CNN Money reports that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after “losing more than 6 million jobs, men have gained only about 70% of them back.” Factories “are slowly starting to bring some jobs back.” However, manufacturers have said they can not find enough skilled workers. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the National Association […]
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker unveiled the Commerce Department’s “open for business” agenda aimed at growing jobs and improving the Obama administration’s relationship with businesses. She spoke with reporter Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, about her vision. Pritzker was asked about complaints from business about “high taxes and excessive federal regulations.” Pritzker said that “the reality is that what […]
On this date in 1863 a battlefield in Gettysburg, PA, was dedicated as a national cemetery, the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. The chief speaker, Edward Everett, spoke for two hours at the ceremony. President Abraham Lincoln was invited to add a few words. His brief speech is now known as the immortal Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln’s […]
Bloomberg News reports on a scheduled Wednesday Capitol Hill briefing on increasing energy efficiency in the US to be hosted by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. The institute has found that “it takes about 50 percent less energy today than in 1973 to produce the same amount of gross domestic product,” yet the US […]
As reported in Woodworking Network (Bill Esler). Software tailored to the work and the CNC machinery delivers the most productivity. Fletcher Wood Products purchased its first CNC in 1996 and wrote its own software to nest and generate machine code for its cabinet design software package. “We also used our software to generate labels, track […]
As reported in Industry Week. A proposal, “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” floated by OSHA late last week to create a public database of workplace injury and illness statistics is receiving strong criticism from the manufacturing industry officials and advocates who claim the data would do little to improve workplace safety and could be […]
As reported by Jill Jusko | IndustryWeek ~ Are your efforts focused only on reducing the cost of labor? Manufacturers like HindlePower and MBX Systems are reminders not to overlook the ways your workforce provides strategic advantage. What is HindlePower Inc.’s greatest selling tool? That’s the wrong question to ask of this Easton, Pa., manufacturing […]
What’s more important for getting a job: Being able to write computer code or understanding what your boss says? Either way, there’s a problem, according to a recent telephone survey of 500 top executives. Ninety-two percent of them said there’s a job skills gap. And of that overwhelming majority, nearly half believed the gap was […]
Safety Speed Donates Router to Del Oro High School Safety Speed Manufacturing has provided a new, horizontal panel router to the woodshop program at Del Oro High School in Loomis, California. The 3 ¼ Hp unit is ideal for cross dados and full-length rabbets in jobs up to 36” in length. Safety Speed exhibited at […]
Foreign direct investment in the United States is substantial. According to a report (Prepared by the Department of Commerce and the President’s Council of Economic Advisers) released by the White House last week, about one-third of the jobs created by FDI are in manufacturing—employing nearly 2 million people. The United States has received $1.5 trillion in […]
