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Manufacturers hope to enlist young adults
by Joshua Silavent (Photo Credit: ERIN O. SMITH/The Times) on
Arielle Holland, 18, a Johnson High School senior, heat shrinks over connectors on 26A thermostats Thursday at Baldor Electric. The Chamber of Commerce launched a new workforce development program, which seeks to get high school students interested i... Read full article
Manufacturing technology startup SoftWear Automation expands
by Urvaksh Karkaria (Image Credit: Joann Vitelli) on
Manufacturing technology startup SoftWear Automation is leaving Tech Square for roomier digs.... Read full article
Area manufacturers in need of smart, skilled workers woo high schoolers at Montco fair
by Michaelle Bond (Image Credit: JEFF FUSCO/For the Inquirer) on
Justin Miniello, a student at North Montco Technical Career Center, works on an automated manufacturing machine prototype at the second ManuFest at Souderton High School on March 28, 2015. (JEFF FUSCO/For the Inquirer)... Read full article
Lack of manufacturing jobs in West Virginia
by The following editorial appeared in The Register-Herald, Beckley, on March 25 on
A report this week in The Register-Herald looked closely into manufacturing in West Virginia. What we found was a top-heavy representation of manufacturing businesses andjobs in the northern part of the state. ... Read full article
Toyota Unveils Revamped Manufacturing Process
by YOKO KUBOTA (PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES) on
World’s best-selling auto maker to produce half its vehicles in this manner by 2020 ... Read full article
Manufacturing renaissance lost
by ROBERT ATKINSON and ADAMS NAGER on
Are happy days here again for American manufacturing? Optimists say yes: High global shipping costs, rising Chinese wages and a domestic shale gas boom are bringing appliance manufacturing back to Kentucky, creating automotive jobs in Tennessee and ... Read full article
Yokohama Tire nearing completion in West Point
by www.hattiesburgamerican.com on
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Yokohama LLC's new commercial tire plant in West Point, is nearing completion. The roughly one-million-square-foot factory is on target to begin production in October, with many of its key milestones involving... Read full article
Walmart’s Made in USA initiative bodes well for U.S. packaging sourcing
by Lisa McTigue Pierce on
Anything Wal-Mart can do to bring jobs home to American workers is included in the company’s U.S. sourcing initiative; and this includes retail packaging, according to Cindi Marsiglio, vp of U.S. manufacturing at Wal-Mart.... Read full article
Global Manufacturing PMI Data: The U.S. Is Still the Best
by Lorcan Roche Kelly on
A lot of data came out overnight and on Tuesday morning, giving the market a good update on how the biggest global economies are performing.... Read full article
Bainbridge Manufacturing – what’s the deal?
by Brennan Leathers (Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor/Andrea Briscoe) on
Bainbridge Manufacturing, which will make air conditioning parts for automobiles and other industries, was welcomed to Bainbridge by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal in November 2013. The company was originally slated to get started in 2014 but is still ... Read full article