Ms. Bland in her space in the Industry City lot in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. | David B. Torch for The New York Times Almost a year to the day since she began pitching the idea for Manufacture New York, a work hive for independent designers with outposts in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bob Bland was on […]
Meet Baxter, a robot. Just seven months on the line, he’s the newest member of the team at Pennsylvania manufacturer Rodon. / CBS News (CBS News) Payroll processor ADP says private businesses added 166,000 new jobs in September. In the future, some of those could be manufacturing jobs returning from places like China, thanks to […]
Cambria Production Facility – Cambria employees at work at the Cambria Production Facility in Le Sueur, Minn. L to R: Jordan Ristow, Doug Jones, Jim Wendroth, Nik Illiff (Courtesy of Cambria) Studies show that the demand for skilled workers is growing throughout Minnesota — especially in rural areas and small towns […]
Today, October 4, is National Manufacturing Day. With events scheduled in communities throughout the country, National Manufacturing Day highlights the importance of the sector to the U.S. economy and affords businesses an opportunity to highlight the numerous career opportunities that exist for skilled individuals across a variety of manufacturing trades. […]
Read about Manufacturing Day 2013, it’s mission, and how you can get involved. THE MFG DAY MISSIONMFG DAY addresses common misconceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together […]
Ruth Kirchner, an instructor at the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minn., showing students different kinds of fabrics and stitches. | Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — It was past quitting time at a new textile factory here, but that was not the only reason the work […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Shuanghui International won the largest ever Chinese takeover of a US company Tuesday when shareholders of pork giant Smithfield Foods approved its $7.1 billion offer. The deal locks in for Shuanghui and the giant Chinese market a strong supply from the world’s largest pig raiser and pork processor.
WASHINGTON — The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press. Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families – those […]
The future is bright for manufacturing and there is no shortage of opportunity for innovation and growth right here in the United States. To do that sustainably, however, we must confront an issue that many businesses are now facing — the Skills Gap. Despite high unemployment, businesses are struggling to find skilled employees. Compounding the […]
Cheaper labor may bring about more jobs, but workers have less spending power. FORTUNE — There’s been some good news lately about U.S. manufacturing — that sector of American industry once considered vital to the growth of the nation’s middle class. It’s well known manufacturing has been declining for […]
