August 2009
U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments - Statistics for the month of May 2009
This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.
August 2009
Statistics - U.S. 2008 Final Year-End Trade Report - Exports
The United States' 2008 appliance exports.
August 2009
APPLIANCE Stats Brief - Statistics - U.S. 2008 Final Year-End Trade Report - Imports
The United States' 2008 appliance imports.
August 2009
U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments - Statistics for the month of April 2009
This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.
June 2009
U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments - Statistics for the month of March 2009
This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.
June 2009
Case Study: Accelerated Design of Gas Appliance Components - Web Exclusive Case Study: Turning Up the Product Development Heat
BSI designs gas appliance components using CAD, PDM, and rapid prototyping to shave a week off each design-test iteration and shrink cycle times by up to 50%.
May 2009
Manufacturing Technology - Expanded Online: A Quick Look
Video imaging puts high-speed production line/automation faultfinding into tiny camera heads.
April 2009
Europe Report - Bira’s Resurrection
ON LOCATION: APPLIANCE magazine was in Bosnia to visit refrigerator maker Bira, where an entrepreneurial spirit brought the factory back to life after a devastating civil war.
April 2009
U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments - Statistics for the month of January 2009
This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.
* Some fields report shipments for the period of Jan. 1, 2009 through Jan. 31, 2009 vs. Jan. 1, 2008 through Feb. 2, 2008. Month of January 2008 shipments for these fields were originally reported for the period Jan. 1, 2008 through Jan. 27, 2008.
April 2009
U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments - Statistics for the month of December 2008
This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.
February 2009
Appliance Engineer - The Reality of Crimp Force Monitoring
Understanding how to use crimp force monitors (CFMs) for crimp quality verification can save OEMs considerable amounts of time and money.
January 2009
Forecast: North America - 2009: Hope for Recovery
It's the worst U.S. recession in a lifetime, complete with a national housing crisis, failing banks, rising unemployment, falling stock prices, and disappearing 401K funds. 2009 should bring us the bottoming out of the recession, but also ushers in cautious hope for economic recovery.
January 2009
Materials Forecast - Materials Forecast: A Commodities Pause?
January 2009
Appliance Industry Forecasts: Latin America - Latin America Rides the Storm
After several years of economic growth, Latin America’s economy - and appliance industry - feel the impact of a housing slowdown.
December 2008
Case Study - Laundry Manufacturing - Expanded Online: A Press for Complex Parts
When a laundry OEM orders large, complicated laundry appliance parts, the part supplier finds the solution in two specially configured straightside presses.
September 2008
Supplier Solutions - Adhesives, Fastening & Assembly
August 2008
Manufacturing Technology - Filling the Gap
A new industrial screwdriver gives production engineers the affordability of mechanical tooling with the flexibility of electronic tooling.
July 2008
CAD/CAM and Rapid Prototyping - When Speed Is of the Essence
Advances in rapid-prototyping technologies and CAD/CAM are speeding product development and even enabling low-volume rapid manufacturing.
June 2008
Manufacturing Technology - Simplified Assembly
Multifunctional assembly technology may reduce manufacturing costs and assembly time by replacing traditional joining techniques.
April 2008
Fastening - A New Approach to Blind Riveting
A patent-pending blind rivet solution is designed to help appliance manufacturers save on necessary blind rivet purchases and reduce unnecessary product waste.
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