Furthermore, since the US entered its period of very low interest rates we have seen that industrial production in business equipment has well outperformed that of consumer goods and indeed, it is business equipment that is driving what recovery we have.

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Renee Klosterman, acting multimedia services manager at Washington's DIS, said her state's commitment to video technology is proven by a special Interactive Technologies Division within DIS, a mature videoconferencing system and a satellite TV studio that has all the cameras, production equipment and personnel needed to produce broadcast-quality video.

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Lufkin has nine production facilities for artificial lift equipment and services its products through a global network of 110 service centers.

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The only Scottish winner in the innovation category was Aberdeenshire-based Zenith Oilfield Technology for developing well surveillance equipment which has contributed significantly to increasing oil production worldwide.

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Even with overtime built into the new shifts, IEC is spending less on overtime and has been able to expand production without adding new equipment.

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Davy Jones 1 has been temporarily abandoned while they await the arrival of production equipment to bring the well onstream.

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The U.S. has foolishly restricted aid and military equipment to Colombia to use against drug production and smuggling only.

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In 2009-2011, during profitable times, semiconductor makers over-spent on capital equipment, and this has come back to bite them in the form of production overcapacity.

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