All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2011 // Markel Corp.’s subsidiary Markel Ventures purchased a majority interest in WI Holdings, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturing firm. The companies made the announcement last week. WI Holdings is a privately held company...
Oct 20 2011 // Praised by consumer advocates and denounced by manufacturers, a new federal database for safety complaints about everything from baby gear to household appliances is facing its first legal challenge.A motion has been filed...
Oct 4 2011 // A fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas shot massive plumes of black smoke and bright orange flames into the sky on Oct. 3, forcing schoolchildren and residents to evacuate or take cover indoors to avoid possible...
Oct 3 2011 // Agriculture and manufacturing have spurred the South Dakota economy to moderate prosperity in the backwash of the national recession.Gains on the farm and in some factories have offset soft times in housing and the...
Sep 26 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of ‘aa’ of FM Global Group (FM Global) and its members, which includes the lead...
Sep 26 2011 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, releasing a video depicting a deadly chemical leak at a DuPont plant in Belle, West Virginia last year, said the final investigation report should remind every manufacturer to make safety a...
Aug 15 2011 // Western Heritage Insurance Co. has introduced a new program for manufactured housing communities. This new program will be underwritten and administered by NBIS CTIS, a managing general underwriter specializing in risk...
Aug 9 2011 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has expanded its Hanover Specialty Industrial insurance program for manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors by adding environmental liability protection. The additional coverage will...
Aug 7 2011 // Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a larger second-quarter profit Friday, as favorable investment results and strength in the rail and manufacturing businesses offset another underwriting...
Jul 28 2011 // A Massachusetts gun-maker has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the families of one man who was killed and another man who was wounded in a shooting involving a gun allegedly stolen from the company, a national gun-control...
Jul 14 2011 // A study commissioned by Samsung Electronics rejected assertions that employees may have been exposed to carcinogenic chemicals at its plants, as several cancer-stricken former employees of the world’s top memory...
Jun 6 2011 // The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March 2011 served as a wake-up call of sorts for businesses vulnerable to supply chain exposures. Subsequent intense weather events in the United States during April and...
Jun 6 2011 // The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March 2011, as well as intense spring weather, served as a wakeup call of sorts for businesses vulnerable to supply chain exposures: It’s important to prepare for...
Jun 6 2011 // The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March 2011, as well as intense spring weather, served as a wakeup call of sorts for businesses vulnerable to supply chain exposures: It’s important to prepare for...
May 31 2011 // ISO has announced new general liability classifications for alternative energy sources and nanotechnology. ISO is introducing most of the new classifications with accompanying estimated loss potentials.“With...
May 25 2011 // China asked Foxconn Technology Group and other Taiwanese firms to pay more attention to safety, after a deadly blast at a Chinese factory making iPads for Apple.Production in parts of the plant in the southwestern Chinese...
May 24 2011 // The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March 2011 served as a wake up call of sorts for businesses vulnerable to supply chain exposures. Subsequent intense weather events in the United States during April and...
Apr 22 2011 // World Trade Organization members face a somber Easter Sunday because of a fight over manufacturing trade between the United States and major emerging economies like China, India and Brazil that could finally kill...
Apr 18 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Apr 8 2011 // Munich Re announced that it has agreed to guarantee the performance of solar modules in France for the first time. The reinsurer will be working with industrial insurance broker Filhet-Allard and solar manufacturer...