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      <title><![CDATA[Batteries power up to own the road]]></title>
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 The first of 80 preproduction Chevy Volts rolled off the assembly line March 31. These versions are undergoing a battery of performance and safety tests preceding the full production version rollout...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[All eyes on D&#252;sseldorf]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Economists, bankers, and financiers use many indicators to gauge economic activity, such as interest rates, capacity utilization rates, the unemployment rate, and the PMI. One universal commodity,...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2010 Capital Spending Report indicates rebuilding set to begin]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For those metal fabricators that have wondered if their competitors were operating at similar capacity levels in 2009, you can rest easier at night. More than likely, those companies have been as slow...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Economy still plaguing most metal fabricators]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1Results From December 2009 &quot;Fabricating Update&quot; SurveyA new year and decade have dawned, but for metal  fabricators, the typical sayings for a new year's arrival don't apply. Forget &quot;out with...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metal fabrication in 2010: A wildcard year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1 Admit it. This year, we were all shell-shocked to some degree. This time last year, the economy was about ready to hand metal fabricators an unpleasant Christmas gift: the trickle-down...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lost in translation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Quality managers at certain industrial heavyweights have a dream: for all digital part data&amp;mdash;including elements related to design, manufacturing, and inspection&amp;mdash;to be compatible and, in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA['It's the economy, stupid']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The  results are in and they are not surprising. An overwhelming majority of  respondents to an annual survey of metal fabricators ranked the economy as their  No. 1 business concern.For  the past...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EuroBLECH 2008: A celebration of metal fabricating and forming]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What does a European metal fabricating and forming tradeshow mean for a U.S. fabricator? Apparently, a whole lot.&quot;It means everything. It has influenced who we are,&quot; said Don Begneaud, speaking about...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will tube and pipe industry have energy to continue expanding?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you have been involved in the tube and pipe industry for more than a few months, you're well aware that this industry is in the midst of an unprecedented global expansion. It has undergone periods...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Employee loyalty&mdash;An elusive goal?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Because of the skilled labor shortage, employers are ramping  up retention efforts to try and hold on to the workers they currently employ.  Are these efforts having the desired effect? Are they...]]></description>
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