300-plus SKD workers in Michigan to lose jobs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
SKD Automotive Group LP is trimming more than 300 jobs by Jan. 10 at its plant in the Hillsdale County village of Jonesville.
Salinan chosen for hunting show to make best friend’s dream a reality (Salina Journal)
Dalton Sullivan was more than a little puzzled Monday, when instead of going out to the shop to practice their welding, he and his classmates at Salina Area Technical College were told to wait in their classroom.
Art fuses glass with welding (Newark Advocate)
NEWARK -- An artist's dilemma recently blossomed into a learning project for welding students at the Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County.
A Survival Guide for Growth in the Central and Eastern European Welding Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Frost & Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 at 15.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of CEE Welding Market.
A Survival Guide for Growth in the Central and Eastern European Welding Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Frost & Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 at 15.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of CEE Welding Market.
FUTEK Enhances Tension & Compression Load Cell (PR.com)
FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology Inc. is pleased to present the redesigned LCF400 Tension & Compression Load Cell. The new design features structural changes and complete welding which drastically improves this models output symmetry and accuracy. In addition to this, the LCF400 is now available with USB output and metric threads. [PR.com - November 18, 2008]
Custom bicycle builder faces more surgery (The Sacramento Bee)
Custom bicycle maker Steve Rex of Sacramento broke his hip and fractured an elbow during a ride Saturday. Steve Rex, a highly regarded custom bicycle builder, remained hospitalized Monday following surgery to repair a broken hip he suffered in a high-speed crash during a training ride in Sacramento. Rex, who was wearing a helmet for the ride, is also expected to have surgery on an elbow ...
US case highlights Cuban ’slaves’ in Curaçao (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Olivia Ocampo well remembers the night the two Cuban workers came to her house in January 2005.
1991 Honda CRX DX review from North America (Carsurvey.org)
The car does have the typical Honda rust on the rear quarters and behind the rear bumper on the lower corners. There is an aftermarket fiberglass patch panel available for this that lets you repair the rust without welding, but I've not got around to doing this yet.
Auto briefs (Detroit News)
Honda, Getrag Transmission Manufacturing, General Motors, Chrysler, SKD Automotive, Akebono Brake.
Fisker Karma Takes Another Step Toward Reality (Edmunds.com)
SAN CARLOS, California — The $80,000 Fisker Karma , a luxury plug-in hybrid sedan, took another step toward reality with the announcement that Fisker Automotive and Valmet Automotive have signed the final contract to build the vehicle in Finland.
Attorney general’s report details human trafficking in Texas (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Interstate 10 is identified as a major shipping corridor for human cargo.
US case highlights Cuban ’slaves’ in Curaçao (The Christian Science Monitor)
A federal judge in Miami last month ordered a shipping firm to pay $80 million for conspiring with Cuba to abuse workers.
High-Quality Stocks on Sale (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance)
Five stalwarts are selling at ridiculously low prices.
Man Falls Through Roof Before Sporting Store Gun Robbery (WPXI Pittsburgh)
The South Strabane Township Police Department is investigating a burglary at a local sporting goods store over the weekend.