Articles in Manufacturing, U.S. Economy and Self Improvement

Toyota Unveils Revamped Manufacturing Process

by YOKO KUBOTA (PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES) on March 26, 2015

World’s best-selling auto maker to produce half its vehicles in this manner by 2020 ... Read full article

Why the US Economy Is Strong Relative to Other Economies

by Russ Koesterich, CFA on March 25, 2015

We have been seeing countervailing forces are pulling stocks in opposite directions. Next to more evidence that the U.S. economy is improving, we are seeing several signs of slowing growth outside the United States: weak import/export data from China... Read full article

Yokohama Tire nearing completion in West Point

by www.hattiesburgamerican.com on March 25, 2015

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 March 24, 2015

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

Officials Talk Economic Relationships at US-China Forum

by CAROLINA I. PORTELA-BLANCO on March 24, 2015

Keynote speakers at the Harvard US-China Economic Forum stressed the importance of building economic relationships abroad, as well as fostering connections among domestic groups, on Saturday in Northwest Labs.... Read full article

Global Manufacturing PMI Data: The U.S. Is Still the Best

by Lorcan Roche Kelly on March 23, 2015

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

Here's your complete preview of this week's big economic events

by SAM RO (Image Credit - Reuters Abdrew Cullen) on March 23, 2015

"The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2% objective over th... Read full article

Innovation Awards 2015: finalists in manufacturing sector

by Barry McCall (Image Credit: The Irish Times) on March 23, 2015

In Ireland it allows Visa debit cardholders to pay bills up to €15 without going to the trouble of putting the card in the machine and entering a PIN number – all they have to do is scan the card across the surface of the reader and the bill gets pai... Read full article

Bainbridge Manufacturing – what’s the deal?

by Brennan Leathers (Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor/Andrea Briscoe) on March 23, 2015

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

President Obama Launches Competition for New Textiles-Focused Manufacturing Innovation Institute

by The White House on March 18, 2015

FACT SHEET: President Obama Launches Competition for New Textiles-Focused Manufacturing Innovation Institute; New White House Supply Chain Innovation Initiative; and Funding to Support Small Manufacturers... Read full article