Manufacturing News

Thermadyne sees Q4 loss, posts ’09 profit
Thermadyne Holdings Corp. reported a loss of $681,000 in the fourth quarter, as net sales fell 14 percent and the company said it felt the impact of manufacturing inefficiencies from rapid reduction in volume and from previously purchased high-cost materials.
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Toyota sales still up from '09
Toyota sales rebounded in the first eight days of March, as dealers improved inventory levels and zero-percent financing deals helped consumers look past the biggest recall controversy in the Japanese automaker's history.
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Honolulu work force expected to be stable
Most Honolulu employers expect to make no changes in the size of their work forces in the second quarter, while about twice as many plan to hire workers as reduce staff, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. (MAN)
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Boeing wins $69M Air Force drone contract
A St. Louis-based unit of Boeing won a contract worth about $69.7 million by the U.S. Air Force for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets, drone planes that will act as targets for newly developed weapons.
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Hallmark revenue slips in 2009
Hallmark Cards Inc. said its 2009 revenue fell roughly 7 percent as the lukewarm economy continued to hammer sales.
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Supervalu sells Payson Store Fixtures division
Supervalu Inc. has sold its Payson Store Fixtures division to DGS Retail Inc. in Boston for an undisclosed amount, according to a Tuesday press release from Quazar Capital Corp., the Minneapolis investment banking firm that represented Payson on the deal. (SVU)
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