Tag: manufacturing jobs

August 23, 2023

Goldman Sachs analysts expect manufacturing jobs to grow by 200,000 to 250,000 over the next two years and factory construction to rise 10 to 15% through the end of 2023, the investment banking firm reported this week. This forecast builds […]

May 30, 2023

HEYCO Werk USA Inc., a subsidiary of Germany-based HEYCO Group, will invest $5.4 million to expand its existing Virginia operation. The Greensville County location supplies precision plastic molded parts for the automotive industry as well as various industrial markets. HEYCO […]

January 31, 2022

Manufacturing organizations are thriving, despite the challenges with the labor market over the past two years. Many are now hiring employees at volume to keep up with increased consumer demand and high turnover rates. Recruiters in this industry have a […]

October 19, 2021

With nearly every political cycle politicians decry the shrinking manufacturing base in the United States. They often call out growth in countries like China and Mexico at the expense of U.S. manufacturing. Data is selected and presented that shows a […]

September 2, 2021

Majestic Steel USA, Inc. will establish a new state-of-the-art service center and processing facility on the campus of Nucor Hickman in Blytheville, AR. The 515,000-square-foot facility will feature next generation processing and warehousing equipment while creating approximately 225 new jobs. […]

June 28, 2021

When I say infrastructure, what do you think of? Sure, there is the traditional stuff like roads, bridges, ports and waterways, but what about the human element? What about the manufacturing jobs behind the infrastructure projects? What about childcare to […]

January 28, 2020

Things are pretty interesting in the Senate right now, to say the least, so we wouldn’t fault you if your attention’s been diverted. But, infrastructure! It’s happening again! Yes, really. House Democrats are expected to announce infrastructure development plans Wednesday, […]

April 4, 2019

For President Trump’s first two years in office, an unexpected rebound in manufacturing jobs helped bolster his claims that he was restoring the United States’ battered industrial sector. Now, that surge may be nearing its end — in part because […]

December 4, 2018

A new $1.67 billion in a new manufacturing plant in Jackson County, Ala. was announced on Nov. 26. SK innovation, a developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles, will create more than 2,000 jobs at the plant […]

November 9, 2017

Lincoln Electric Automation (Cleveland, Ohio) is expanding its Wayne Trail, Fort Loramie, Ohio, automation facility, which specializes in automated manufacturing solutions for metal forming, fabricating and metal joining processes. The investment nearly doubles the facility’s size to support larger-scale projects, […]

October 3, 2017

More evidence that many Americans are indeed being left behind. Our friends at the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) released the 2017 Distressed Communities Index last week, a follow-up to their insightful 2016 report that highlights the vast gaps between America’s […]

August 11, 2017

The truth is that bringing manufacturing prowess jobs back to the United States is not as easy as signing an executive order. When we lost those jobs, primarily to Asian countries, we lost our expertise in the process. It didn’t […]

July 14, 2017

U.S. manufacturing suffers from an important image problem that undermines its competitiveness, according to a new survey released on July 13 by Deloitte, along with the Manufacturing Institute. Only 50% of Americans think manufacturing jobs are interesting and less than 30% are […]

April 13, 2017

The manufacturing industry has a considerable employment hole to fill due to a looming skills gap. This is a daily fact we are coping with and are well aware of. One of the best ways to combat this issue is […]

April 10, 2017

The sector has added 67,000 new jobs over the past four months. So… there’s a lot happening in the world right now. The United States launched a military strike against Syria. We have a new Supreme Court justice. It appears […]

March 30, 2017

Manufacturing jobs are in the spotlight once again. The federal focus on bringing manufacturing jobs back to American workers has stirred up the topic, along with the related issues of off-shoring, trade tariffs, gaps left by retiring Baby Boomers, and automation. […]

February 1, 2017

Around three-fourths of the jobs lost were in manufacturing. We already know that millions of American manufacturing workers lost their jobs after China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001. Now, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) […]

January 30, 2017

Automotive components manufacturing jobs have risen nearly 19% in the United States since 2012, according to a study released today by the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA). More than 871,000 Americans are directly employed by the automotive parts manufacturing […]

January 6, 2017

The final jobs numbers of 2016 were released by the Labor Department on Friday morning, and there was good news — 17,000 new factory jobs were created in December. That’s a big improvement from the past five months, which all […]

November 9, 2016

Back in 1979, there were 19.5 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. By 2001, the total had dropped to 17 million. Between 2001 and 2010, the U.S. lost 5.6 million more manufacturing jobs and hit bottom at 11.4 million manufacturing […]