Fosters For a group of North Hampton School eighth-graders, a project involving Foss Manufacturing was eye opening – on several levels. It opened their eyes to a manufacturing process they’d never experienced, giving them a peek into a key component of America’s work history. It tested their own capabilities as the project was a statewide competition against several other middle schools to create a video about manufacturing.
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Reuters The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose from a five-month low last week, but remained below a level associated with a strengthening labor market as the economy regains momentum after a slow fourth quarter.
Other data on Thursday showed factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region expanded in March for the first time in seven months, the latest sign of stability in the distressed manufacturing sector.
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April 14-15 | Rosemont, IL Growing automotive production, housing construction and capital spending are positive indicators for gearing in the near term. But, our industry faces risks from uncertain government policies, a slowing energy sector and weak markets in Europe and Asia.
Join us for a special presentation by Randy Disharoon from Rexnord, and the latest information from the Gear Market report.
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IndustryWeek Despite bumps in the Chinese economy and global stock markets, the Federal Reserve reported that manufacturing output in the United States grew 0.5% in January 2016, rising 1.2% over the same time last year. Meanwhile, a survey by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) indicated that new orders and production grew in January 2016.
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BizJournals.com March 11 was a good day for manufacturing companies in Florida.
The Florida Legislature passed the permanent sales tax exemption on manufacturing machinery and equipment, an act that was included in House Bill 7099 that focused on taxation. The tax exemption that was first put into effect in 2014 was due to expire in 2017, but the bill renews the incentive as a permanent deal.
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Manufacturing Business Technology Technology has shaped labor markets in the past and it will continue to do so in the future. According to a report from Citi and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, 85 percent of jobs in Ethiopia are at risk of automation. In the United States, just under half of jobs are at risk of being replaced by machines. Read more on the Indy100.
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Harvard Business Review When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that "software is eating the world," to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.
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Manufacturing.net When developing strategies around the safety of emerging technologies, there are several key areas to consider. For those tasked with this development, there are a plethora of articles detailing a variety of approaches, but as you delve into them all, it becomes clear that the thoughts and experiences written about this area lean, universally, toward the risk management of "minding uncertainty."
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Mining.com According to a study of private capital in the resources sector from industry tracker Preqin, finds half of investors in the mining and metals sector will deploy more capital this year despite two-thirds of institutional investors displaying less appetite for the sector compared to a year ago.
Visit http://www.mining.com/private-capital-is-ready-to-invest-7-billion-in-mining/ to view the full article online.
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