Manufacturing

Bayer Announces Program Lineup for Stem Education Diversity Forum in September

PITTSBURGH - Bayer Corporation announced today the slate of best practice K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs to be featured at the company's first-ever STEM education diversity forum, which will be held in Washington, D.C., this fall.

Siemens Selects Iowa Site for Its First Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing Facility in the U.S.; Will Help Meet Strong U.S. Demand for Clean, Renewable Energy

ORLANDO, Fla. & FORT MADISON, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 2006--Siemens Power Generation announced today that it has executed a purchase agreement for a U.S. wind turbine blade manufacturing site located in Fort Madison, Iowa. The manufacturing facility will be estab...

Bayer Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Nationally Recognized Bay Area Biotechnology School-To-Career Program

BERKELEY, Calif.- The Bayer Foundation tonight awarded Biotech Partners (formerly Berkeley Biotechnology Education, Inc. or BBEI) a $150,000 grant, further demonstrating the Foundation's commitment to education and workforce development and to ensure today's students are wel...

Bayer to Host Stem Education Diversity Forum in Fall

PITTSBURGH - Bayer Corporation announced today it will host a one-day science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, Education Diversity Forum for U.S. STEM companies this fall as a public service in response to the results of an opinion research survey Bayer commission...

Join Abbott and Harvard University's Jane Nelson for an Online Discussion About Abbott's Global Citizenship Efforts and Impact on the Global Community

WHAT: Abbott will host a webcast discussion about its approach to global citizenship in key areas such as access to medicines, environmental health and safety, diversity, ethics and compliance, and research and development. Learn, ask, and assess Abbott's efforts ba...

Abbott Helps Children With Diabetes by Sending Them to Camp This Summer

ALAMEDA, Calif.- To help children and their families learn to better manage diabetes, Abbott Diabetes Care, a division of Abbott, is sending 135 children who are newly diagnosed with diabetes to camp this summer as part of its "Send a Kid to Camp" program. This year marks t...

Abbott Releases 2005 Global Citizenship Report

Abbott released its fifth annual Global Citizenship Report, "Changing Lives." The company outlines its commitment to advance corporate citizenship and provides information on its economic, social and environmental performance. Described in the report is Abbott's pro...

Bayer, Public Officials Unveil First-Ever 'Making Science Make Sense' Kiosks At Pittsburgh International Airport

PITTSBURGH - Broadening access to its award-winning, national science education and science literacy program locally from Allegheny County students and teachers to all Pittsburgh-area residents and non-residents who travel by air, Bayer Corporation today unveiled two ...

Novartis Spearheads Innovative Malaria Research Project In Newly Created Public-Private Partnership

Basel - Dr. Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO of Novartis, announced today that the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) will initiate research on malaria - estimated to annually kill more than one million people worldwide and one of the top three killer dis...

New Survey Reveals CEOs of 100 of the Fastest Growing U.S. Science and Technology Companies Fear Rising International Competition for Scientific and Technical Talent

PITTSBURGH - Many CEOs of some of the fastest growing American science and technology companies* are aware of recent national reports warning the United States is in danger of losing its global leadership role in science and technology due to a potential shortfall in ...