Orange County Business Journal

MANUFACTURING

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Reddam’s Derby Dibs: $40M; 51st Just as Special for Argyroses

OC INSIDER Column by Jerry Sullivan

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Swiss Equipment Maker Expands With Cypress Hub

REAL ESTATE: 10-year lease, OC consolidation part of plan

Cavotec plans to expand its West Coast manufacturing operations after inking new industrial lease

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TYR Looks to US Water Polo Deal for Summer Hit

APPAREL: Swim label aims to build on last year’s $80M in sales

Performance swimsuit maker TYR Sport Inc. hopes to make a splash this summer with new water polo and training gear lines that will arrive as a branded sports drink rolls out.

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Yokohama to Start US Tire Production

MANUFACTURING: HQ in Fullerton to oversee $300M plant

Fullerton-based Yokohama Tire Corp. is building a manufacturing plant in West Point, Miss., where it expects to make about a million tires a year

Allergan Boss Questions Critics’ Math on Clinical Trial

HEALTHCARE: Downplays Darpin delay, high on Levadex

Allergan Inc.’s chief executive is optimistic about the prospects for its newly acquired acute migraine headache drug, despite a regulatory setback.

ADDENDUM - May 6, 2013

Other news items of interest from the Orange County Business Journal

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Cameron Defibrillator Tabbed for 6.4% Medicare Hike

Device Went to Boston Scientific in 2012 Sale

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators—including one developed in Orange County—could be in line for higher Medicare payments, in Healthcare

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Mazda Ad Campaign Biggest Since ‘Zoom-Zoom’

Push Follows Big Loss on North American Operations

Mazda ad campaign biggest since “Zoom-Zoom,” in Media and Marketing

Greater L.A. Industrial Up, Office Ends Streak on Positive Absorption

REAL ESTATE WATCH: GREATER LOS ANGELES

Greater L.A. industrial up, office ends streak on positive absorption

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CleanTech OC Makes Laguna Beach Native New Head

Banking Expert Wants Growth Through Outreach

A Laguna Beach native with a deep background in investment banking has been tapped as the new executive director of CleanTech OC, in Technology

By the Numbers - ORANGE COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES

There are more than 71,000 small businesses in Orange County, and they collectively employ nearly 560,000 people. Includes analysis, charts and figures.

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Kawasaki Taps Auto Exec as Marketing Chief

Irvine-based Kawasaki Motors Corp. U.S.A. named former automotive executive Richard Beattie chief marketing and sales officer.

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Automakers See Sales Pace Slow in April

OC-based automakers along with their peers nationally saw the pace of auto sales slow down last month.

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Yokohama Plans $300M Plant in Mississippi

Fullerton-based tire manufacturer Yokohama Tire Corp. has signed a deal to build a $300 million plant in West Point, Miss., where it will employ about 500 workers and produce about one million tires a year for commercial trucks and buses.

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Treading Nimbly

Sole Technology Streamlines to Tap Widening Market

The company is well under way with a 300-unit development called The Marke at MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street in the South Coast Metro portion of the city.