Manufacturing technology orders capped the first half of the year with another strong month in June, gaining 5 percent compared to June 2017 and bringing the annual growth rate to 22 percent for 2018. The ...
The National Federation of Independent Businesses latest job report shows a record high number of owners are unable to find new hires to fill current openings. 46% of manufacturers surveyed said they had openings. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Even National Public Radio is waking up to the reality that college is an expense more and more high schoolers are re-evaluating and deciding instead to take a career path towards a trade job that ...
WASHINGTON – All the personal stories of manufacturers searching for candidates to fill workforce vacancies were substantiated with Tuesday’s report from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). America’s real gross domestic product continues to ...
Chicago area manufacturers are split on the effects the Trump Administration’s tariffs may have on their bottom lines. When asked in June, soon after the tariffs went into effect – 25% on steel and 10% ...
The latest Federal Reserve data shows Tuesday continuing positives in US manufacturing during 2018’s second quarter, Bloomberg reports: The latest results indicate a steady advance in the nation’s manufacturing sector. Factory output climbed at a ...