As heavy as a bank vault and costing nearly as much, lift-truck batteries can be an untapped store of hidden cash. Battery asset management systems now allow detailed accounting of lift-truck battery usage to yield thousands of dollars of cost savings... More 

By Mark Devlin, IEN Staff
…and, well, a couple of them, lately, haven't stayed up in the sky as planned. Do a couple of recent, tragic crashes indicate a big, looming problem in airliner materials, engineering, and safety?  More

By the IEN Staff
Video cameras to replace workers; sky scraper getting wind turbines, 10 states to get $200+ million for energy; California neglecting manufacturing; durable goods orders are up…  More

By Mike Botta
Barcode technology, although in development and used in a variety of applications for many years, really hit the big-time with consumers in the 1970s when supermarkets started to use it. But, is the technology about to go the way of the clunky cash register?  More