http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com plant design manufacturing plant design plant design layout services plant design & optimization plant design consultation plant design services consulting plant design design engineering services MAG Cincinnati announces the creation of a new Composites Automotive Business Unit, directed by Daniel Allman, a 21-year veteran of automotive composite programs. The new unit will focus on supplying process expertise and automated equipment solutions to composite applications and manufacturing systems ranging from Class A body panels to structural components. Allman brings to the position experience in plant management and engineering leadership. He has been involved in composite applications for the C4, C5 & C6 Corvette, Cadillac XLR, Dodge Viper and Ford T-Bird Removable Hard Top, among others. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14432%2etxt FRANKFORT, KY – Gov. Steve Beshear presented the City of Manchester with a ceremonial check commemorating the award of a $1,000,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The funds will be used towards the design and construction of a new water treatment plant to serve all of Clay County. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14427%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14398%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14397%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14343%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14292%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14265%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14258%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14257%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14167%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14129%2etxt 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. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14106%2etxt The expansion will add aftermarket disc manufacturing to the Glasgow facility by 2009 — creating “a single disc pad manufacturing powerhouse,” CEO Go Kashiwagi, said in a news release. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14093%2etxt Semi trailer manufacturer to create 460 new jobs, invest approximately $26 million in the region http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14083%2etxt Straddle design is ideal for unstable or extremely heavy loads. Touch screen control allows easy reprogramming of wrap patterns, timers, etc., without computer or special software. http://Plantdesign.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14040%2etxt