The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), said its December index points to continued expansion, though at a more moderate pace.
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The share of domestic manufacturing consumption taken by imports has risen from 31% in 1998 to 37% in 2008, according to Dan Meckstroth of the Manufacturers' Alliance, a trade group.
Furthermore, Ssangyong has been talking to several overseas car manufacturers about a strategic alliance, including capital and technical co-operation.
Hell, even iOS users can join the DLNA streaming and media transfer party even though Apple is one of only a few major manufacturers missing from the alliance.
ENGADGET: Promise's SmartStor Zero NAS streamer dumbs down DLNA for the iPad (hands-on)
Mr. ERON SHOSTECK (Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers): Carbon dioxide is a direct byproduct of a vehicle's fuel combustion.
"We're talking about carbon dioxide, " says former Solicitor General Ted Olson, who is representing the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
Charles Territo, with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, says the public already has the choices to move to better fuel economy.
Mr. CHARLES TERRITO (Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers): Currently, there are more than a hundred models that achieve over 30 miles per gallon.
Ford Motor, General Motors and other members of the Alliance of Automobile manufacturers have conceded that they'll have to increase fuel economy standards.
Charles Territo, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, an industry group that represents most major automakers, suggested the rules were tough enough.
Automakers exported more than 1.56 million U.S.-built vehicles to more than 200 countries in 2011, according to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing 12 major auto companies.
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Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, says carbon dioxide can't be regulated like a pollutant because it's not toxic to animals or people and it's tough to control.
"The text of the Clean Air Act makes plain that Congress intended it as a measure to 'clean' the air of pollutants, not to alter the overall composition of the Earth's atmosphere, " argues the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, an auto industry lobbying group, in a brief.
"We are hopeful the granting of this waiver will not undermine the enormous efforts put forth to create the national program, " says Dave McCurdy, president and chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents 11 vehicle manufacturers including General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor and Toyota.
Peugeot is working on plans to deal with the chronic overcapacity that is hobbling car manufacturers in Europe, but the alliance with GM doesn't offer short-term solutions to the problem.
It's never been a secret that pro-level wireless audio manufacturers are nervous about the Wireless Innovation Alliance's whitespace internet plans, but now that Google's taken the fight to the people directly, various equipment makers are starting to air their concerns publicly -- and with millions of dollars in gear and people's livelihoods on the line, they aren't being shy about it.
ENGADGET: Wireless audio manufacturers unhappy with Google's whitespace internet plans
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