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Pipe Bending Across the Industries: 6 Practical Applications

Strategy Driven

The pipes used in these industries must be able to withstand extreme environments and exposure to chemicals, which places some limits on the types of materials they can use to fabricate bent pipes. The oil and gas industries rely heavily on piping for everything from fuel extraction to safe transport.

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Overcoming the “Feedback Trifecta” to Communicate Better as a Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Angela Sebaly: A recent Harvard Business Review article examined Shell Corporation’s adoption of an 18-month program designed to help the company’s offshore workers give and receive feedback before their upcoming deployment.

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The Rebirth of U.S. Manufacturing: Myth or Reality?

Harvard Business Review

The cheerleaders cite an array of heartening examples, including a $4 billion investment by Dow Chemical to boost its ethylene and propylene capacity on the U.S. manufacturing industries, including aerospace and defense equipment, chemicals, industrial components, automotive equipment, and electronics. manufacturing. In the U.S.,

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Just How Important Is Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

Producing biologics involves enough biochemistry, chemical engineering, and cell biology to make a graduate student wince. This is why I cringe when I see pharmaceutical makers shipping more and more of their production and development capability offshore, or when I see semiconductor tool makers move their manufacturing from the U.S.

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Crisis Management Failures in Japan's Reactors and the BP Spill

Harvard Business Review

It is of even greater importance if a major act of terrorism involving nuclear, chemical, biological or cyber weapons occurs, either in private sector facilities or public spaces that impact private employers. Neither the Gulf spill nor the problems at the Japan nuclear plants were unthinkable. A similar set of problems bedevils Japan.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry.

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