WHISTLER, BC: Procurement managers need to reconsider how they are doing business, says Patricia Moser, director of supply chain at Grand & Toy. Moser’s presentation at the PMAC national conference, Reaching New Peaks, today in Whistler, BC, offered a packed room a lively overview of methods they can use to continue offering more value and savings to the corporations they work for. Procurement managers have only so many levers they can pull in trying to get the best deals, she says

WHISTLER, BC: Procurement managers need to reconsider how they are doing business, says Patricia Moser, director of supply chain at Grand & Toy.

WHISTLER, BC: Procurement managers need to reconsider how they are doing business, says Patricia Moser, director of supply chain at Grand & Toy. Moser’s presentation at the PMAC national conference, Reaching New Peaks, today in Whistler, BC, offered a packed room a lively overview of methods they can use to continue offering more value and savings to the corporations they work for

WHISTLER, BC: Procurement managers need to reconsider how they are doing business, says Patricia Moser, director of supply chain at Grand & Toy.

The selection process to represent the UK in the CNC Milling competition of the World Skills 2011, London, is reaching its climax.

Conveyors Systems – Complete Conveyor Design, Installation & Turnkey Solutions Buy American to promote U.S. conveyor systems designers and manufacturers of conveyors in overseas markets Hayward, California – Buy American, an ILG owned portal designed to market US-based manufacturers of industrial goods such as abrasives, hydraulic equipment, machine tools and other industrial equipment and supply introduced Thursday morning its new Conveyors Marketplace in partnership with IndustrialSAVER. The marketplace, according to Buy American is designed to buy and sell conveyor systems and accessories by developing trading partnerships between foreign and domestic manufacturers, mining & construction companies, machine shops, parcel shipping establishments and other companies that utilize chain conveyors, belt, flexible, vertical, overhead, belt-driven, gravity, screw, material handing, pallet and other custom conveyors

Rio Tinto has announced plans to invest $30 million at its metal powder plant subsidiary, QMP, in southern Quebec, Canada. The investment will be used to upgrade equipment and increase metal powder production capacity by more than 20% over the next two years. The planned upgrade and expansion will add ten new jobs

According to the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), in the first quarter of 2011, initial figures indicate a trade surplus of

AMB 2012, a biennial international exhibition for metal working taking place from September 18-22, 2012 at the Trade Fair Centre Stuttgart, is receiving good responses from the industry according to its organizer Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH.As reported, around 700 exhibitors, including international exhibitors, have already confirmed their participation in Stuttgart. More than 60% of the halls have been occupied with major key players confirmed to be on board. The organizer expects the trade fair halls will be completely booked out for AMB 2012 and 105,000 square meters of space fully occupied.

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