The Washington Post About 2,500 college students will get paid internships and co-ops at Ohio businesses through a program funded by $11 million from state casino license fees. The grants are part of Gov. John Kasich's workforce development strategy to better align higher education curricula with the skills that Ohio businesses need.

Bloomberg Businessweek Employers in Minnesota expect to hire at a rapid pace during the second quarter of this year, according to a recent Manpower Employment Outlook survey. From April through June, 20 percent of the companies interviewed plan to hire more employees while 2 percent expected to reduce payrolls.

Bloomberg China’s manufacturing industry weakened for a fifth straight month, according to a preliminary measure for March released today, deepening concern the nation will miss its 7.5 percent growth target this year.

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Bloomberg French manufacturing activity unexpectedly resumed growth in March with the fastest expansion in almost three years, a sign that parts of the European economy are gaining momentum.

The Huffington Post At a recent Aspen Institute Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century event, Filling the Skills Gap in Manufacturing: The Untapped Resource, panelists discussed the lack of female-friendly work policies plaguing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. And yet, the stakes for integrating women into the industry have never been higher.

International Business Times General Electric Company is a proponent of additive manufacturing, a broad category of manufacturing that includes the fashionable and fascinating phenomenon of 3D printing. Mass production of metallic objects fit for actual industrial use, built up layer-by-layer and modeled through software, has sparked excitement in manufacturing.

Business Wire FANUC America Corporation has released a new YouTube video about Vickers Engineering, a New Troy, Michigan-based manufacturer growing at 20 to 30 percent annually with the help of robots and automation.

The Washington Post The reality is that manufacturing today is a high-tech industry that offers better average wages than many other employment sectors, with new hires in manufacturing continuing to earn an average of 38 percent more than their counterparts in non-manufacturing jobs.

Science Codex Industrial manufacturing is pivotal to Germany's prosperity. Not only does manufacturing account for a quarter of GDP, it provides a third of jobs as well. Yet rising raw material and energy costs, coupled with a demographic shift, pose significant challenges for industry. Keeping manufacturing operations in Germany will require a fundamental shift away from maximum profit from minimal capital investment toward maximum added value from minimum resources.

The Sun Daily Malaysia is the world's top manufacturing location, according to a report by global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. Published on its website last week, Cushman & Wakefield said the Manufacturing Index 2014 showed that Malaysia scores particularly well in the costs and risks categories, justifying its position at the top of the ranking.

The New York Times With new technology allowing developers to build taller machines spinning longer blades, the wind turbine industry has been able to produce more power at lower cost by capturing the faster winds that blow at higher elevations. This has opened up new territories, in places like Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, where the price of power from turbines built 300 feet to 400 feet above the ground can now compete with conventional sources like coal.

ThomasNet News Fully integrated into SolidWorks environment, Delcam for SolidWorks 2014 R2 is based on Delcam machining algorithms and combines benefits associated with Delcam PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM systems. Module provides support for tombstone machining, and various options are available for stock models.

Manufacturing Business Technology Inexpensive natural gas will boost manufacturing growth in the U.S. and its metropolitan areas according to a new report released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and prepared by IHS Global Insight.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design The first Boeing Next-Generation 737 to be built at the increased rate of 42 airplanes per month rolled out of the factory in Renton, Wash. yesterday. The 737-800 will soon be delivered to Air Berlin and ultimately leased to Transavia France.