Technology and the Internet
U.S. machine tool exports fell in April from March, but surged 20.9% during the first four months compared to the same period last year, the Assn. for Manufacturing Technology said in a report released today.
July 2, 1990
Business
The factory floor is clean--and surprisingly quiet.
April 10, 1994
MANY PEOPLE COME TO Los Angeles to make movies. Fred Burg came to make machines.
July 12, 1987
The machines at True Form Industries, a Cerritos aircraft parts manufacturer, are running full time these days, and the company is preparing to add seven workers to its crew of 63.
June 27, 1993
At a meatpacking plant in Pico Rivera, a Latino immigrant opens a hamburger grinder to clean it and is pulled inside and crushed to death.
Sept. 5, 1993
The lathes, grinders and drill presses at Norman Modglin’s small aerospace machine shop in North Hollywood are silent now, awaiting the pounding today of the auctioneer’s gavel that will liquidate a business handed down through three generations in his family.
Nov. 12, 1991
Autos
Not only do Japanese auto makers have better relations with their workers than Detroit’s Big Three, but they also treat their machines with more respect, some Japanese executives argue.
Jan. 19, 1990
Science & Medicine
Science: From design to manufacture, nonhuman system creates robotic widgets, and improves itself with every generation.
Aug. 31, 2000
From the modest, 15-person wholesale offices of Yanmar Diesel Engine in Anaheim, to the sleek, national manufacturing headquarters of Ricoh Electronics Inc. in Tustin, the presence of Japanese companies in Orange County is a substantial one.
Feb. 17, 1989
California
An employee at a Gardena manufacturing plant was fatally injured Monday when a machine he was cleaning somehow turned on, authorities said.
Feb. 11, 2019