Toyota Alabama sets records as it works to be the ‘engine capital of the world’
By Lucy Berry
on February 16, 2016 at 1:56 PM, updated February 16, 2016 at 1:57 PM
2015 was a milestone year for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama as the plant produced more than 631,000 engines, a 3.5 percent increase over 2014.
The Huntsville facility on Cottonvalley Drive also built its 4 millionth engine in September, just a little more than a year after completing its latest $80 million expansion to machine parts for V6 engines for the Toyota Tacoma and Lexus RX. The project created 125 new jobs.
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U.S. Aerospace Industry Sees First Job Growth in Five Years
By Reuters
FEBRUARY 16, 2016, 9:20 AM EST
It’s the first job growth in the sector in five years.
The U.S. aerospace and defense industry is poised to add 39,443 jobs in 2016, an increase of about 3.2% and the first job growth in the sector in five years, according to a study by Deloitte.
The anticipated growth will be driven by a rebound in the U.S. military market, which lost about 185,000 jobs over the last five years due to budget cuts and the drawdown of military forces in the Middle East, the report said.
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OSHA Regulations Seek To Prevent Large-Scale Industrial Tragedies
by Adam Jackson, VP-Engineering for ACS Engineering
February 17, 2016
Too often, better regulation of businesses and industries only occurs following potentially preventable tragedies, with Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) being a prime example. Few knew of Bhopal, India until the deadly methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a chemical plant and spread airborne, killing thousands. Even with today’s safeguards, five chemical incidents each day are reported.
Prompted primarily by Bhopal, more than two decades ago the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) issued unprecedented regulations for Process Safety Management (PSM) of HHCs.
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