Manufacturing

Four common workplace substances linked to prostate cancer

August 2, 2018

A new Canadian study has linked four common hazardous substances to an aggressive form of early onset prostate cancer. The researchers from the University of Quebec studied nearly 2000 men who developed prostate cancer between 2005 and 2009.

The long road back: Manufacturing still recovering

Dan Mechstroth

January 8, 2016

We thought that manufacturing had fully recovered from the 2008-2009 recession last year.

It ain’t over for manufacturing…

81 percent of students surveyed are more convinced manufacturing provides careers that are both interesting and rewarding

January 8, 2016

Manufacturing Day 2015, including all events scheduled throughout the year, has far exceeded expectations of scale and impact, reaching more than 400,000 participants and improving the public’s perception of manufacturing.

Protective Industrial Products expands domestic manufacturing facility

October 1, 2015

The addition will double the amount of manufacturing space and allow the installation of new equipment that has been acquired over the last year.

NAM calls manufacturing rebound in 2014 “decent”

January 5, 2015

The U.S. economy grew 3.9 percent at the annual rate in the third quarter, according to revised real GDP data released in late November, 2014.

Worker fatality results in $1.33 million in criminal, civil fines against S.D. company

Company agrees to expand safety & health department

September 24, 2013

Adams Thermal Systems Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office and OSHA to pay more than $1.33 million to resolve criminal penalties and OSHA fines levied as a result of the death of a worker on Nov. 7, 2011, in the company's Canton, S.D. plant.

ProMaxima Mfg. in Houston cited for exposing workers to amputations, other hazards

Co. manufactures equipment for federal agencies

November 22, 2012

OSHA has cited ProMaxima Manufacturing Ltd. in Houston with nine serious safety violations for inadequately guarded machinery among other hazards. Proposed penalties total $47,700.

OSHA compliance: Been there, done that

Dave Johnson

November 9, 2012

Call it the OSHA relevancy scale. After the election, and staring at another four-year cycle at OSHA, we posed this question to several in-the-know sources: In terms of its various activities and their impact on safety pros, how influencial and relevant is OSHA after 40+ years of existence?

Manufacturing on the mend

Herb Niles on sales and marketing management

Herb Niles

October 8, 2012

As this column goes to print, the dog days of summer are behind us and the pit bulls (sometimes referred to as politicians) are front and center, covering the airways with their attack ads.

Sellstrom Manufacturing Company announces a new Director of International & Government Sales

August 7, 2012

Sellstrom Manufacturing Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christopher Sedgwick as the new Director of International & Government Sales.