The area where exhibits are tested and built with an impressive collection of large machinery is situated at the heart of the museum, now completely open so anyone can watch and chat up the staff and students at work.

CNN: San Francisco's Exploratorium opens in sparkling new home

China is one of the largest markets for large machinery and mining equipment, and we believe that this expansion will help Caterpillar expand its footprint and gain market share in not only China but also other emerging markets in Asia.

FORBES: Connect

Removing small trees and brushwood from a forest requires heavy machinery or large teams of workers with chainsaws and axes.

ECONOMIST: The fires return

Crump studied mechanical engineering at Washington State University before starting his own company, an oddball maker of automated packaging machinery and large electronic scales.

FORBES: Almost Out of the Woods

"Before it divides, a cell has to grow large enough and duplicate all its machinery, " says University of Cincinnati cancer researcher George Thomas.

FORBES: Health

Not a large one, hollowed out by monster machinery, just a minor pit that a farmer must have made some money from years before.

NEWYORKER: Gravel

Only Germany has serious trade with China, as it makes the machinery and motor vehicles Beijing is buying in large quantities.

BBC: Why China won't save the world

Imports of components for assembly and re-export will continue to decline, but once the government's fiscal stimulus package kicks in, the large planned increase in infrastructure investment will boost imports of raw materials and machinery.

ECONOMIST: China��s trade

Economists expect healthier output in 2013, partly because U.S. companies are sitting on large amounts of cash and appear poised to invest some of it in equipment and machinery.

WSJ: US factory output falls on weak auto production