Daily News For September 13, 2006        


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Today's Daily News

American Oil Rig Maker Hires Foreign Workers
Signal International will hire 590 workers from India following intensive recruiting efforts in Pascagoula, Miss., and Orange, Texas, which yielded a single hire. Read more

U.S. Helium Price Increase Announced
BOC Gases and Linde Gas announced that they will increase U.S. helium prices 10% to 15%, effective Oct. 15, 2006, or as contracts allow. Read more

$60 Container Tax Added At California Ports
Owners of cargo passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will pay an estimated $420 million per year in fees with the introduction of a container tax of $30 per twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) or $60 per 40-foot container. Read more

Nucor To Buy Verco Manufacturing Co.
Assets purchase will boost annual deck capacity of Nucor's Vulcraft Group, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of steel deck, to more than 500,000 tons. Read more

Novelis To Install 'Breakthrough' Technology In Europe
More multi-alloy casting spurred by market interest. Read more


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Manufacturers Must Lean Forward, Not Backward
Lean manufacturing creates not only improved cost performance, but even more important, it creates agility. Read more.



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