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...
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...
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...
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...
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...