T h e paint industry makes a variety of products that preserve, protect and enhance the objects to which they are applied. Although the post-consumer residuals of these products are usually labeled non-hazardous, they have often been termed “environmentally unfriendly” as has the industry responsible for creating them. With 1,400 manufacturing plants and an output of more than 1.1 billion gallo...

This article analyzes the impact of improvements in market access on the regional concentration of industry in Germany during the second half of the 19th century. The expansion of market access can promote the dispersion of industry if cheaper land and labor provide incentives for industry location outside of existing manufacturing centers. On the other hand, better market access can increase t...

In order to safeguard the future of Chinese automobile industry, and maintain and strengthen its acceptance in Chinese community, it should be made a commitment to sustainability. The approaches to sustainability in Chinese automobile industry should comprise three aspects: nature conservation, production-related environmental protection and “5R” implementation which is considered as sustainabl...

This paper briefly discusses a paradigm shift in manufacturing around the beginning of the 1900s. Implications for Hong Kong manufacturing industry companies and IE education are discussed.

Giving the fact that manufacturing industry is still the engine of economic development in developing countries, China pays special attention to the development of manufacturing industry, especially the hi-tech industry. This paper takes the manufacture of medicine as an example, aiming to investigate the development status of the manufacture of medicine in Yangtze River and Pearl River Deltas,...

Today’s manufacturing companies are undergoing a transformation towards increased digitalization, automation of manufacturing processes and as well new forms of manufacturing organization and business models. While large-size manufacturing companies are able to follow the pace of such technological developments, smallto mid-size manufacturing companies (SME) often experience substantial problem...

BACKGROUND Previous reports have indicated an excess of leukaemia in Broome County, New York, particularly in the Town of Union. Surveillance of cancer incidence data indicates that a large proportion of these cases occurred among males ages 65 and older. Shoe and boot manufacturing has been the largest single industry in this area throughout much of the past century. Occupational studies from ...

This paper chooses the manufacturing added value as the main research indicator, using gravity analysis method to analyze the spatial evolution of manufacturing industry in Guangdong province from 2006 to 2015, decomposing the manufacturing gravity and calculating the grey correlation degree. The results show that: 1) manufacturing gravity is mainly distributed in Dongguan, it is characterized ...

Manufacturing automotive powertrain components and systems has evolved into a complex system. In fact, more than one industry leader has stated that the automotive industry is always on the bleeding edge of integrated manufacturing solutions. The increased complexity of CNC systems, programmable logic controllers (PLC) and manufacturing execution systems (MES), as well as more advanced supervis...

The purpose of this project is to carry out an analysis and determine the profile of actual lean manufacturing processes in the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga. Through the analysis of qualitative and quantitative variables it was possible to establish how these manufacturers develop production practices that ensure their competitiveness and productivity in the market. In this study, a random ...