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Older workers are key to manufacturing’s recovery, but will they be retrained and rehired?

by Lucy Papachristou | May 17, 2022 | Economy, Featured, Manufacturing

Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf meets manufacturing workers in Hatboro, Penn. in 2015. (Photo: Flickr, CC BY 2:0) Stephen Ory’s career in manufacturing stretches back three decades, in shipyards, electricity utility, and nuclear. But when the nuclear power station he...

Five things to watch for in the upcoming ISM Manufacturing report

by Lucy Papachristou | May 1, 2022 | Manufacturing

The nonprofit Institute for Supply Management will release its monthly manufacturing report on Monday based on a survey of purchasing managers at more than 300 manufacturing firms. Economists predict the manufacturing sector to continue its steady growth, reflecting a...

Manufacturing grew again in demand-driven economy last month, but was hampered by price increases, hiring woes

by Lucy Papachristou | Apr 3, 2022 | Manufacturing

  U.S. manufacturing saw further gains last month, but its growth was slowed by prices increasing against the backdrop of global energy market instability. March’s manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management registered at 57.1%, a decrease of 1.5...

Skyrocketing silicon prices, supply chain issues threaten small-scale solar manufacturers

by Lucy Papachristou | Apr 2, 2022 | Manufacturing

Solar wafer manufacturing at a plant in Oregon, 2009. Source: Flickr. As energy prices soar across the United States and homeowners seek ways to lower their electricity bills, Patrick Regan’s small solar startup in South Bend, Ind. should be cashing in. Although the...

Manufacturing grew again last month, defying supply chain snarls and worker shortages

by Lucy Papachristou | Mar 5, 2022 | Economy, Manufacturing

Auto workers in Sterling Heights, Mich. in 2014. (Photo: Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)   The manufacturing sector continued to grow steadily last month, indicating that the economy as a whole is resurgent and tempering fears that any lingering effects of the Omicron...

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