The News Review:
- Toyota to Make Further Cuts to US Production
- Boeing: No current plans to sell Kansas plant
- Inpex Inks Darwin LNG Plant Design Deal With JGC KBR
- A Sign of the Times: Google Closes Engineering Plant in Austin
- Healy plant deal made: Fairbanks utility to buy coal-fired power plant
- CADE Names TechnoCAD as New Dealer for Ecuador
- Tenneco plant to remain open
Toyota to Make Further Cuts to US Production
Wall Street Journal
is making further production cuts in North America as the Japanese auto maker seeks to reduce inventory levels by about half in the second quarter of the year. The company is expanding the number of nonproduction days at each facility in the first quarter by adding to cuts previously announced in January. The nonproduction days vary from plant to plant.
Boeing: No current plans to sell Kansas plant
Seattle Times United States
says he’s unaware of any current plans to sell the aircraft maker’s Integrated Defense Systems plant in Wichita Kan. Jarrod Bartlett made the statement Thursday after the issue came up in Boeing’s contract talks with the union representing 700 engineers at the Wichita plant. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace has asked Boeing for information on any effort to sell or divest itself of the Wichita plant. Speculation arose this week when the head of EADS (eeds) – parent company of Europe’s Airbus – told reporters his company had canceled a major U. acquisition at the last minute. The EADS executive Louis Gallois declined to identify the U.
Inpex Inks Darwin LNG Plant Design Deal With JGC KBR
Bloomberg
?Thethree of us will spend at least a year on this initialengineering work? he said by phone from Tokyo. ?I don?t thinkInpex will kiss us goodbye and ask other engineers to come in andbuild the plant. ? Additional Facilities JGC will lead the initial engineering Inpex spokesman. Inpex and Total will decide whetherto go ahead with the Ichthys exploration project late this yearor early 2010 according to the statement.
A Sign of the Times: Google Closes Engineering Plant in Austin
ntario Now Canada
Despite recent growth from the company the decision came from corporate headquarters to lay off 70 workers company wide by closing three offices. Two of the offices are located overseas in Lulea Sweden and Trondheim Norway while domestically Google shut down its office in Austin. Most of the affected employees were engineers and though the employees were offered jobs at other Google offices Google does not have any other engineering plants in the Austin area which would mean to accept any new position employees would have to relocate. The lay offs in Austin came as a bit of a surprise. Google had only opened the office there in ctober and the city was proud to be home to a branch of the internet company. Fortunately though the lay offs sting the overall local economy in Austin should not be too greatly impacted. Google released a statement concerning the lay offs and explained that the company was still doing well and that these cost cutting measures only came at engineering plants that were failing to support themselves in the tightened economy.
Healy plant deal made: Fairbanks utility to buy coal-fired power plant
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Many attended HEA’s board meeting Tuesday to voice their opinion against the coal-fired plant and the lack of transparency from the board. “The co-op needs to become more open” said Mike ‘Meara spokesman for the HEA members forum a group developed around moving HEA toward a renewable energy base. “Clearly this plant has been a disaster in terms of engineering right from the start” ‘Meara said. “It’s been a black hole for money. ‘Meara testified to spending more than $20 a day on electricity for two buildings during the recent cold snap. He said HEA’s high rates are “really hurting people. Despite members’ plea for more openness the HEA board held an executive session Tuesday to discuss the Healy power plant.
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CADE Names TechnoCAD as New Dealer for Ecuador
SYS-CN Media NJ
bwtextaligncenter {text-align: center}–> CADE announced today that TechnoCAD headquartered in Quito Ecuador is the company?s new dealer in the region. Founded in 1998 TechnoCAD provides engineering services for plant design construction maintenance and inspection in a wide range of industries. As a CADE dealer TechnoCAD will be offering the company?s software products including CAESAR II the world’s most widely used pipe stress analysis software; PVElite for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis; CADWorx Plant Design Suite for intelligent plant design modeling process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. CADE software solutions are used globally by EPC firms and owner operators in the process power water treatment pharmaceutical food and beverage and semiconductor industries. Information on TechnoCAD is at.
Tenneco plant to remain open
Gothenburg Times ne
?We started plant employee meetings at 8 a. and it was a big relief? Davidson said. Since Tenneco corporate officials announced plans to close one of its original equipment (E) ride control plants last ctober he said employees have lived with that knowledge for the past few months.