Construction of our new 500,000 square foot facility in Wuxi is on schedule and nearing the completion phase.

The exterior has been completed and work has begun on the manufacturing and office areas.

When completed in the Spring of 2007, all production and corporate offices will be consolidated into our new Wuxi facily.

"Bearings 101" was presented by Director of Engineering Mike Mortensen on December 21st at our Roselle, IL Sales and Distribution center. Our entire Monrovia, CA staff was also brought in to attend the session.

This was the first in a series of training sessions designed to educate and familiarize our employees on our new line of RBtech Premium bearings. Future sessions will focus on marketing and value added selling strategies.

A monthly look at events in China
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China says unmarried, obese, over 50 can't adopt
China is imposing new restrictions on foreign adoptions, barring applicants who are unmarried, obese, over 50 or who take antidepressants, according to U.S. adoption agencies.

Home Depot announces China deal
The home improvement giant will take a majority stake in the Chinese chain HomeWay.

eBay confirms China venture
U.S.-based Web auctioneer to take 49% stake in partnership with Tom Online.

China to stay with one-child policy
China has no plans to change its one-child policy, Premier Wen Jiabao said, adding family planning was critical to China's modernization plans.

How do the different hardness scales relate to each other?
by Mike Mortensen - Director of Engineering RBI-USA

Several different scales exist to measure the hardness of a wide variety of manufacturing materials. Some scales are used to measure extremely hard materials, while other scales are used to measure softer materials such as rubber. Table 1 shows a comparison of a few of the more common hardness scales used to indicate the hardness of steel.

Table 1 . Comparison between commonly used hardness scales.

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New Year

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A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.

--Bill Vaughan

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