CHICAGO – In the latest available U.S. Census figures, Illinois ranks #5 nationwide in the number of manufacturing employees. Over the past five years, the number of Illinois manufacturing employees has hovered slightly about the ...
Manufacturers are not only excited about the tax reform proposal being considered this week in the nation’s capital, they’re excited about the future of sales and their own companies’ capital spending. Of those surveyed, almost ...
Some experts predict up to 800 million manufacturing jobs worldwide could be “automated away” in the next eight years. A new study from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) says the number for the United States ...
The 2017 Hiscox Guide to Employee Lawsuits™ says Illinois employers have a 35% more chance to be sued than if they were located in any other Midwestern state. Even with that, Illinois employers are less ...
America’s factories cranked it up in October, according to the latest regional manufacturing indexes, Bloomberg reports Tuesday. From Milwaukee to Dallas to New York state, measures improved to multi-year highs, reflecting robust orders growth as ...
American manufacturing expanded last month at the fastest pace in 13 years, in part because of effects from two major hurricanes, figures from the Institute for Supply Management showed Monday. HIGHLIGHTS OF ISM MANUFACTURING (SEPTEMBER) ...
A new manufacturing study says it’s a great time to be in manufacturing – as what some are calling the “fourth industrial revolution” is on the horizon. And the image on that horizon is an ...
TEMPE, AZ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August, and the overall economy grew for the 99th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. August’s PMI reading was its highest ...
Cutting tool consumption is up 5.8% compared to a year ago – more good news for U.S. manufacturing. In June, the U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $186.57 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT ...
NAPERVILLE – With a renewed optimism among U.S. manufacturers is coming some cautions, a recent study by Naperville-based Sikich LLP shows. While nearly half anticipate opportunties for growth in the coming year, they say the ...