Stainless Steel Shower in Jaclo’s Aqua Adagio

March 12, 2010

Amid the natural elements that adorn the outdoors, a new but artificial addition offers the potential to stand tall yet blend well with the organic foliage: the Aqua Adagio outdoor shower. It’s designed and made by New Jersey-based Jaclo, one of the first companies to offer handheld shower systems to the U.S. market.

The simple, stainless [...]

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M&A in the Metal Service Center Industry a Case Study – Part Two

March 11, 2010

MetalMiner is pleased to invite Paul Glover of the consulting firm The Glover Group started in 1992 to help companies to survive the WorkQuake™ of the Knowledge Economy by improving workplace performance and increasing job satisfaction. Jay Frischkorn, of Strategic Profitability Consultants co-authored this piece. This is part two of a three part series [...]

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Automobiles Deconstructed: Demanufacturing in Detroit

March 11, 2010

Photograph of Detroit by Jim Hunt
According to Rutgers Business School, “demanufacturing” is defined as:
“…the dis-assembly and recycling of obsolete consumer products. The goal is to remove and recycle every component in an appliance. For example, the motherboard and metal parts of a computer are smelted and the metals are recovered. The TV tube in the [...]

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Severstal Still Showing a Loss but Improving in 2010

March 11, 2010

Severstal, Russia’s biggest steelmaker, has just posted a $1.037 billion net loss in 2009 compared to a $2.03 billion net profit in 2008 but at the same time, announced plans to increase capital expenditure from $1bn in 2009 to $1.4bn in 2010. Alexei Mordashov, chief executive and with 82% of the stock the company’s main [...]

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M&A in the Metal Service Center Industry a Case Study

March 10, 2010

MetalMiner is pleased to invite Paul Glover of  the consulting firm The Glover Group started  in 1992 to help companies to survive the WorkQuake™ of the Knowledge Economy by improving workplace performance and increasing job satisfaction. Jay Frischkorn, of Strategic Profitability Consultants co-authored this piece. This is part one of a three part series structured [...]

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Liquid Metal Antennas Tough Enough for the Military

March 10, 2010

When I see the term liquid metal I think of the sporting goods manufacturer spun out of CalTech who makes amorphous metal golf clubs, tennis rackets and other high performance products. But a team at North Carolina State University has a new meaning for the phrase, or maybe a more appropriate use. The product is [...]

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VW and Porsche go Electric in Geneva

March 10, 2010

Listening to the hype coming out of the Geneva Motor Show one has to wonder where the global auto industry is headed. Every one of the major car makers released details of new hybrid and new all electric vehicles, admittedly some in concept form like VW and Porsche but still accompanied with some grandiose projections [...]

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Aluminum and Stainless Steel MetalMiner Webinar – Last Chance to Register

March 9, 2010

For any of you aluminum and stainless steel buyers out there, you will not want to miss MetalMiner’s first webinar given tomorrow, Wednesday March 10 at 9:00am CST. The webinar provides an in depth look at the global markets for aluminum and stainless steel and we will be joined by guest host, Tony Amabile from [...]

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