1.   AST consolidated its desktop manufacturing operations for North America at the former Tandy factory in north Fort Worth.

2.   Companies operating in the zone are mostly warehouse and light manufacturing operations, while the rest of the center is occupied by office tenants.

3.   For Texas Instruments, the sale allows it to focus on its semiconductor manufacturing operations.

4.   GM, which has most inefficient manufacturing operations of U.S. automakers, has said it needs to cut its workforce more sharply than either Ford Motor Co. or Chrysler.

5.   High Plains Corp. shut its major ethanol manufacturing operations in May because of high costs, but used the time to upgrade plants and facilities.

6.   High Plains Corp. closed ethanol manufacturing operations in May because of high costs, but used the time to upgrade plants and facilities.

7.   Komag will close two plants in Milpitas, California, and consolidate its U.S. manufacturing operations at its new campus in San Jose, California.

8.   Komag will close two plants in Milpitas, California, and consolidate its U.S. manufacturing operations at its new campus in San Jose.

9.   Mainly Japanese executives recently sent over by Bridgestone from Japan will run one of the four new units, encompassing tire design and manufacturing operations.

10.   Luigihad been laid off by a shoe plant that decided to export its manufacturing operations to the Far East.