http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com contract assembling, contract fabrication, contract packaging, electronic contract manufacturing, contract manufacturing services, contract packaging, contract electronic assembly, printed circuit (Erlanger, Kentucky) – Automated material handling company Insight Automation has signed an exclusive contract to sell and support a new line of Kyowa motor roller products in North America. The new product line, known as PulseRoller, will be manufactured by Kyowa USA in a new plant adjacent to Insight Automation. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14576%2etxt (West Chester, Ohio) – The U.S. government awarded BAE Systems a $13 million contract for about 100 armored vehicles including Chevrolet Suburbans and Sprinter vans. The armored commercial vehicles will be manufactured at BAE’s operation near Cincinnati and production is slated to be complete by December. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14575%2etxt BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - (Business Wire) Americans have gotten used to waving goodbye to U.S.-based manufacturers that moved their operations overseas to places like China in order to cut costs; but now American workers are starting to roll out the welcome mat as the old trend appears to be reversing itself, at least in some areas of manufacturing. A prime example of a company leading this new trend is DESA Heating, which produces consumer and professional heaters out of Bowling Green, KY. Its two-year contract with the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) confirms it. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14564%2etxt The U.S Department of Defense Department awarded BAE Systems a contract to supply up to 10,000 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) worth $1.65 billion. The new contract, which could be worth as much as $2.2 billion if additional funding is secured, also includes a one-year option for an additional 10,000 vehicles. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14499%2etxt ELKHART, Indiana - Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from consumer products manufacturer KIK Custom Products to announce the company's plans to consolidate some of its contract manufacturing of personal care and household products in Elkhart, expand its operations here and create approximately 190 new jobs by the end of 2009. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14488%2etxt DAYTON, Ohio——The National Composite Center (NCC) recently held its inaugural commencement exercises. The ceremony, which took place at NCC’s Dayton Campus for Advanced Materials Technologies (DC-AMT), recognized three companies that have successfully graduated from the Center’s technology incubation program to become independent businesses in the Dayton Region. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14481%2etxt COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher has announced that more than $18.1 million in economic development and roadwork development grants have been awarded to aid in the growth of businesses and the creation and retention of jobs in Ohio. The grants, administered by the Ohio Department of Development, were approved today by the State Controlling Board and could create 3,217 positions and retain 8,257 jobs for Ohioans. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14447%2etxt COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher has announced that the Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved Job Creation Tax Credits for six businesses involved in location or expansion projects that, if located in Ohio, are expected to create 264 jobs, and retain 882 positions for Ohioans. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14445%2etxt Today’s enterprise has emerged as a shared resource of global manufacturing relationships. When a company outsources manufacturing, critical data for operations planning and execution is now beyond the scope of traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. As a result, the enterprise has poor visibility into this fragmented and discontinuous information now held in these external systems. In creating a lean manufacturing enterprise, organizations must address key challenges inherent in outsourced manufacturing including weak supply chain visibility, limited agility associated with supply and demand matching, diminished control over quality and challenges associated with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Frustrating efforts to streamline outsourced manufacturing are increasing supply-chain complexity and pressure for real-time decision support. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14440%2etxt As the North American economy continues to weaken and predictions of recession loom, along with rising corporate default rates, most distressed U.S.-based companies may not immediately be thinking of contingency scenarios in Canada. They should. That’s because their own fate may be tied more closely than they know to the insolvency of a major Canadian supplier or customer. Or their own eventual bankruptcy or restructuring could be significantly impacted by any operations or subsidiaries they have in Canada. Waiting until after the storm begins to learn about the distinctions and nuances of Canadian bankruptcy law is not a wise idea. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14419%2etxt Owensboro, Kentucky,-– The Hines Group, Inc., parent company of Premium Allied Tool, Inc. and Owensboro Manufacturing, LLC, is expanding its plant in Philpot, Kentucky to accommodate growth in its metal stamping and assembly business. The Company will also consolidate operations now at the Mid-America Airpark into its main Owensboro (Philpot) campus. The expansion and integration process is expected to be complete by second quarter 2009. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14377%2etxt YORKTOWN, Indiana - Lt. Governor Becky Skillman joined executives from Spanish transmission components manufacturer Miasa Automotive LLC today to announce the company's plans to expand its operations here, creating more than 55 newjobs by 2012. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14362%2etxt WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., -- Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE:DW) has reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lippert Components, Inc. ("LCI"), has agreed in principle to acquire the assets and business of Goshen, Indiana-based Seating Technology, Inc. and its affiliated companies ("Seattech"). It is expected that the acquisition will be funded from available cash. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14241%2etxt FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Governor Mitch Daniels and executives from the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command joined executives from global defense and aerospace developer BAE Systems to celebrate the delivery of the company's 10,000th engine controller for the Army's AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14198%2etxt SOUTH BEND, Indiana – Industrial services provider MISCOR Group, Ltd. (OTC BB: MIGL) has announced its subsidiary, American Motive Power (AMP), has been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million by the Australian construction and services company Laing O’Rourke for the remanufacture of five freight locomotives at its Dansville, NY location. http://ContractManufacturing.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14196%2etxt