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Areas that continued to show growth were employment, exports and imports. Of the 18 manufacturing industries, 10 reported growth in May. The May report can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/May2013ISMReport. ME
Mergers and Acquisitions Sap AG (Walldorf, Germany) and hybris (Zug, Switzerland) on
June 5 announced that SAP plans to acquire Hybris, a rapidly growing and widely recognized leader in e-commerce technology. The acquisition positions SAP to deliver the next-gen- eration e-commerce platform, with the choice of on-premise or cloud deploy- ment, as enterprises around the world seek to optimize the customer experience for businesses and consumers across an ever-growing number of delivery chan- nels, devices and touch points. Amada Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa) a leading Japanese company, has completed a takeover of Miyachi Unitek Corp. (Monrovia, CA), a leading manufac- turer of welding equipment and laser processing systems. Miyachi is now a consolidated subsidiary of Amada, which develops, manufactures, sells and services products and systems for metal sheet processing, metal cutting, pressing, and machine tooling. The combined companies have formed a strong global alliance, and are expected to extend existing technology into new areas, collaborate on business systems, and better adjust to market fluctuations. Amada was established in 1946 and has 60 subsidiaries (17 in Japan and 43 overseas) and 6467 employees as of March 2012.
Openings The Association for Manufactur-
1-800-521-0332 •
rolledalloys.com •
sales@rolledalloys.com
ing Technology (AMT; McLean, VA) on May 15 announced it is increasing its presence in Brazil with the opening of its AMT Sao Paulo Technology Center, located in the city of Sorocaba. The Technology Center is a place where AMT members can establish opera-
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