Jack Lifton
Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
Member of the Industrial Council
Council Member Biography
Jack Lifton is an Independent consultant, focusing on the sourcing of nonferrous strategic metals. His work includes exploration and mining, and the recovery of metal values by the recycling of not only metals and their alloys but also of metal-based chemicals used as raw materials for component manufacturing. Mr. Lifton has more than 45 years of experience in the global OEM automotive, heavy equipment, electrical and electronic, mining, smelting, and refining industries. His background includes the sourcing, manufacturing, and sales of platinum group metal products, rare earth compounds, and ceramic specialties used to make catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, batteries, and fuel cells. He is knowledgeable in locating and analyzing new and recycled supplies of 'minor metals' including tellurium, selenium, indium, gallium, silicon, germanium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, chromium, and the rare earth metals. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2006 - present
- Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
- 2004 - 2005
- Chief Executive Officer , Jack Lifton, LLC
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Jack Lifton(?)
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G.E. Follows Toyota and Nissan to Expoit Michigan's Strengths and Expose Michigan's Glaring Weakness
June 29, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
GE Picks Michigan for R&D Center | www.adnkronos.com
General Electric has decided to come to Michigan to employ out of work automotive manufacturing engineers and researchers at bargain prices. "GE said it is looking for specialists in developing composites, machining, inspection, casting and coating technologies for its aviation and energy businesses....
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June 8, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
Toyota: Plug-in Hybrids Will Have Limited Appeal | wheels.blogs.nytimes.com
The numbers simply do not add up for the plug-in hybrid powertrain. It is too expensive for what it offers with today's technology: 1. Short driving range, 2. High cost, and 3. Unknown long term reliability, durability, and battery life. It is coming to market only to make politicians look as if they...
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June 4, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
EU worries about access to key raw materials | www.euractiv.com
A world wide competition for developing and owning sources of the technology metals is underway. The United States alone of the great economic powers is ignoring this competition.
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June 2, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
ANNOUNCEMENT——2009 International Workshop on Thorium Utilization for Sustainable Nuclear Energy (TU2009) | tu2009inbaotouchina.blogspot.com
China is soon holding the first public workshop on the utilization of a non-proliferative thorium fuel cycle in civilian nuclear reactors since the late 1960s. Now as in the 1960s Atomic Energy of Canada's exisitng CANDU reactors are being tested, both by AECL and, apparently, by Chinese users of the...
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GLG Study Groups with Jack Lifton(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Injection Molding Machinery Experts | 111 |
| Adhesive and Sealant Experts | 450 |
| Specialty Chemical Experts | 320 |
| Platinum Metals Group Experts | 82 |
GLG Live Meetings with Jack Lifton(?)
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