The US Bureau of Census shared some stats on the 15 million manufacturing employees a few months ago and their findings were not a surprise for those working in the sector – however, they may ...
Do manufacturing credentials matter in hiring? American manufacturing is flourishing, but at the same time, the chronic skills gap is holding back even more progress. More and more company heads are telling TMA that credentials ...
Sterility, efficiency, dependability, accuracy … all reasons why more and more manufacturers are turning to robots, according to this story in Medical Plastics News: Robotics offer manufacturers a way to streamline production lines, helping to ...
WASHINGTON – Federal numbers say that US unemployment fell to the lowest in years, with 3.9 percent. In other words, over 96 percent of Americans that want jobs have them. It’s the lowest since the ...
High schools & colleges preventing American youth from finding rewarding & lucrative careers There is a “Walking Dead” syndrome in high schools and on college campuses that is preventing America’s youth from finding rewarding, lucrative ...
CHICAGO – Caterpillar expected an all-time high $6.24 B net income for 2018 as demand for its products grew, but tariff uncertainty has dampered enthusiasm that that level will be reached. Bloomberg News writes in ...
ROLLING MEADOWS – When Anthony Genovese started teaching engineering and manufacturing classes at Rolling Meadows High School, a small class of 16 students was enrolled. Six years later, an amazing 200 Rolling Meadows students come ...
A commentary in the Belleville News Democrat presents a counter view to those applauding a trade war. Tariffs are bad for Illinois, concludes the author Stanford L. Levin, emeritus professor of economics at Southern Illinois University ...
The US real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The last time ...
Every month in TMA’s News Bulletin, we focus on one of our awesome affiliates. In June 2018, our featured TMA Affiliate was Mike Weber, President/Owner of MLW Marketing, Inc. – a 15- year TMA member ...