the 2009 Manufacturer of the Year in the sustainability...

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich., has joined forces with the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the...

FMA Communications Inc., Rockford, Ill., has established a new Web site at www.greenmanufacturer.net, an online information tool for those...