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From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (8/16/2013 17 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
In one of those transparent op-ed pieces that often only seem to find a home in smaller papers around the country, the head of the Illinois Manufacturers Association this week called for an increase i...
The Father of Fracking Leaves Us a Process and a Warning 7 Aug 2013 | 03:17 pm
Texas billionaire George Mitchell died this week. The second generation Greek immigrant and former wildcatter and oil speculator had become the “Father of Fracking” by inventing the process by which ...
From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (8/2/2013) 3 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Factories rallied in a big way in July as the ISM reports U.S. manufacturing had it’s biggest month in two full years, with both productivity and hiring taking significant leaps. On the opposite side ...
From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (7/19/2013) 19 Jul 2013 | 08:59 pm
At least according to a study issued this week, manufacturing optimism in this country is once again on the upswing. On the opposite side of the coin, at least one economist has doubts about U.S. manu...
On America’s Birthday, Operating Leaner, Building Smarter and (Every Now and Then) Flying Below the Radar 12 Jul 2013 | 08:38 pm
You want at least one roadmap for manufacturing success in today’s marketplace? Then look no further than a fascinating New York Times Magazine story I read recently by Adam Davidson, who also regula...
From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (6/29/2013) 29 Jun 2013 | 11:15 pm
The Philly suburban newspaper group has been running a terrific series of featured articles on the rebirth of U.S. manufacturing. Here is one such story. And here’s another from the same series. The ...
On Energy, Enterprise and the Strangest of Bedfellows 25 Jun 2013 | 01:49 am
I only stumbled upon Bob Inglis by accident, and did so only late last week. I’ve never met the man, or even talked to him. But one of these days I hope to do both. I really do. For those of you who m...
From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (6/14/2013) 14 Jun 2013 | 08:51 pm
Thomas Russell, an editor at Furniture Today, says China has developed a new appetite for American manufacturing. Joe Soucheray of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press rues the tearing down of an old Ford plant...
Rosie’s Time Has Come…Again 8 Jun 2013 | 01:26 am
A friend of mine who considers himself a “recovering” member of a certain religion contends the vast majority of his church’s current troubles might have been alleviated, if not eliminated altogether,...
From the Shop Floor — The Week in Manufacturing (6/1/2013) 1 Jun 2013 | 12:25 pm
MarketWatch says Citi is leaning towards, but not endorsing, the whole “manufacturing renaissance” meme. Goldman Sachs, on the other hand, calls our sector’s renaissance “fiction.” The Birmingham News...
