(Marlin Steel Wire Products: Baltimore) -- Highlighted in a recent publication from the National Association of Manufacturers are stories about how various U.S. companies are handling the challenges of health care, energy costs and availability, Chinese competition, regulation, tort lawsuit excesses, taxes, innovation, compensation, and exchange rates. Twenty-eight companies’ responses to these issues are featured, including: Caterpillar, Dow Chemical, Emerson Electric, Ingersoll Rand, Intel, PPG Industries, Procter & Gamble, RPM, Texas Instruments, Timken, Toyota Motor, and Marlin Steel Wire Products.

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