The Copenhagen Environment and Climate Summit of December 2009 shed new light on our planet, the global warming issue and the responsibility of every nation, company and individual towards reducing emissions. However, very few have stepped up to their responsibilities.

Tennant is a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that include equipment used for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments. As a global company selling in 80 countries, the company's rapid growth created the problem os server sprawl raising operating cost. This paper describes the data center consolidation exercise the company took to contain this rising cost.

The latest survey data from CLSA signaled that business conditions within the Chinese manufacturing sector deteriorated for a second consecutive month in September. The headline Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) recorded 47.7, down from 49.2 in August, to record a new survey record low.

China vowed Monday to inspect every link from farm to dinner table in an overhaul of the dairy industry that it called "chaotic" and acknowledged had suffered from a lack of oversight.

Cybex International has selected HighJump Data Collection Advantage (DCA) to support its progressive manufacturing practices. The solution will be implemented in two manufacturing facilities totaling nearly 500,000 square feet, and will integrate with Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise, the company’s ERP system.

Mexican pharmaceutical company Tecnofarma has selected Epicor’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to streamline management of business processes and to improve the overall control of its business operations.

Leading independent research and advisory firm, Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company, today announced the release of a new study, Sustainability 1Q08 Update: Introduction and Going Green and IT's Role (Doc #MI211576), the first in an ongoing series of updates on sustainability and "IT for green."

US-based diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton has acquired power solutions Schneider Electric's small systems subsidiary, MGE UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) Systems.