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Cincinnati.com The worldwide United Way organization has recognized Procter & Gamble with its most prestigious corporate prize, the Spirit of America award, for the company’s contributions not only in Greater Cincinnati and the United States, but around the world.   At its Worldwide Community Leaders Conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday night, the global United Way recognized the philanthropic contributions of P&G and its people, their volunteer efforts and their impact on communities.

GARY CONLEY, VICE CHAIR OF THE OHIO AEROSPACE AND AVIATION COUNCIL. PHOTO BEN FRENCH In 2011, The Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Council set out to develop new, strategic areas of growth for the Ohio aerospace industry. The council represents all of the historic aerospace organizations that give our state a unique advantage in the industry, as well as several of the key businesses in manufacturing and development.

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Under pressure to reduce costs and improve quality, many hospitals and health systems are adopting approaches to improve processes. Some strategies, such as Lean and Six Sigma, aim to streamline processes by eliminating waste in the system. Improving the efficiency of processes also depends on eliminating waste in the environment in which the processes occur. Ron Keith, a healthcare consultant at TechSolve, explains how the 5S system provides a framework for improving efficiency in the hospital environment.

A local manufacturer is gearing up for a $20 million investment in Huber Heights and looks to create at least 250 jobs during the next three years. Tipp City-based Process Equipment Co. — which currently has three sites in Tipp City and one in Huber Heights — unveiled plans Thursday to consolidate operations to a 28-acre campus and double its facilities to 500,000 square feet.

GreenBiz.com A coalition of hospital and health care groups in the U.S. has written a detailed prescription on how to transform the industry by tackling waste, runaway energy consumption, lax supply chains and other major obstacles to sustainability. The group, which collectively represents more than 500 hospitals, has also pledged to take its own medicine and will follow a six-point sustainability agenda that the coalition issued this week.

Business Courier The Riverside Co., which owns DuBois Chemicals in Sharonville, acquired Blue Ash-based Galaxy Associates. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Both DuBois Chemicals and Galaxy Associates manufacture specialty chemicals and solutions. Galaxy – founded in 2002 by the late Cincinnati philanthropist and entrepreneur, Mel Fisher – provides chemicals such as metalworking fluids, process chemistries, conversion coatings, sealing rinses and cleaners.

Dayton Daily News EVENDALE – Boeing Co. expects to increase its business with Ohio suppliers, which could make the state more prominent as an aerospace supplier to Boeing than it already is to the French manufacturer Airbus, a top Boeing executive said Wednesday.

Cincinnati.com There’s nothing small about a daily operation that crumbles up to 125 tons of bulk meat into bite-size pieces, cooks it, drains the fat, then transports the product three stories high across the street for a quick-freeze and storage. That’s why JTM Food Group is spending $17 million to expand its Harrison plant, the largest investment in the company’s half century of business.

Business Courier In Brazil, one of the world’s fastest-growing countries but still a relatively poor one, Procter & Gamble Co. has learned a critical lesson from selling its Oral-B toothpaste. When properly motivated, Brazilians will spend like Americans. And so will customers in other countries that have been perceived as not being ready to adopt P&G’s relatively expensive products. That’s the plan, at least. And with Oral-B, it appears to have a success story.

Business Courier Kenya Airways selected GE Aviation’s GEnx engines to power nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners with an option for four additional aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $380 million at list price, GE Aviation said in a press release Monday. Kenya Airways is the fastest growing airline in Africa and is pursuing a network expansion strategy to link all African countries with the rest of the world, it said.

The Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. factories stepped up hiring and production in March, the latest evidence that manufacturing is growing at a healthy pace and fueling the recovery. But a separate report on construction spending showed that building activity declined in February for the second straight month, disappointing economists. The reports show “that the economy is still locked on a very gradual healing trajectory,” said Steven Ricchiuto, chief economist at Mizuho Securities.

CINCINNATI, OH – Michelman continues its strategic commitment to the Asian region with the hiring of Mr. Steven Wong as Managing Director of Asia Pacific. Mr. Wong will be responsible for managing Michelman’s Asian strategy across all of Michelman’s industry segments in accordance with the company’s global strategy.