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Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory [Giz Goes To Lego]

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2008-07-21 10:30:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
This video shows something that very few people have had the opportunity to witness: the inside of the Lego factory, with no barriers or secrets. I filmed every step in the creation of the brick . From the raw granulate stored in massive silos to the molding machines to the gigantic storage cathedrals to the decoration and packaging warehouses,...
 
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German state demanding Nokia refund $60.5 million factory subsidy, Nokia laughs

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2008-02-06 18:33:42 by willpark in IntoMobile
Talk about bad blood. Nokias decision to close down their German factory in Bochum has unleashed all manner of German-angst (not the kind of angst you want to mess with) on the Finnish handset manufacturer. The issue at hand is two-fold The German plant closure left 2,300 Germans without employment and left the German state of North-Rhine...
 
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Brief: Nokia's factory in Romania has officially produced their first mobile phone

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2008-01-16 11:05:31 by Stefan Constantinescu in IntoMobile
I can barely read Romanian, more like sound out the characters and hope the noises click, but according to this article in Ziua de Cluj the Nokia factory in Cluj produced their first mobile phone last night at 8 PM. No clue as to which model, but the paper cites how proud they are of this day and how this one factory will put Romania on the map...
 
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World Battery Shortage Caused By Factory Fire

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2008-03-26 06:26:33 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
Laptop battery supplies have dropped by as much as 40% due to a single fire at a Korean factory earlier this month. The factory, operated in Ochang by LG Chem, provided batteries for Dell, Asus and HP, all of whom are now kvetching about supply chains and price hikes This story is almost dripping with irony. After all the exploding battery...
 
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World's last pinball machine factory Where your quarter lasts forever

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2008-04-28 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
Monica Davey's story in the April 25, 2008 New York Times takes you inside the Melrose Park, Illinois premises of Stern Pinball, Inc. (above); the piece follows. For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isnt Over Being inside a pinball machine factory sounds exactly as you think it would. Across a 40,000-square-foot warehouse here, a cheery cacophony of...
 
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Furniture from Factory Waste!

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2008-07-21 17:59:29 by max in zedomax.com
Heres a great way to exemplify how factory waste should be converted into artistic furniture Wood waste and off-cuts were collected from factories in Denmark, this collection is made entirely out of the factory waste collected. The pieces were put together to form a wood patchwork before they were made into; a chair, a book box and a series of...
 
Tags: furniture, factory waste, magic mushroom lamps, lamps, furniture wood, artistic furniture, rgb lamps, wood waste, patchwork
 
 
 
 
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Inside, Really Inside the Lego Factory

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2008-07-21 17:03:22 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
Anybody want to guess how many Lego bricks are made every year How about a clue? Let's say more than 50 million a day Sounds like a lot. And yes it is! To the tune of 19 billion every year. Yes, 19 billion of those little bricks that can build just about anything -- from castles and spaceships to monster and robots Now Gizmodo is giving us a...
 
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Inside, Really Inside the Lego Factory

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2008-07-21 17:03:22 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
Anybody want to guess how many Lego bricks are made every year How about a clue? Let's say more than 50 million a day Sounds like a lot. And yes it is! To the tune of 19 billion every year. Yes, 19 billion of those little bricks that can build just about anything -- from castles and spaceships to monster and robots Now Gizmodo is giving us a...
 
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Brief: Nokia to close German factory, lay off 2300, move to Romania

2008-01-15 10:23:15 by Stefan Constantinescu in IntoMobile
 
In order to say competitive Nokia is closing their German plant in Bochum and laying off up to 2300 people. It will be cheaper to do the same work in Romania We are moving production to existing plants, mainly in Romania, which will start during the first quarter. - Nokia Spokeswoman Arja Suominen In other news, it looks as if the Romanian plant...
 
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