MAG Cincinnati Introduces Industry's Highest Output Horizontal 5-axis Profiler for Aluminum Aerospace Components. New HyperMach H4000 features high-performance simultaneous 5-axis contouring, 2 x 4 meter part capacity, cell-ready design, and ergonomics. (14398)
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 x 4 meters. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family.

Fueling The Future (14397)
As energy prices spiral out of control, companies like Bill Bivins’ Louisville Clean Energy are scrambling to get alternative sources to market and in the process they’re creating a mainstream industry.

Fibermark Converts Manufacturing Operations At Vermont Headquarters To Run On Used Vegetable Oil. "Green Steam" Powers the Paper Machine Turbine, Dries Papers, and Provides Heat for Plant (14343)
FiberMark, a producer of specialty papers and fiber-based materials for a variety of applications, today announced that it has converted the manufacturing operations at its Vermont headquarters to be able to run up to 100% used vegetable oil. With this conversion, FiberMark has become the first manufacturer in the state of Vermont and in the paper industry to generate part of its process energy from waste biofuel. The ¡§green steam¡¨ produced by the vegetable oil not only powers FiberMark's Brattleboro paper machine turbine and dries its papers, but also provides heat for the plant.

$61 million Renewable Energy Plant On The Drawing Board. Louisville Company Wants to Introduce its Patent-Pending Refining Process by Building a New Facility in Kentucky. (14292)
A renewable energy company is raising funds and hopes Kentucky will be the home of its first facility. Louisville Clean Energy has plans for a $61 million plant to produce a variety of eco-friendly energies including ethanol, biodiesel, electricity and natural gas. Founder and chief executive Bill Bivins is looking at three possible sites in Shelby County, Kentucky and hopes to make a decision soon.

CH2M HILL Engineered, Procured, Constructed American Gypsum Plant Successfully Producing Sustainable Wallboard (14265)
Spartanburg, SC, CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene, has completed the engineering, procurement and construction of a three-building, 715,000-square-foot gypsum wallboard manufacturing facility in Georgetown, South Carolina, for the American Gypsum Company. The completed plant has begun successfully producing finished wallboard and employs 100 people in the Georgetown area. Annually this new plant will produce 750 million square feet of wallboard by using waste products from nearby power plants. Local coal-fired power plants generate a synthetic gypsum by-product as the result of using scrubbing technology to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. By using the synthetic gypsum in its gypsum wallboard production, American Gypsum converts what otherwise would be waste into a valuable and environmentally friendly building product.

Shearer’s Foods Announces Plans to Build New Manufacturing Plant in Massillon (14258)
Shearer’s Foods, Inc. has announced plans to build the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Gold Certified food manufacturing plant in the State of Ohio.

Americhem Expands Manufacturing Operations and Value-Added Services to Benefit Clients (14257)
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio, -- Americhem, a provider of technology solutions to manufacturers of polymer-based products, enters 2008 with an evolved brand image and newly remodeled headquarters, featuring a state-of-the-art Research & Development facility. The company is increasing service offerings and expanding manufacturing capacity at its global locations.

RMP600 Radio Touch Probe Brings "Out Of Sight" Precision to Complex 3D part Measurement on Machine Tools (14167)
Bringing "out of sight" precision to complex 3D part measurement on machine tools, the new Renishaw RMP600 touch probe combines two exclusive Renishaw technologies - highest accuracy strain-gage sensing and frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission.

Gough Econ Awarded Contract for Multiple Bucket Elevators at New Louisiana World-Scale Hydro-Processing Catalyst Manufacturing Facility (14129)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Gough Econ, Inc. has been selected to supply multiple Econ-O-Lift™ Bucket Elevators to a major hydro- processing facility being constructed in Louisiana. The catalyst from the plant will be used to meet the increasing demand for future clean burning fuels by removing impurities and assuring quality filtration in refining the oil.

Toyota Recognizes Top Suppliers for 2007 (14106)
ERLANGER, Kentucky -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) has announced award-winning North American suppliers for 2007. The awards recognize those suppliers who exceeded the company's expectations in the following areas: Launch Performance, Technology, Supplier Diversity, Value Improvement and Quality.