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    Global Steel Production Up 7% in January

    Feb. 28, 2017
    Global production of raw steel totaled 136.5 million metric tons during January 2017, a 1.75% rise from the previous month’s total and a 7.0% increase over the January 2016 total...
    The LEAP engine developed by GE Aviation joint venture CFM International is the first commercial jet engine to use CMCs in the highpressure turbine section It is already the bestselling engine in GE history powering the new Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX
    Companies & Executives

    GE Aviation Vows to 'Blueprint' CMC Material Production

    Feb. 24, 2017
    GE Aviation is promising to develop a ‘blueprint’ for industrialized production of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components, the advanced-material parts it is relying on to reduce...
    Service center deliveries correspond to a significant volume of steel and aluminum products consumed by machine shops and fabricators whose activities reflect the state of industrial activity in North America
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    Double-Digit Increases for Service Center Steel, Aluminum Shipments

    Feb. 22, 2017
    North American service centers’ shipments of steel and aluminum products rose significantly during January 20176, with double-digit increases from December’s results and narrower...
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    US Cutting Tool Consumption Fell 4.3% in 2016

    Feb. 21, 2017
    U.S. manufacturers consumed $176.04 million worth of cutting tools during December 2016, +4.4% from November, +12.5% than December 2015, and bringing total 2016 consumption to...
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    December Gives Machine Tool Orders a Bump

    Feb. 14, 2017
    First month-to-month increase since September leaves final 2016 numbers in better shape, 2017 optimism higher • $406.72 million • $4.013 billion for the year • Southeast finishes...
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    Transportation

    Ford is Rolling Out a New Line of Auto Parts

    Jan. 26, 2017
    Ford Motor Co.’s Customer Service Division is establishing a new brand for a line of replacement automotive parts that will be supplied to Ford dealers, allowing them to offer...
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    Companies & Executives

    Lockheed Promises to Meet F-35 Cost Targets

    Jan. 26, 2017
    Lockheed Martin CEO Hewson indicated the group would meet the U.S. Department of Defense’s 6-7% target for cost-containment on the critical F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. ...
    Boeingrsquos North Charleston SC complex performs final assembly on the 7879 and 78710 Dreamliners and also fabricates assembles and installs systems for rear fuselage sections of the 787 and joins and integrates midbody fuselage sections
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    Boeing Set for New Organizing Battle in South Carolina

    Jan. 23, 2017
    Boeing is preparing for a new battle with the International Association of Machinists, the labor union that represents hundreds of Boeing workers in Washington State. The union...
    Service center deliveries correspond to a significant volume of steel and aluminum products consumed by machine shops and fabricators whose activities reflect the state of industrial activity in North America
    The Economy

    Service Center Steel, Aluminum Shipments Fell in December

    Jan. 19, 2017
    North American service centers registered some sharp declines for steel and aluminum shipments during December, though inventory levels continued to fall during the same period...